Outerwear with nose wipe accessory

Abstract

A nose wipe accessory for outerwear, which allows a user thereof to attend to a runny nose while wearing gloves in an environment in which the person's movement is restricted. The nose wipe accessory includes an outer flap fixed along one edge thereof to the sleeve of an outerwear garment, the remaining edges of the outer flap removably attached to the sleeve of the garment, such that the flap may be readily opened to allow access to a disposable nose wipe insert releasably retained on the sleeve. A lotion insert may be disposed between the nose wipe insert and the sleeve to allow a user to apply a soothing lotion emitted therefrom to the user's nose. Alternatively, the nose wipe accessory may be attached to an armband worn on a sleeve, or may be attached to a sleeve with straps, allowing the user to wear the nose wipe accessory interchangeably with multiple outerwear garments.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An article of outerwear, comprising: 
 a sleeve; and    a nose wipe accessory attached to said sleeve, said nose wipe accessory comprising: 
 a piece of fabric removably attached to said sleeve; and  
 a flap having an outer periphery, said flap disposed over said piece of fabric and fixedly attached to said sleeve along a first portion of said outer periphery and removably attached to said sleeve along a second portion of said outer periphery, wherein said flap may be opened to expose said piece of fabric.  
   
     
     
         2 . The article of outerwear of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least one first hook and loop fastener strip fixed to said sleeve; and    at least one second hook and loop fastener strip attached to each of said piece of fabric and said flap, said at least one first hook and loop fastener strip releaseably engaging each of said at least one second hook and loop fastener strips.    
     
     
         3 . The article of outerwear of  claim 1 , further comprising a lotion insert disposed intermediate said piece of fabric and said sleeve.  
     
     
         4 . A nose wipe accessory, comprising: 
 an armband;    a piece of fabric removably attached to said armband; and    a flap having an outer periphery, said flap fixedly attached to said armband along a first portion of said periphery and removably attached to said sleeve along a second portion of said outer periphery, wherein said flap may be opened to expose said piece of fabric.    
     
     
         5 . The nose wipe accessory of  claim 4 , further comprising a lotion insert disposed intermediate said piece of fabric and said armband.  
     
     
         6 . The nose wipe accessory of  claim 4 , further comprising: 
 first hook and loop fastener strips fixed respectively around an outer periphery of said piece of fabric and said outer periphery of said flap, and    a second hook and loop fastener strip fixed to said armband around an area thereof, said area corresponding to said outer peripheries of each of said piece of fabric and said cover, said second hook and loop fastener strip releaseably engaging each of said first hook and loop fastener strips.