Apparel – Body garments – Collars
Reexamination Certificate
2003-10-21
2004-06-15
Patel, Tejash (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Body garments
Collars
Reexamination Certificate
active
06748602
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an improved device for collar-attached shirts made of machine knitted fabric, the improved device, more particularly, enhancing the appearance of the collars by providing a neat and tidy shirt collar, while providing distinctive decorative qualities, while minimizing intrusion or abrasion of the collar.
2. Discussion of Related Art
There are other anti-curling devices for shirt collars. Typical of these are the following.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,964,756
Inventor: Benjamin Liebowitz
Issued: Dec. 20, 1960
Title: Anticurl Devices
This United States patent discloses means for preventing undesired curvature of garment parts such as men's and boy's shirt collars.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,686,692
Inventor: Victor Snare, et al.
Issued: Aug. 29, 1972
Title: Means For Stiffening Collars
This United States patent discloses a stiffener for a front pointed edge of a soft collar made of thin flexible plastics material having a V-shape rib pressed out from one face and a single straight rib pressed out from the other face and which extends centrally of said V-shape rib and passes through the apex thereof.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,118,803
Inventor: Harry Blau
Issued: Oct. 10, 1978
Title: Collar Stay System
This United States patent discloses an improved collar stay system, including a collar stay which engages with the tip of the collar at one end and a hinge member provided on a collar of a shirt. The hinge member is arranged and configured to engage with and hold the other end of the collar stay whereby a collar of new appearance is presented.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,286,337
Inventor: Edmond Malouf, Jr.
Issued: Sep. 1, 1981
Title: Shape Retaining Collar Devices
This United States patent discloses a shape retaining collar device for use with garments of wearing apparel as for example, a shirt having a torso covering segment. The shape retaining collar device in the garment construction includes a first fabric portion which is attachable to the torso covering segment and which is generally non-exposed to a viewer.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,434,512
Inventor Vagn Hansen
Issued: Mar. 6, 1984
Title: Stayless Shirt Collar
This United States patent discloses a shirt collar which eliminates the need for stays, but yet lies flat and maintains a crisp and neat appearance with time. The disclosed collar includes a flexible lining material characterized in that it is relatively stiff in the transverse direction of the collar and relatively flexible in the longitudinal direction.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,653,119
Inventor: Walter Kaiser
Issued: Mar. 31, 1987
Title: Clothing Protector
This United States patent discloses a disposable protector for a garment collar made up of a thin plastic sheet of water impervious material glued to a first side of a non-woven material and a pressure sensitive adhesive surface on the second side of the sheet. A removable paper strip is attached to the pressure sensitive material which can be removed and the protector attached to a garment collar band by means of the pressure sensitive adhesive with the non-woven material adjacent the neck of the wearer.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,167,732
Inventor: Marc Friedman
Issued: Jan. 2, 2001
Title: Knitwear Having No Curl Collars
This United States patent discloses for a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably a number of wales, i.e., 14 in number, produces a width of the pocket approximately equal to the width of the stay to minimize movement of the stay within the pocket.
There are other magnetic clothing related devices. Typical of these are the following.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,397,931
Inventor Robert Ellis
Issued: Apr. 9, 1946
Title: Magnetic Button
This United States patent discloses a magnetic button which has the general appearance of an ordinary button but is made in two associated parts which are each oppositely attached to a closure flop of a garment and hold the flaps together by inherent magnetic attraction.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,086,268
Inventor Leo Chaffin, Jr.
Issued: Apr. 23, 1963
Title: Separable Two-Part Magnetic Connector
This United States patent discloses an improved separable two-part magnetic connector.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,161,932
Inventor: Anne Russell
Issued: Apr. 15, 1963
Title: Magnetic Fastener
This United States patent discloses closures and closure fasteners for garments, particularly for baby garments and other fragile fabrics.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,732,451
Inventor: Mary Mars
Issued: Mar. 31, 1998
Title: Magnetic Attachment Device
This United States patent discloses a device for magnetically attaching jewelry, name tags or the like to garments. The device includes inner and outer magnets and an anchor attached to the outer magnet. A pin-secured jewelry article or name tag is secured to the garment by passing the pin through a passageway in the anchor and then bringing the inner and outer magnets into magnetically close proximity on opposite sides of the garment.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,170,131
Inventor Kyu Shin
Issued: Jan. 9, 2001
Title: Magnetic Buttons and Structures Thereof
This United States patent discloses detachable/attachable magnetic buttons that can be used on clothes, accessories, and the like. Specifically, the invention also relates to a contact guiding structure of the button for a smooth detaching/attaching and an improved stability thereof. The magnetic button of the present invention is arranged so that the magnets on the flap and the body have opposite polarities from each other. Each magnet housing is placed around each magnet in order to make one magnet to be placed in that of the corresponding opposite button. Furthermore, to prevent magnets from slipping and to enhance their durability, a barrier is placed between the magnet and the housing. Hence, the stability of the contact portion of the button and the smooth detachment/attachment are more facilitated.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,226,842
Inventor: Sheung Wong
Issued: May 8, 2001
Title: Waterproof, Washable Plastic Magnetic Button
This United States patent discloses a plastic magnetic button that is waterproof and washable includes a button body, a magnet and a steel plate disposed inside the cavity of said button body. The magnetic button can be used on clothes, can automatically align and match each other and is best suited for the case where buttons are not easy to be unbuttoned with the hands, such as, when both hands are in gloves.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,434,801
Inventor Erico Grunberger
Issued: Aug. 20, 2002
Title: Magnetic Closure For Items Of Clothing
This United States patent discloses a magnetic closure particularly for items of clothing and the like, comprising a magnetic body which is accommodated in a seat which is closed hermetically and is formed by two plate-like elements which are mutually coupled at least in a region which peripherally surrounds the magnetic body. The coupled plate-like elements can be applied to each one of a couple of flaps to be joined.
There are other magnetic adornment devices. Typical of these are the following.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,509,734
Inventor: Henry Lederer
Issued: May 5, 1970
Title: Ornamental Device With Interchangeable Magnetically Biased Member
This United States patent discloses an ornamental device comprising a base element and ornament element detachably mounted thereto said elements being mutually magnetically attractive, said ornament element having a raised portion adapted to snugly fit a corresponding cavity portion provided in the base element; the ornament element being further provided with at least one pin-like projection adapted to be engaged by a corresponding hole present in the base element whereby to promote structural stability.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,974,634
Inventor Kenneth Eisenpresser
Issued: Nov. 2, 1999
Title: Decorative Multi-Use Magnetic Buttons
This United States patent discloses a decorative multi-use magnetic button construction which includes a decorative sh
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