Moisture wicking athletic apparel

Abstract

A wristband having a substrate, wherein the substrate is generally tubular and adapted to be worn proximate the wrist of a user, and wherein the substrate includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front end, and a rear end; and a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the shell covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
         1 . A wristband, comprising:
 a substrate, wherein the substrate is generally tubular and adapted to be worn proximate the wrist of a user, and wherein the substrate includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front end, and a rear end; and   a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the shell covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate.   
     
     
         2 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a hydrophilic material. 
     
     
         3 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a water absorbing material. 
     
     
         4 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a flexible material. 
     
     
         5 . The wristband according to  claim 4 , wherein the substrate comprises cotton. 
     
     
         6 . The wristband according to  claim 4 , wherein the substrate comprises a composite of cotton and elastane. 
     
     
         7 . The wristband according to  claim 7 , wherein the substrate comprises a composite of approximately 80 percent cotton and approximately 20 percent elastane. 
     
     
         8 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell covers the entire substrate. 
     
     
         9 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a hydrophobic material. 
     
     
         10 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a moisture wicking material. 
     
     
         11 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises an elastomeric material. 
     
     
         12 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a polyurethane fiber. 
     
     
         13 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises an elastane. 
     
     
         14 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell is fabricated from a material represented by the following chemical structure: 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein m comprises an integer ranging from 1 to approximately 100; and 
         wherein n comprises an integer ranging from 5 to approximately 1,000. 
       
     
     
         15 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a polyester knit mesh. 
     
     
         16 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises a blend of at least four of bamboo, cotton, gore-tex, lyocell, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, rayon, silk, activated silk, spandex, tencel, wood pulp, wool, and x-static. 
     
     
         17 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the substrate and the shell is associated with an anti-microbial agent. 
     
     
         18 . The wristband according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the substrate and the shell is associated with an anti-fungal agent. 
     
     
         19 . A wristband, consisting of:
 a substrate, wherein the substrate is water absorbing and generally tubular and adapted to be worn proximate the wrist of a user, and wherein the substrate consists of an inner surface, an outer surface, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front end, and a rear end; and   a shell, wherein the shell is moisture wicking and consists of an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the shell covers the outer surface of the substrate.   
     
     
         20 . An article of athletic apparel, comprising:
 a substrate, wherein the substrate is generally tubular and adapted to be worn proximate the wrist, forearm, and/or head of a user, and wherein the substrate includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front end, and a rear end; and   a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the shell covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the substrate.