Patent ID: 8397316

Claim:
An article of protective clothing, comprising: a strip of multilayered flexible material adapted to be wrapped around a wearer's neck to form a collar therearound, wherein the multilayered flexible material includes an interior layer of a flexible cut-resistant fabric disposed within a cover of a wicking fabric and wherein the strip includes an adjustable fastener at opposite short edges of the strip to adjust a diametric size of the collar and a long lower edge extending between the opposite short edges of the skirt; a layer of protective padding attached to the strip and spaced between the short edges so as to be disposed diametrically opposite the adjustable fastener when fastened; a skirt of multilayered flexible material extending downwardly from the long lower edge of the strip; and an access opening disposed between the strip and the skirt, wherein the skirt is connected to the strip on opposite ends of the access opening.