Patent ID: 8695113

Claim:
A protective article to be worn by a person to protect clothing and to provide a wiping surface while eating in a seated position, the protective article comprising: a unitary protective article comprising a bib portion coupled to one and only one napkin portion, wherein the unitary protective article consists of one and only one napkin portion, a bib portion having a width and a first length, the length being greater than the width, the bib portion being symmetrically disposed about a first axis, and the bib portion having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the bib portion substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the lower end having a second width wider than the first width, the bib portion having a sufficient length to extend to the waist of the adult person eating in the seated position and adapted to protect an upper body of the adult person; the one and only napkin portion disposed at the lower end of the bib portion, the one and only one napkin portion having a width and length, the one and only one napkin portion being symmetrically disposed about a second axis; the length of the one and only one napkin portion being at least as long as its width and sufficient to drape over the leg of the adult person and to provide a wiping surface for a mouth of the adult person eating in the seated position, the napkin portion being comprised of an absorbent material; and the second axis of the one and only one napkin portion and the first axis of the bib portion defining an oblique angle, said one and only one napkin portion extending beyond the lower end of the bib portion at the oblique angle so as to drape over a leg and provide a wiping surface for the mouth of the adult person eating in the seated position, wherein an inner edge of the one and only one napkin portion and the lower end of the bib portion define an open region beyond the lower end of the bib portion extending from the inner edge of the one and only one napkin portion to the first axis of the bib portion adapted such that the adult person may extend a leg beyond the lower end of the portion into the open region.