FR2845870A1 - Garment shield, preferably for one-time use, comprises folded panel of material fitted between armhole and sleeve to absorb perspiration - Google Patents

Abstract

The shield (1) is made from at least one layer of an absorbent material and is folded along a centre line (13) to form two sides that (11, 12) are fitted on either side of the seam between the garment's armhole and sleeve under the wearer's armpit. It can comprise a single layer of material that absorbs perspiration and traps underarm odours, or two different materials performing the same tasks. It can incorporate a third layer, e.g. of plastic film, that prevents the transmission of moisture to the garment itself, and can be fastened in position by adhesive strips.

Description

The present invention relates to a protective device for clothing.

  a protective device for clothing, in particular for protecting the armholes

of a garment.

  In recent years, the development of personal care products such as deodorants has shown significant progress. However, despite the progress made, it has been observed that the use of body deodorants does not prevent sweat from marking clothes, in particular.

  especially in the armpits.

  This is particularly troublesome when the clothes are made of fragile fabrics such as silk, wool, certain synthetic fibers and the like, for which the washes are too

frequent are harmful.

  It has been proposed to remedy this drawback by sewing, at the armholes, pieces of fabric such as lining fabric. Such a device if it makes it possible to prevent the halos of sweat on the garment does not make it possible to absorb the sweat and this sliding on the weft of the fabric makes a

stain under the room.

  It was then proposed to make these pieces sewn to the armholes of terry cloth clothing to absorb the sweat. These pieces are in the form of a piece of terry cloth enclosed in a pocket made of the same fabric as

  the garment for which they are intended.

  If sweat is avoided from leaking, such terry cloth pieces however have a major drawback in that they retain sweat and therefore also the odor associated with it. It is therefore appropriate to wash the garment at each port, when the protective part is attached to it or to unpick the protective part to wash it separately. We also noticed that the terry cloth

  has very limited absorption qualities. Indeed, it has been noted that, when the terry cloth is saturated, moisture passes through the pocket and makes halos under the sleeves. In addition, the feeling of moisture under the armpits 25 remains present despite absorption by the terry cloth.

  Protective parts of this type therefore do not meet all the expectations of users, namely protection against halos but also protection against odors permeating the fabrics, comfort.

  of use and ease of use.

  In order to overcome this drawback, the present invention aims to provide a protection device which is simple to use while offering guarantees of

  comfort and protection to users.

  To this end, the subject of the invention is preferably single-use protection for the armhole of a garment, characterized in that it comprises at least one sweat-absorbing material and consists of two wings, the 10 line of articulation or connection between the two wings being made curved so that, when positioning the protection on an armhole of clothing, the curved connecting line follows the curved profile of the armhole and the wings extend on either side of said armhole, one in the sleeve of the garment and the other in the body of the garment, the protection further comprising means of

  removable fastening on the garment.

  Thus, advantageously, the presence of the absorbent material, preferably with a high absorption capacity, makes it possible to collect the sweat without staining the garment and the specific form of the protection according to the invention allows its easy adaptation to all types of garments with sleeves without causing user discomfort or requiring complex assembly or disassembly of the protection. Preferably, the protection comprises a material absorbing sweat but also a material for capturing body odors. Thus, the protection can be in the form of a composite material having a layer

  of absorption and a layer of odor capture.

  The protection may also comprise a composite material in the form of a single layer of material having both the absorption property and the capture property.

body odor.

  Preferably, the absorbent material or the composite material is enclosed in a pocket consisting of a veil made of a material which allows the moisture released by the sweating to be absorbed by the protective face in contact with the skin. the user and preventing this absorbed moisture from being felt on the user's skin by

contact with said face.

  Preferably, between the face of the protection in contact with the garment and the sweat-absorbing material, is put

  in place a protective screen preventing the passage of moisture to the garment. This protective screen consisting for example of a plastic film prevents the formation of halos at the armholes even when the absorbent material becomes saturated.

  All the materials used to constitute the protection according to the invention are hypoallergenic, soft,

flexible and resistant.

  The removable fastening means provided on the protection according to the invention may consist of adhesive strips formed on the internal face of the protection intended to come into contact with the garment. Advantageously, the protection being put in place in a removable manner, it is for single use, that is to say that once used after wearing the garment during the day for example, it is removed and discarded. A new protection can therefore be put in place whenever

this is necessary.

  Preferably, the internal face of the protection which adapts

  on the garment is made in an appropriate color to allow it to remain invisible under the garments.

