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- the present invention relates to clothing and more particularly to a jacket, tie and shirt combination.
- Clothing has been popular for a number of years. More particularly, dress clothing has been popular but due to the number of different clothing items necessary to achieve a proper dress with clothing, people have been looking for a way of achieving dress clothing with a minimum of effort.
- a shirt and tie combination and related method and embellishments thereof comprising: a tie permanently affixed along part of a tie-to-neck mount collar thereof, to a shirt collar of a shirt, along a tie-to-shirt attachment region; the tie-to-neck mount collar comprising a pair of separable mating halves with mating fasteners thereof, which provide a side neck opening when not mated and close the side neck opening when mated, situated along the tie-to-neck mount collar at other than the tie-to-shirt attachment region; and a remainder of the tie forming a visual fashion appearance of the tie, permanently connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar; wherein: a user is enabled to don the shirt and tie combination by putting the user's arms through sleeves of the shirt while a front of the shirt is unfastened and the mating halves are not mated, fastening the front of the shirt, and mating the mating halves.
- a jacket, tie and shirt combination embellishment may include a front jacket panel; a back jacket panel integrally connected to the front jacket panel; a front shirt panel connected to front jacket panel to cooperate with the front jacket panel and a back shirt panel to cooperate with the back jacket panel; and an adjustable tie to cooperate with the front shirt panel and the front jacket panel and the front shirt aperture and collar to expand and contract in length.
- Tie is attached to shirt under collar via a “hook and loop” and or permanently sewn.
- Invention may be a one-piece clothing item to allow user to slip the combination over user's head for easy dress and undress.
- the front jacket panel may include opposing sleeves, with or without cuffs.
- the front jacket panel may include opposing pockets.
- the front jacket panel may include apertures for buttons.
- the front shirt may include apertures for buttons and may include a zipper or hook and loop under tie for easy dressing access to person wearing attire.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a shirt, tie and jacket combination of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the front jacket panel and combination with the shirt, shirt collar, cuffs from shirt of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a portion of the front of the shirt to be attached within front jacket combination of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a back view of the back shirt panel which may be located within the jacket combination of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a back view of the back jacket panel with the shirt collar extended, shirt tail and jacket combination of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a front view of the front shirt panel of the shirt and tie of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is also additional detail of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 7 illustrates a front view of the expandable tie in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, in an open configuration for placement onto and removal from a user's neck, as well as the regions over which this tie is affixed to the shirt collar.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a front view of the expandable tie of FIG. 7 , in a closed configuration when it is placed about a user's neck, as well as the regions over which this tie is affixed to the shirt collar.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the expandable tie of FIGS. 7 and 8 as configured and used in combination with the shirt.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the shirt, tie and jacket combination 100 which may include a front jacket panel 102 which may be integrally connected to the back jacket panel 104 .
- the front jacket panel 102 may include a lapel section 118 which may extend around the periphery of the upper jacket aperture 106 which may cooperate with the front shirt panel 108 and which may underlay the front jacket panel 102 .
- the front jacket panel 102 may be connected to another portion of the front jacket panel 102 by buttons 110 which may cooperate with button apertures 112 to connect to sections of the front jacket panel 102 .
- the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may define a cavity for the user of the shirt and jacket combination 100 .
- the bottom and the top of the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may be open at the top 106 and bottom 130 to allow access to the cavity.
- the front jacket panel 102 may include a pair of opposing pockets 114 to allow the storage of objects.
- the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may be connected to a pair of opposing jacket sleeves 116 .
- the opposing jacket sleeves 116 may have sewn or attached therein opposing shirt sleeves 111 which may be with or without buttons and or apertures 109 for cuff links.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the front jacket panel 102 which may be integrally connected to the back jacket panel 104 .
- the front jacket panel 102 may include the lapel section 118 which may extend around the periphery of the upper jacket aperture 106 which may cooperate with the front shirt panel 108 .
- the front jacket panel 102 may be detachably connected to another portion of the front jacket panel 102 by or with buttons 110 which may cooperate with button apertures 112 to connect to sections of the front jacket panel 102 .
- the collar of the shirt 107 may be connected within the jacket aperture 106 to the inside of the lapel 118 .
