US1588808A - Collar - Google Patents

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June 15 1926.

M. PUGATSKY ET AL 0 OLLAR Filed Nov. 13, 1925 INVENTOR Patented June 15, 1926.-

UNITED STATES max PUGATSKY, on NEW vonx,

AND BARNETT H. GQLDSTEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GOLLAR.

Application filed November 13, 1925. Serial No. 68,768.

Our present invention relates primarily to collars, and has particular reference to soft collars of the turn-down type, and to a method of making the same.

So-called soft collars of the usual construction have numerous well-known disadvantages, among which is the tendency to crease and wrinkle and to lose shape in a manner impairing the appearance of the collar and shortening its life.

7 It is among the objects of the present invention to provide a collar which will have none of the disadvantages 'lieretofore inherent in collars of this type, and which is constructed in accordance with a method requiring the least amount of skill, material and time.

More particularly, it is an object of this invention to provide a collar which will embody reinforcing means of such a character and so arranged as to render the manufacture simple and inexpensive and to produce a finished article having enhanced utility and appearance.

According to one feature of the invention, the collar is constituted of a neck band portion and'a turn-down portion, and reinforcing strips are provided along the periphery of the turn-down portion in accordance with a predetermined plan. A feature of the invention lies in employing reinforcing strips which are relatively less yieldable in one direction than in a perpendicular direction, and in a preferred embodiment,

we utilize hair cloth for this purpose, the

strips being arranged in accordance with-a predetermined plan with the hair threads disposed either longitudinally or trans versely of the strip.

One of the important features of the mvention lies in providing the end edges and the free longitudinal edge of the turn-down portion with hair cloth Tstrips whose hair threads run" longitudinally of the strips, i. e., substantially parallel to the edges; and in providing the remaining or inner longltudinal edge of the turn-down portion wlth a strip whose hair threads are arranged transversely; By virtue of. this construe tion, the collar is made readily flexible and bendable at the portion which embraces the neck of a wearer so'that the collar can conform smoothly to the required contour, while simultaneously the outer edges of the turn-down portion are given a relative stiff- In a preferred construction, the neck band portion is constituted of two superposed plies or components, an inner component and an outer component, and the turn-down portion is gripped and engaged by the neck band portion along its inner longitudinal edge. More particularly, in super-posing the two plies referred to, we engage the reinforcing strip of the inner longitudinal edge of the turn-down portion between the plies in a manner concealing said edge entirely; and we thereupon stitch about the periphery of the neck band portion so that the superposed plies are united and the turn-down portion is en aged. by the stitching along'a line closely at? the reinforcing strip. 4

For the attainment of the foregoing objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear or be pointed out, we have illustrated one embodiment of our invention in the accompanying drawings, in which l a Fig. 1 is a substantially plan view of the completed collar, portions thereof being broken away to show the interior construction;

1 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the turndown portion, showing a step in'its method of manufacture;

Fi 3 is a similar fragmentary view showing the turn-down portion in position with respect to the neck band portion, just prior to attachment thereto; and

Fig.4 is an exaggerated cross-sectional view taken along the line H of Fig. 1, showing in dotted lines the position assumed by the turn-down portion when the collar is ready for use.

Referring now the drawings, it will be seen that we have provided a neck band portion 1 0 provided with suitable button holes llfin 'a well-known manner, and a turn-down portion 12. Having a free or outer longitudinal edge 13, two end edges 14, preferably at a suitable angle to the edge 13 in accordacent to l 55 ness and reinforcement which causes the I ance with the contour of collar desired, and

longitudinal edges have been doubled back to overlie one side of the original strip, the latter being then doubled on itself to completely enclose these edges. his method of forming the reinforcing strips is clearly shown in Fig. 4, and constitutes no essential feature of my invention, this method of enclosing the raw edges of a strip being wellknown in the art. Referring more particu-' larly to Fig. 4, the disposition of the reinfo-rcing strip in the outer longitudinal edge 13 will be clear. The reinforcing strip 16, constituting in its final form four plies,

is prevented from unfolding by a row of stitching 17; it is then attached to the very edgeof the portion 12 by a single row of stitching 18, and the edge is then folded on itself twice to form a seam completely enclosing the reinforcing 16. Two rows of stitching 19 are then run along and through the seam to hold the latter in position.

