US3141174A

US3141174A - Dress shield

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Publication number: US3141174A
Application number: US124827A
Authority: US
Inventors: Meier-Nieper Elvira
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-07-18
Filing date: 1961-07-18
Publication date: 1964-07-21
Anticipated expiration: 1981-07-21

Description

July 21, 1964 E. MEIER-YNIEPER 3,141,174

DRESS SHIELD Filed July 1e. 1961 INVENTOR Elu/'ra Neier-Nieper BY @of ATTORNEYS United States Patent O 3,141,174 DRESS SHIELD Elvira ll/lieier-Nieper Kunzlistrasse 19, Zurich, Switzerland Filed July 18, 1961, Ser.. No. 124,327 1 Claim. (Cl. 2153) In dress shields known so far, Which above all are used for protecting clothes against secretions in the armpits, the capacity for absorbing perspiration is much too small so that in the case of strong body secretions the clothes are affected through the shields. Since, further, the replacement of shields known so far is too much bother, such replacement is not effected sufciently often so that a disagreeable body odor cannot be avoided.

My present invention relates to a dress shield distinguished by a very high capacity for absorption and easy replaceability.

The dress shield according to the invention comprises a hydroscopic layer on the side adjacent to the human body and a protective moisture-resistant layer on the side adjacent to the clothes, at least a portion of the protectivelayer surface on the side adjacent to the clothes being provided with an adhesive face for detachably securing same in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extension at the upper concave side of the dress shield which extension is a part of the protective foil of the moisture resistant layer that extends beyond or above the absorbent layer of the dress shield, which results in a minimum thickness of the shield at the top thereof and in the arm pit of the wearer.

One form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a view of the dress shield from the side destined to be adjacent to the cloth of the garment,

FIG. 2 is a partial View in section on the line II-II of FIG. l, and

FIG. 3 shows the arrangement of the dress shields on the garment inside on a section through the armpit.'

The dress shield 1 shown is of crescent form, as known. It comprises on one hand a soft, porous, highly absorbable layer 2 such as absorbent layer cotton, felt, blotting paper, plastic foam facing the body K (FIG. 3) and, on the other hand, a protective layer 3 made of a foil preventing the passage of moisture and facing the cloth to be protected, such as a thermoplastic foil, oiled, silk. Layer 3 is entirely or partly connected to absorbable layer 2 and comprises a marginal rim portion 4 that preferably projects beyond layer 2 at least on the upper edge and comprises an adhesive face 5 of self-sticking dry adhesive such as rubber adhesive, on the side destined to be adjacent to the garment. Adhesive face 5 extends in the form of a strip along a marginal portion facing the garment shoulder and may be formed, for example, by wrapping the rim on to the side of plastic foil 3 and in use is situated outside the range of layer 2. The adhesive face may be preserved by applying thereto a protective strip which may be drawn off before use so that the adhesive strength of the adhesive face which has to be cleared immediately before using the shield, is fully preserved.

As may be seen from FIG. 3, the protective layer after having cleared its adhesive face 5, is stuck to the garment inside in its range which is destined to abut against the arm pit H so that the layer 2 is facing the body K and the layer 3 is facing the cloth ST to be protected.

The dress shield, further, may have any other shape desired, adapted to the garment portion to be protected in any one case, the thickness of the absorbable layer 2 being adapted to the nature of the body secretions. The sticking connection of the shield which requires very little time for the application to garments, allows a frequent replacement of the protective layer so that the formation of body odors may be positively avoided and the respective cloths do not have to be washed or replaced so frequently any longer.

The dress shield described is suitable for ladies, gentlemens, and childrens clothes of all kinds, in particular for blouses and shirts.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to a now preferred example and embodiment of the invention it will be understood by those skilled in the art after understanding the invention, that various changes and modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and it is intended, therefore, to cover all such changes and modifications in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a dress shield of crescent shape with opposed convex and concave edges and adapted for use in a garment to absorb body secretions, in combination:

(a) an absorbent layer on the side destined to face the body,

(b) a protective foil sheet on the side destined to face the garment,

(c) said protective foil sheet being adhered to and extending beyond said absorbent layer :at the concave edge thereof,

(d) the extended portion of said protective foil sheet being provided with a layer of self-sticking dry adhesive material for detachably securing the dress shield to the garment.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 690,719 Gault Jan. 7, 1902 717,830 Ferguson Jan. 6, 1903 2,434,830 Billins et al. Jan, 20, 1948 2,438,771 Topjian Mar. 30, 1948 3,001,201 Hauser Sept. 26, 1961