- the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may define a cavity for the user of the shirt, tie and jacket combination 100 .
- the bottom and the top of the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may be open to allow access to the cavity 130 .
- the front jacket panel 102 may include a pair of opposing pockets 114 to allow the storage of objects.
- the front jacket panel 102 and the back jacket panel 104 may be connected to a pair of opposing jackets sleeves 116 .
- a part of the shirt 111 may be attached to inside of jacket sleeves 116 to form cuffs protruding out 111 from jacket sleeves 116 .
- the cuffs can be with a button or with an aperture 109 to allow for cuff links.
- FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 may connect at shoulders, sides and elsewhere to form one jacket.
- FIG. 2 may also include buttons 110 so that they may interlock into apertures 112 .
- FIG. 2 also identifies the lower jacket aperture 130 to provide access to the user of the jacket.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a portion of the front shirt panel 108 attached inside or coordinated inside the front jacket panel 102 and illustrates the expandable tie 132 , the shirt buttons 117 and the shirt button apertures 113 .
- FIG. 3 additionally illustrates the front shirt panel 108 may have a tail 115 to allow user to tuck shirt into user's pants.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the back shirt panel 134 which may be integrally connected to the front shirt panel 108 and may also be integrally connected to the inside of the back of jacket 104 , FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 4 additionally illustrates the back tail 115 of the part of a shirt which can be tucked into the pants of the wearer/user. Further, the back shirt panel 134 may define a bottom shirt opening 138 .
- FIG. 4 also shows the top shirt opening 131 .
- FIG. 5 illustrates the back jacket panel 104 which may be connected to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , front jacket panel 102 and which may be connected to the jacket's sleeves 116 .
- FIG. 5 additionally illustrates the upper jacket aperture 106 and the lower jacket aperture 130 to provide access to the user of the jacket.
- FIG. 5 also shows the back of the shirt collar 107 and the shirt cuffs 111 .
- FIG. 5 also defines a bottom shirt opening 138 .
- FIG. 6 further illustrates the front shirt panel 108 which may be connected to an integral back shirt panel 134 which may include the expandable tie 132 which may have an expandable collar on shirt 136 to allow the user to access a shirt cavity and for user to wear invention by placing over wear's head, which may be defined by the front shirt panel 108 and the back shirt panel 134 by expanding and contracting in length of the expandable tie 132 .
- the front shirt panel 108 and the back shirt panel 134 may define a bottom shirt opening 138 and a top shirt opening 131 to allow access to the shirt cavity.
- the invention may have a zipper or “hook and loop” on the shirt 142 to allow wearer of invention easier access to pull over the neck of wearer.
- shirt tail 115 to allow user to tuck shirt into user's pants.
- the shirt, tie and jacket combination may be formed in many ways including the following.
- FIG. 7 contains further detail for the region 136 shown in FIG. 6 .
- This FIG. 7 illustrates a front view of the expandable tie 132 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, in an open configuration for placement onto and removal from a user's neck, as well as tie-to-shirt attachment regions 73 over which this tie 132 may be affixed to the shirt collar 107 .
- a tie-to-neck mount collar 71 of the tie 132 comprises a side neck opening 72 , and a tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 .
- the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 is shown to have both an opposite-side tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 a opposite the side neck opening 72 , and a rear tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 b at the rear of tie-to-neck mount collar 71 , as illustrated.
- a widely-utilized Windsor knot 74 is also shown connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 , but this is for illustration not limitation, with the understanding that the invention applies to any type of necktie known and used in the art.
- the recognizable top portion 75 of the remainder of the tie 132 is also illustrated. The bottom portion of the tie 132 is not pertinent to the utility of the invention. It will be understood that the knot portion 74 of whatever type, together with the top portion 75 and the remainder of the tie, form the visual fashion appearance of the overall necktie 132 .
- the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 is permanently affixed to the shirt collar 107 along the opposite-side tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 a and/or along the rear tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 b .
- the preferred manner of permanently affixing tie-to-neck mount collar 71 to the shirt collar 107 along the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 is by sewing, stitching, or equivalent.
- the side neck opening 72 comprises a pair of separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b which mate using, for example, but without limitation, the “hook and loop” mating fasteners mentioned in the discussion of FIG. 6 .