This method of construction refers to the edges 13 and 14. The inner edge 15 of the turn-down portion 12 is not seamed, and a strip of reinforcing material 20 is attached thereto by two rows of stitching 21. The

strip 20 comprises a strip substantially similar to the strips 16, its methodof construction being clearly shown in Fig. 2, including the line of stitching 22 originally run through the four plies of the strip to hold them together. The strip 20 is preferably attached to the edge 15 on the side of the material 12 opposite to the side upon which the strips 16 have been attached.

In accordance with our invention, the strips 16 are arranged to have their hair threads substantially parallel to the edges upon which they are attached, whereas the strlp 20 is constructed to have its hair threads running transversely thereof so that they are not parallel, but substantially perpendicu-lar, to the edge 15.

The turn-down'portion 12 is now ready for assembly with the neck band portion 10. The latter comprises two components, an inner component 23-and an outer component 24, each of which has its longitudinaledges doubled back to form seams the portions 23 and 24 being then superposed to enclose the doubled back edges therebetween. A line of stitching 25 is run peripherally about the neck bandportion 10 to hold the portions 23 and 24 in superposed positions, but prior to this stitching operation, the turn-down portion 12 is inserted between the plies 23 and 24, in a manner clearly shown in Figs. 3 and. 4, so that the edge 15 and its reinforcing strip 20 are gripped and engaged between the plies 23 and 24. The line of stitching 25 is then made, and it will be obvious that it will pass through the poition 12 along a line closely adjacent to the strip 20, thereby totally concealing the strip 20 and firmly attaching the turn-down portion 12 to'the neck band portion 10.

It will be obvious that the strip 20 defines the fold line about which the portion 12 will hinge; and the arrangement of its hair threads perpendicularly to the edge 15 llllparts to the strip 20 a relatively greater yieldability to bending in the direction the finished collar will be bent about the neck of a wearer. This permits the collar to conform smoothly to. the particular contour of the neck, at the same time imparting to the upper edge of the neck band portion a certain body and rigidity which is extremely advantageous. On the other hand, the arlj'lllgellltllt of the hair threads in the strips 16 imparts to these strips relatively greater resistance to bending longitudinally of the edges, and as a result these edges will retain their normal positions in a surprisingly efficient manner, eflectually preventing wrinkling and creasing of the turn-down portion when the collar is in use.

In some cases we prefer to stop the strips 16 along the end edges 14 at the fold line, instead of extending them completely to the edge 15. This construction permits the collar to fold more easily along a fold line which has already been defined according to predetermined design by the strip 20.

It will be obvious that various. changes in.

the details herein described and illustrated for the purpose of explaining the nature of our invention, may be made by' those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as expressed in the appended claims. It is therefore intended that these details be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus disclosed our invention, and illustrated its use,*what we desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a turn-down soft collar of the char acter described, the combination of a neck band portion, a turn-down portion, and hair cloth reinforcing strips carried by the latter along its periphery, the strips along the outer longitudinal edge and along the end edges being arranged with their hair threads substantially parallel to the respective edges. 2. In a turn-down soft collar of the charalong its pe'rip ery, the strips along the outer longitudinal edge and along the end edges being arranged with their hair threads substantially parallel to thefrespective edges. and the strip alon the inner longitudinal edge having its hair threads perpendicular to said edge. v

3. In a turn-down soft collar of the character described, the combination of a neck band portion having superposed components, a turn-down portion having one'longltudinal edge interposed between said components, and reinforcing strips carried by the turndown portion along its periphery, the strip along the interposed edge being relatively more yieldable to longitudinal bending than to transverse bending.

acter described, the combination of a neck band portion having superposed components, a turn-down portion having one longitudinal Ledge interposed between said components,

and reinforcing strips. carried by the turndown portion along its periphery, the strip along the interposed edge being relatively more yieldable to longitudinal bending than to transverse bending, and the strip along the tree longitudinal edge being relatively more yieldable to transverse bending than to longitudinal bending.

5. In a turn-down soft collar of the character described, the combination of a neck band portion having superposed components, a turn-down portion having one longitudinal edge interposed between said components,

and hair cloth reinforcing strips carried by the turn-down portion along its periphery, the strip along the interposed edge having its hair threads arranged transversely of said edge, whereby said strip will. define the fold line and will simultaneously permit the collar to conform smoothly to the neck of a wearer. 4, In a turn-down soft collar of the char-' In witness whereof, we. have hereunto signed our names, this 2nd day of November, 1925. l v

MAX PUGATSKY. BARN E'llT H'. GOLDSTEIN.

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