Apparel – Body garments – Collars
Patent
1998-10-14
2000-07-04
Hale, Gloria
Apparel
Body garments
Collars
A41B 300
Patent
active
06081926&
ABSTRACT:
An expandable shirt collar has one or more transverse reinforced cuts or openings in the neckband which spread apart or open when a longitudinal force is applied to the neckband to effectively elongate the neckband to compensate for shrinkage of the shirt collar or an increase in neck size of the wearer. In one form of the invention, a vertically oriented button hole at one end of the band may serve as the cut or opening, either alone or in combination with additional cuts or openings spaced from the ends of the band. In another form of the invention, a piece of expandable pleated material may be sewn into the cut or opening. Also disclosed are a button having an elongate oval shape, and/or a notched periphery, to facilitate placement of the button through a button hole.
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Krause Arthur A.
Lim Walter K.
Hale Gloria
Lambert Dennis H.
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