Patent ID: 8898812

Claim:
A garment having an internal surface adapted to contact a wearer's skin and an external surface, the garment comprising: a torso portion fabricated from a garment material; a pair of sleeve portions fabricated from the garment material, the sleeve portions being attached to and extending from the torso portion; and a pair of perspiration barriers each of the perspiration barriers comprising: a first layer fabricated from a cotton material; a second layer disposed adjacent the first layer and fabricated from a terry cloth material; a third layer disposed adjacent the second layer and fabricated from a hydrophilic breathable film; and a fourth layer disposed adjacent the third layer and fabricated from the garment material; the pair of perspiration barriers defining respective barrier peripheral edge regions, each barrier peripheral edge region being coupled to and at least partially circumvented by a corresponding peripheral edge region collectively defined by the torso portion and a respective one of the sleeve portions such that the external surface of an underarm area of the garment is collectively formed by each of the fourth layers of the perspiration barriers and the respective torso and sleeve portions; wherein at least the first and fourth layers of each of the perspiration barriers is segregated into a sleeve panel piece and a torso panel piece, the sleeve panel piece and torso panel piece of the first layer being joined together by a first stitched seam and the sleeve panel piece and torso panel piece of the fourth layer being joined together by a second stitched seam separate from the first stitched seam.