- the mating halves 76 a and 76 b start out detached from one another as illustrated, so that the tie 132 can be placed around the user's neck without needing to conduct the usual process of tying the tie 132 with a Windsor knot 74 or the like. Then, once the tie 132 has been placed, the two separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b are suitably rotated and mated 77 to reach the closed configuration now illustrated in FIG. 8 , thereby affixing the tie about the user's neck.
- FIG. 8 the side neck opening 72 of FIG. 7 has by virtue of the foregoing been converted into a side closure 81 with the separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b now mated together into a unified 76 , as illustrated.
- the visual configuration of the tie 132 is identical to the customary configuration of a tie which has been tied about the user's neck following the usual protocols.
- the tie 132 has now been secured about the neck not by the usual cumbersome and time-consuming tying/knotting process, but by the user slipping the tie about his neck through the side neck opening 72 of FIG. 7 and then closing this into the side closure 81 of FIG. 8 by simply mating the separate mating halves 76 a and 76 b of FIG. 7 into the mated 76 of FIG. 8 .
- the tie 132 is not an independent component from the shirt 108 and its collar 107 as is customary in the art. Rather, the tie 132 is permanently affixed to the shirt collar 107 along the tie-to-shirt attachment region(s) 73 as illustrated.
- the process of donning the shirt 108 and tie in combination is as simple as putting on the shirt 108 with its buttons/fasteners and the tie simultaneously in open configurations 91 and 72 , buttoning/fastening the shirt buttons 117 into the shirt button apertures 113 as illustrated for the top button 117 by the buttoning connection line 92 , then mating the separate mating halves 76 a and 76 b into the mated 76 as illustrated by the mating connection line 77 previously detailed in FIG. 7 .
- buttons 117 and button apertures 113 are illustrated, the use of equivalent connectors to fasten together the front shirt panel 108 , such as but not limited to snaps, studs, hook and loop, etc. is regarded to be within the scope of this disclosure and the associated claims.
- the collar flap 93 if the user needs to lift it into the lifted position shown in FIG. 9 , may then be descended down over the entire tie-to-neck mount collar 71 in the usual way, to complete the formal look of the tie and short combination.
- the shirt and tie combination comprises: a tie 132 permanently affixed along part of a tie-to-neck mount collar 71 thereof, to a shirt collar 107 of a shirt 108 , along a tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 ; the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 comprising a pair of separable mating halves with mating fasteners 76 a , 76 b thereof, which provide a side neck opening 72 when not mated and close said side neck opening into the mated 76 when mated, situated along the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 at other than the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 ; and a remainder 74 , 75 et al. of the tie 132 forming a visual fashion appearance of said tie, permanently connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 , see the permanent junction between 71 and 74 in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 .
- the process of dressing up with shirt, tie and jacket is very simple, with four steps: First, all in one fell swoop, the user puts on the jacket and shirt which are pre-attached to one another by placing his arms through the sleeves of both. The tie is carried along for the ride because of its permanent attachment 73 to the shirt. Second, the user fastens, e.g. buttons the shirt in the usual way as detailed in FIG. 9 .
- the user simply mates 76 the separate mating halves 76 a and 76 b of the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 using the “hook and loop” or equivalent mating fasteners, which for example, and without limitation, may also be suitable snaps.
- the user descends the collar flap 93 down over the entire tie-to-neck mount collar 71 to complete the formal look. To remove the shirt and tie combination, the above is simply inverted.
- FIGS. 6-9 illustrate the side neck opening 72 on the right side of the user's neck (left side of the drawing) and the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 potentially including the region toward the left side of the user's neck (right side of the drawing), this is just an example, not a limitation. It is just as suitable within the scope of the invention for this to be parity inverted with the open region to the left and the attached region to the right of the user's neck.
- the precise coverage of the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 may be varied, with the functional requirement being to have the tie 132 ride along with the shirt 108 and its shirt collar 107 such that all the user needs to attend to as regards the tie, is mate together the separate mating halves 76 a and 76 b of the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 .
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- This application is a continuation-in-part of pending application U.S. Ser. No. 15/838,396 filed Dec. 12, 2017.
- The present invention relates to clothing and more particularly to a jacket, tie and shirt combination.
