Neck warmer

Abstract

A neck warmer is provided with a subset of indicia from a character's face to provide the appearance of a complete character face when worn by a child. The neck warmer appearance provides the advantage of encouraging children to wear outdoor protection garments such as the neck warmer by creating the appearance of a custom. Accordingly, the warmer of the invention provides a significant advantage in encouraging children, who are usually reluctant to wear such garments, to wear a neck warmer during cold weather.

1 . A neck warmer comprising: 
 an elongated cylindrical sleeve portion having an exterior face and an upper rim;    said exterior face having indicia suggesting the appearance of a character, said character generally including eyes and facial features below the eyes, said indicia comprising said facial features below the eyes, not including the eyes, said features are positioned on the exterior face, just below said upper rim.    
   
   
       2 . A warmer according to  claim 1 , wherein said sleeve portion is formed from a fleece material.