  Thus, the color of the protection on the face in contact with the garment is dark, black, brown, gray to be used with dark or light clothing or of flesh or white color to be used with protective clothing.

light color.

  The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawing in which: FIG. 1 represents a side perspective view of a protection according to the invention; FIG. 2 represents a cross-sectional view of a protection according to the invention; FIG. 3 represents a plan view of a wing of a protection according to the invention; and FIG. 4 represents a schematic view of a protection

placement in a garment.

  The protection 1 according to the invention consists of two wings 11 and 12. Preferably, the wings 11, 12 are respectively substantially in the shape of a crescent moon and connected according to the concave edge of said crescent moon so that the line hinge or link 13

  between the two wings 11, 12 is curved.

  This curved shape of the connecting line 13 allows that5 ci to fit on the curved armhole 6 of a garment V

  when the protection is placed in a garment.

  Thus, during positioning of the protection on an armhole, the connection line 13 of the protection 1 is superimposed on the armhole 6 of the garment V and follows the curved profile of said armhole 6 while the wings 11, 12 extend respectively on either side of the armhole, the wing 11 in the sleeve and the wing 12 in the body C of the

clothing (see Figure 4).

  Protection 1 is obtained by producing two identical parts having a concave edge, each part forming a wing 11, 12, the parts then being connected by their concave edge according to an appropriate method such as a bonding method for example.

  Protection 1 can also be obtained in the form of a single piece by forming, cutting and folding like that

shown in Figure 2.

  As can be seen in this figure 2, the protection 1 has a cross section in V. The faces 11a, 12a of the wings 11, 12 inside the V are provided with removable fixing means on the garment. 30 Preferably, these fixing means consist of adhesive strips 2. Each adhesive strip 2 is coated with a removable protective film which is removed to put

protection in place 1.

  Protection 1 comprises a composite material made with an absorbent material and a material for capturing body odors. This composite material is in the form of a layer 3 enclosed in an envelope 4 consisting of a veil, for example of paper, allowing the sweat to pass towards the layer 3 of absorption material but preventing any humidity at the level veil 4 in contact with the skin

  on the external faces llb, 12b of the protection 1.

  To prevent the passage of moisture linked to the absorption of sweat by the protection 1 towards the garment, a plastic film 5 is inserted between the layer 3 of composite absorption material and the veil 4 constituting the face internal lia, 12a of protection 1. This avoids any

  appearance of stain on the garment.

  The invention makes it possible to obtain a protection that is simple to install, pleasant to use (no feeling of humidity

  on the skin) and effective (no halos under the sleeves).

Claims (10)

  1. Protection (1) preferably for single use for armhole (6) of a garment (V), characterized in that it comprises at least one sweat-absorbing material and consists of two wings (11, 12), the line of articulation or connection (13) between the two wings (11, 12) being made curved so that, when positioning the protection (1) astride an armhole (6) of clothing (V), the connecting line (13)   curve follows the curved profile of the armhole (6) and the wings (11, 12) extend on either side of said armhole (6), one in the sleeve of the garment (V) and the other in the body of the garment (V), the protection (1) further comprising 15 removable fixing means (4) on the garment (V).   2. Protection (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises a material for capturing body odors. 20 3. Protection (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a composite material having an absorption layer and a capture layer smells.   4. Protection (1) according to claim 2,   characterized in that it comprises a composite material in the form of a single layer (3) of material having both the property of absorption and the property of capturing body odors.   5. Protection (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4,   characterized in that the absorption material or the composite material is enclosed in a pocket consisting of a veil made of a material allowing the moisture released by the sweating to be absorbed by the face of the protection in contact with the skin of a user and preventing this absorbed moisture from being felt in the skin of   the user in contact with said face.   6. Protection (1) according to claim 5,   characterized in that, between the face of the protection in contact with the garment (V) and the layer (3) of sweat-absorbing material, a protective screen (5) is placed preventing the passage of the absorbed moisture 15 towards the garment (V).   7. Protection (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that this protective screen consists of a plastic film (5). 20   8. Protection (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7,   characterized in that the removable fixing means provided on the internal face of the protection intended to come into contact with the garment consist of adhesive strips 25 (2)   9. Protection according to one of claims 1 to 8,   characterized in that the protection (1) is obtained by producing two identical parts having a concave edge, each part forming a wing (11, 12), the parts then being connected by their concave edge according to an appropriate method.   10. Protection according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the protection (1) is obtained in the form of a single piece by forming, cutting and folding.