Patent ID: 8371901

Claim:
A garment accessory for attachment to a brassiere worn under outerwear, consisting of: an elongated panel of fabric having a perimeter edge, an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having two opposing corners; and two attachment features, each attachment feature comprising a button and a loop of elastic removably securable to said button, one of said attachment features being affixed to the panel proximally to each opposing corner of the upper portion; wherein the attachment features are configured to slidably attach the panel between predetermined points selected by the wearer on respective shoulder straps of the brassiere; wherein the lower portion of the garment accessory is free to move away from the wearer; wherein when the attachment features slidably attach the panel to the respective shoulder straps of the brassiere, said panel covers a selectable portion of the chest of the wearer and is secured in position by the tension between the elastic loops and the brassiere straps; and wherein when the wearer leans forward, the outerwear hangs away from the chest of the wearer and the upper portion covers the chest of the wearer and the lower portion pivots away from the wearer to engage the outerwear to define an opaque screen blocking the lower torso of the wearer from view.