Sleeve Accessory Device and Methods of Use

Abstract

The present invention provides an accessory device to be used for obfuscating or covering shirt sleeves which simply, effectively, and removably secures and accessorizes the wearer's sleeve, or otherwise exposes his or her forearm and/or bicep in order to make a fashion statement, or achieve comfort, flexibility, and movability, or otherwise expose a portion of the wearer's arm. The benefit of such a device is that it allows the wearer is that is can removably secure a rolled-up quickly and without altering the outer garment. It can be used in a purely utilitarian fashion, as an accessory, to make a statement or convey a message, or to expose the arms of the wearer's body for working purposes, for visual purposes, for causal purposes, or for comfort purposes.

1 . A device for masking , covering, or securing a shirt sleeve, the device comprising:
 a length and width of material having a front side and a back side, said length having a proximal and a distal end, and said length being sufficient for said proximal and said distal end to touch when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve;   a means of connecting said material to the shirt sleeve in order to hold said material about the shirt sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said material further comprises a coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said means for connecting said material to said sleeve is a fastener or one or more flaps. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein said fastener is one or more clips, hasps, pins, buttons, hooks and loops, hook and eyelet, adjustable slide buckles, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3  wherein said fastener is attached to the back side of said material. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 3  wherein said one or more flaps extends from the width of said material, whereby when folded under or within the sleeve, or rolled portion of the sleeve, the material is secured about the sleeve. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein said flaps are secured to said material in a saw-tooth pattern such that when said flaps are folded over said sleeve no two flaps overlap. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said width of material is sufficient such that it completely covers and masks said shirt sleeve. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve is a button, a hasp, a hook and loop, hook and eyelet, a pin, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         10 . A device for masking , covering, or securing a shirt sleeve, the device comprising:
 a length and width of material having a front side and a back side, said length having a proximal and a distal end, and said length being sufficient for said proximal and said distal end to touch when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve;   one or more fasteners secured to the back of said material for connecting said material to the shirt sleeve in order to hold said material about the shirt sleeve; and   a coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve.   
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10  wherein said fastener is one or more clips, hasps, pins, buttons, hooks and loops, hook and eyelet, adjustable slide buckles, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 10  wherein said coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve is a button, a hasp, a hook and loop, hook and eyelet, a pin, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 10  wherein said width of material is sufficient such that it completely covers and masks said shirt sleeve. 
     
     
         14 . A device for masking , covering, or securing a shirt sleeve, the device comprising:
 a length and width of material having a front side and a back side, said length having a proximal and a distal end, and said length being sufficient for said proximal and said distal end to touch when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve;   one or more flaps for connecting said material to the shirt sleeve in order to hold said material about the shirt sleeve, said one or more flaps extending from the width of said material, whereby when said one or more flaps is folded under or within the sleeve, or rolled portion of the sleeve, the material is secured about the sleeve; and   a coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve.   
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14  wherein said coupling means for connecting said proximate and said distal ends of said material when worn circumferentially about a shirt sleeve is a button, a hasp, a hook and loop, hook and eyelet, a pin, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 14  wherein said flaps are secured to said material in a saw-tooth pattern such that when said flaps are folded over said sleeve no two flaps overlap. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 14  wherein said width of material is sufficient such that it completely covers and masks said shirt sleeve.