Patents by Inventor Mary L. Melvin

Mary L. Melvin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6868554
    Abstract: A clothing accessory for directing hair and water downwardly and away from a user's neck includes an inner layer provided with an annular neck portion that is removably positionable about a user's neck. The accessory further includes an outer layer that is non-integral with the inner layer, has a body provided with a collar portion positionable over and about a neck portion of the inner layer, wherein the neck portion extends upwardly and over the collar portion for advantageously assisting to absorb fluids traveling downwardly towards the collar portion. The outer layer further has a groove formed therein and extending along a bottom portion thereof for channeling fluids outwardly and away from a user's garment during operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Mary L. Melvin