- Clothing has been popular for a number of years. More particularly, dress clothing has been popular but due to the number of different clothing items necessary to achieve a proper dress with clothing, people have been looking for a way of achieving dress clothing with a minimum of effort.
- A shirt and tie combination and related method and embellishments thereof, comprising: a tie permanently affixed along part of a tie-to-neck mount collar thereof, to a shirt collar of a shirt, along a tie-to-shirt attachment region; the tie-to-neck mount collar comprising a pair of separable mating halves with mating fasteners thereof, which provide a side neck opening when not mated and close the side neck opening when mated, situated along the tie-to-neck mount collar at other than the tie-to-shirt attachment region; and a remainder of the tie forming a visual fashion appearance of the tie, permanently connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar; wherein: a user is enabled to don the shirt and tie combination by putting the user's arms through sleeves of the shirt while a front of the shirt is unfastened and the mating halves are not mated, fastening the front of the shirt, and mating the mating halves.
- A jacket, tie and shirt combination embellishment may include a front jacket panel; a back jacket panel integrally connected to the front jacket panel; a front shirt panel connected to front jacket panel to cooperate with the front jacket panel and a back shirt panel to cooperate with the back jacket panel; and an adjustable tie to cooperate with the front shirt panel and the front jacket panel and the front shirt aperture and collar to expand and contract in length. Tie is attached to shirt under collar via a “hook and loop” and or permanently sewn. Invention may be a one-piece clothing item to allow user to slip the combination over user's head for easy dress and undress.
- The front jacket panel may include opposing sleeves, with or without cuffs.
- The front jacket panel may include opposing pockets.
- The front jacket panel may include apertures for buttons.
- The front shirt may include apertures for buttons and may include a zipper or hook and loop under tie for easy dressing access to person wearing attire.
- The features of the invention believed to be novel are set forth in the appended claims.
- The invention, however, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing(s) summarized below.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a shirt, tie and jacket combination of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the front jacket panel and combination with the shirt, shirt collar, cuffs from shirt of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a portion of the front of the shirt to be attached within front jacket combination of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a back view of the back shirt panel which may be located within the jacket combination of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a back view of the back jacket panel with the shirt collar extended, shirt tail and jacket combination of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a front view of the front shirt panel of the shirt and tie of the present invention.FIG. 6 is also additional detail ofFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 7 illustrates a front view of the expandable tie in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, in an open configuration for placement onto and removal from a user's neck, as well as the regions over which this tie is affixed to the shirt collar. -
FIG. 8 illustrates a front view of the expandable tie ofFIG. 7 , in a closed configuration when it is placed about a user's neck, as well as the regions over which this tie is affixed to the shirt collar. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the expandable tie ofFIGS. 7 and 8 as configured and used in combination with the shirt. -
FIG. 1 illustrates the shirt, tie andjacket combination 100 which may include afront jacket panel 102 which may be integrally connected to theback jacket panel 104. Thefront jacket panel 102 may include alapel section 118 which may extend around the periphery of theupper jacket aperture 106 which may cooperate with thefront shirt panel 108 and which may underlay thefront jacket panel 102. Thefront jacket panel 102 may be connected to another portion of thefront jacket panel 102 bybuttons 110 which may cooperate withbutton apertures 112 to connect to sections of thefront jacket panel 102. Thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may define a cavity for the user of the shirt andjacket combination 100. The bottom and the top of thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may be open at thetop 106 andbottom 130 to allow access to the cavity. Thefront jacket panel 102 may include a pair ofopposing pockets 114 to allow the storage of objects. In addition, thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may be connected to a pair ofopposing jacket sleeves 116. Theopposing jacket sleeves 116 may have sewn or attached thereinopposing shirt sleeves 111 which may be with or without buttons and orapertures 109 for cuff links. -
