Underarm shield

Claim 1

A single use perspiration shield for mounting into the underarm of a garment, comprising: a one-piece body having a fold line defining first and second portions of substantially identical geometry, said body including a plurality of sheetlike layer elements of substantially identical geometry sandwiched together and edge sealed into a flat integral package which elements include, in the order recited from the garment out, a soft-to-the-touch, noiseless on flexing, sheet of pliant waterproof plastic having a raised pattern on its outwardly directed surface, at least one sheet of cellulose wadding arranged in contact with the inner surface of said plastic sheet, and a sheet of non-woven, porous, fibrous material overlaying the cellulose wadding sheet, which fibrous material on folding maintains a smooth, wrinkle-free surface; first and second tablike means integral with said body extending outwardly from said body at the respective foldline ends, said tablike means being separated from said body by strain relieving slit means extending in a direction generally transversely of said fold line; adhesive means including strippable cover means thereover being located on the same side of each said tablike means and body portions; said shield being mounted to the garment by, in the order recited, folding the body and tabs along the fold line, removing the covering means from the tablike means, locating the folded shield onto the garment interior underarm, pressing the exposed tablike means adhesive means into adherence with the garment while at the same time separating the tablike means further from the body at the strain relieving slits, removing the cover means from the first and second body portion adhesive means and pressing the exposed body portion adhesive means into adhering relation with the garment.