FIG. 2 illustrates thefront jacket panel 102 which may be integrally connected to theback jacket panel 104. Thefront jacket panel 102 may include thelapel section 118 which may extend around the periphery of theupper jacket aperture 106 which may cooperate with thefront shirt panel 108. Thefront jacket panel 102 may be detachably connected to another portion of thefront jacket panel 102 by or withbuttons 110 which may cooperate withbutton apertures 112 to connect to sections of thefront jacket panel 102. The collar of theshirt 107 may be connected within thejacket aperture 106 to the inside of thelapel 118. Thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may define a cavity for the user of the shirt, tie andjacket combination 100. The bottom and the top of thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may be open to allow access to thecavity 130. Thefront jacket panel 102 may include a pair ofopposing pockets 114 to allow the storage of objects. In addition, thefront jacket panel 102 and theback jacket panel 104 may be connected to a pair ofopposing jackets sleeves 116. A part of theshirt 111 may be attached to inside ofjacket sleeves 116 to form cuffs protruding out 111 fromjacket sleeves 116. The cuffs can be with a button or with anaperture 109 to allow for cuff links.FIG. 2 andFIG. 5 may connect at shoulders, sides and elsewhere to form one jacket.FIG. 2 may also includebuttons 110 so that they may interlock intoapertures 112.FIG. 2 also identifies thelower jacket aperture 130 to provide access to the user of the jacket. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a portion of thefront shirt panel 108 attached inside or coordinated inside thefront jacket panel 102 and illustrates theexpandable tie 132, theshirt buttons 117 and theshirt button apertures 113.FIG. 3 additionally illustrates thefront shirt panel 108 may have atail 115 to allow user to tuck shirt into user's pants. -
FIG. 4 illustrates theback shirt panel 134 which may be integrally connected to thefront shirt panel 108 and may also be integrally connected to the inside of the back ofjacket 104,FIG. 5 .FIG. 4 additionally illustrates theback tail 115 of the part of a shirt which can be tucked into the pants of the wearer/user. Further, theback shirt panel 134 may define a bottom shirt opening 138.FIG. 4 also shows the top shirt opening 131. -
FIG. 5 illustrates theback jacket panel 104 which may be connected toFIG. 1 andFIG. 2 ,front jacket panel 102 and which may be connected to the jacket'ssleeves 116.FIG. 5 additionally illustrates theupper jacket aperture 106 and thelower jacket aperture 130 to provide access to the user of the jacket.FIG. 5 also shows the back of theshirt collar 107 and theshirt cuffs 111.FIG. 5 also defines abottom shirt opening 138. -
FIG. 6 further illustrates thefront shirt panel 108 which may be connected to an integralback shirt panel 134 which may include theexpandable tie 132 which may have an expandable collar onshirt 136 to allow the user to access a shirt cavity and for user to wear invention by placing over wear's head, which may be defined by thefront shirt panel 108 and theback shirt panel 134 by expanding and contracting in length of theexpandable tie 132. Thefront shirt panel 108 and theback shirt panel 134 may define a bottom shirt opening 138 and a top shirt opening 131 to allow access to the shirt cavity. Also, under the tie, the invention may have a zipper or “hook and loop” on theshirt 142 to allow wearer of invention easier access to pull over the neck of wearer. Also illustrated isshirt tail 115 to allow user to tuck shirt into user's pants. The shirt, tie and jacket combination may be formed in many ways including the following. - 1) Using fabric preferably with a small amount of spandex the
first shirt panel 108 and theback shirt panel 134 being formed into the width a spread collar, full front, and full yoke. Also, the sleeve of the shirt is formed in one embodiment above the placket to a full, functioning cuff. The fabric may be polyester/spandex or other appropriate fabric in one embodiment. - 2) Make working buttonhole(s) in the
front shirt panel 108 in the top button position at or near top to below the collar stand. Secure the front placket of thefront shirt panel 108 by sewing buttons over the center placket below this button position, spacing the buttons appropriately apart in one embodiment. - 3) Attach a small square of hook and loop tape to the front of the shirt where the top button would be located. Use the soft (loop) side on the inside of the left side of the collar stand and use the hook side on the outside of the right side of the collar stand, or vice versa, such that the hook and loop portions can connect.
- 4) Using an appropriate jacket-weight blend fabric to construct the jacket front to front side and to the back at the shoulder seam. The fabric may be in one embodiment a wool/polyester/spandex blend to stretch in the crosswise direction and substantially none in the lengthwise direction.
- 5) Secure the shirt front to the side front seam of the jacket front. Sew the jacket sides to the jacket back at the side seams.
- 6) Attach the partial front lining to the inside
jacket front panel 102 facing, and then completely attach thecollar 107 of the shirt to the jacket inside thejacket lapel 118 area, as part of theunder collar 107 to thelapel 118 to thejacket 102. Also connect thefront shirt panel 108 to inside offront jacket 102. On the jacket assembly, the sleeve lining is attached within the jacket sleeves at anappropriate location 116 within the jacket sleeve with an appropriate seam. Also theshirt cuff 111 is secured within thejacket sleeve 116 at an appropriate location. The goal is to have theshirt cuff 111 show an appropriate amount protruding below the jacket sleeve hem. -
FIG. 7 contains further detail for theregion 136 shown inFIG. 6 . ThisFIG. 7 illustrates a front view of theexpandable tie 132 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, in an open configuration for placement onto and removal from a user's neck, as well as tie-to-shirt attachment regions 73 over which thistie 132 may be affixed to theshirt collar 107. Specifically, a tie-to-neck mount collar 71 of thetie 132 comprises aside neck opening 72, and a tie-to-shirt attachment region 73. InFIG. 7 , without limitation, the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 is shown to have both an opposite-side tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 a opposite theside neck opening 72, and a rear tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 b at the rear of tie-to-neck mount collar 71, as illustrated. Also shown connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar 71, is a widely-utilizedWindsor knot 74, but this is for illustration not limitation, with the understanding that the invention applies to any type of necktie known and used in the art. Finally, the recognizabletop portion 75 of the remainder of thetie 132 is also illustrated. The bottom portion of thetie 132 is not pertinent to the utility of the invention. It will be understood that theknot portion 74 of whatever type, together with thetop portion 75 and the remainder of the tie, form the visual fashion appearance of theoverall necktie 132. - Taken in combination with the shirt collar 107 (also see
FIG. 9 ), the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 is permanently affixed to theshirt collar 107 along the opposite-side tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 a and/or along the rear tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 b. Without limitation, the preferred manner of permanently affixing tie-to-neck mount collar 71 to theshirt collar 107 along the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 is by sewing, stitching, or equivalent. Importantly, theside neck opening 72 comprises a pair of separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b which mate using, for example, but without limitation, the “hook and loop” mating fasteners mentioned in the discussion ofFIG. 6 . So when the user is placing thetie 132 about the user's neck, the mating halves 76 a and 76 b start out detached from one another as illustrated, so that thetie 132 can be placed around the user's neck without needing to conduct the usual process of tying thetie 132 with aWindsor knot 74 or the like. Then, once thetie 132 has been placed, the two separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b are suitably rotated and mated 77 to reach the closed configuration now illustrated inFIG. 8 , thereby affixing the tie about the user's neck. - Specifically, in
FIG. 8 the side neck opening 72 ofFIG. 7 has by virtue of the foregoing been converted into aside closure 81 with the separable mating halves 76 a and 76 b now mated together into a unified 76, as illustrated. It will be appreciated that inFIG. 8 , the visual configuration of thetie 132 is identical to the customary configuration of a tie which has been tied about the user's neck following the usual protocols. However, there are two important structural and operational differences: - First, the
tie 132 has now been secured about the neck not by the usual cumbersome and time-consuming tying/knotting process, but by the user slipping the tie about his neck through the side neck opening 72 ofFIG. 7 and then closing this into theside closure 81 ofFIG. 8 by simply mating theseparate mating halves FIG. 7 into the mated 76 ofFIG. 8 . - Second, as now detailed in
FIG. 9 , thetie 132 is not an independent component from theshirt 108 and itscollar 107 as is customary in the art. Rather, thetie 132 is permanently affixed to theshirt collar 107 along the tie-to-shirt attachment region(s) 73 as illustrated. Consequently, with the verytop shirt button 117 andshirt button aperture 113 illustrated, the process of donning theshirt 108 and tie in combination, is as simple as putting on theshirt 108 with its buttons/fasteners and the tie simultaneously inopen configurations shirt buttons 117 into theshirt button apertures 113 as illustrated for thetop button 117 by thebuttoning connection line 92, then mating theseparate mating halves mating connection line 77 previously detailed inFIG. 7 . Note, althoughbuttons 117 andbutton apertures 113 are illustrated, the use of equivalent connectors to fasten together thefront shirt panel 108, such as but not limited to snaps, studs, hook and loop, etc. is regarded to be within the scope of this disclosure and the associated claims. Thecollar flap 93, if the user needs to lift it into the lifted position shown inFIG. 9 , may then be descended down over the entire tie-to-neck mount collar 71 in the usual way, to complete the formal look of the tie and short combination. - To summarize
FIGS. 7 through 9 , the shirt and tie combination comprises: atie 132 permanently affixed along part of a tie-to-neck mount collar 71 thereof, to ashirt collar 107 of ashirt 108, along a tie-to-shirt attachment region 73; the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 comprising a pair of separable mating halves withmating fasteners side neck opening 72 when not mated and close said side neck opening into the mated 76 when mated, situated along the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 at other than the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73; and aremainder tie 132 forming a visual fashion appearance of said tie, permanently connected to the tie-to-neck mount collar 71, see the permanent junction between 71 and 74 inFIGS. 7, 8 and 9 . - As a result, it becomes possible to don the shirt and tie combination by putting the arms of a user of through sleeves of the
shirt 108 while the front of theshirt 108 is unfastened (e.g., unbuttoned) and the pair of separable mating halves 76 a, 76 b of the tie-to-neck mount collar 71 of thetie 132 are not mated and thus provide theside neck opening 72; fastening the front of theshirt 108; and mating the mating halves 76 a, 76 b into the mated 76. - When the shirt and tie combination detailed in
FIGS. 6-9 is in turn attached to thejacket 102 to form the shirt, tie andjacket combination 100 illustrated inFIGS. 1-5 , the process of dressing up with shirt, tie and jacket is very simple, with four steps: First, all in one fell swoop, the user puts on the jacket and shirt which are pre-attached to one another by placing his arms through the sleeves of both. The tie is carried along for the ride because of itspermanent attachment 73 to the shirt. Second, the user fastens, e.g. buttons the shirt in the usual way as detailed inFIG. 9 . Third, the user simply mates 76 theseparate mating halves neck mount collar 71 using the “hook and loop” or equivalent mating fasteners, which for example, and without limitation, may also be suitable snaps. Fourth and finally, if the user has needed to lift thecollar flap 93 to navigate the foregoing steps, the user then descends thecollar flap 93 down over the entire tie-to-neck mount collar 71 to complete the formal look. To remove the shirt and tie combination, the above is simply inverted. - Although
FIGS. 6-9 illustrate the side neck opening 72 on the right side of the user's neck (left side of the drawing) and the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 potentially including the region toward the left side of the user's neck (right side of the drawing), this is just an example, not a limitation. It is just as suitable within the scope of the invention for this to be parity inverted with the open region to the left and the attached region to the right of the user's neck. Likewise, the precise coverage of the tie-to-shirt attachment region 73 may be varied, with the functional requirement being to have thetie 132 ride along with theshirt 108 and itsshirt collar 107 such that all the user needs to attend to as regards the tie, is mate together theseparate mating halves neck mount collar 71. - The knowledge possessed by someone of ordinary skill in the art at the time of this disclosure, including but not limited to the prior art disclosed with this application, is understood to be part and parcel of this disclosure and is implicitly incorporated by reference herein, even if in the interest of economy express statements about the specific knowledge understood to be possessed by someone of ordinary skill are omitted from this disclosure. While reference may be made in this disclosure to the invention comprising a combination of a plurality of elements, it is also understood that this invention is regarded to comprise combinations which omit or exclude one or more of such elements, even if this omission or exclusion of an element or elements is not expressly stated herein, unless it is expressly stated herein that an element is essential to applicant's combination and cannot be omitted. It is further understood that the related prior art may include elements from which this invention may be distinguished by negative claim limitations, even without any express statement of such negative limitations herein. It is to be understood, between the positive statements of applicant's invention expressly stated herein, and the prior art and knowledge of the prior art by those of ordinary skill which is incorporated herein even if not expressly reproduced here for reasons of economy, that any and all such negative claim limitations supported by the prior art are also considered to be within the scope of this disclosure and its associated claims, even absent any express statement herein about any particular negative claim limitations.
- Finally, while only certain preferred features of the invention have been illustrated and described, many modifications, changes and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
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