US2033681A - Rolled front fused collar - Google Patents

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March 10, 1936.

R. c. CAMPBELL ROLLED FRONT FUSED COLLAR Filed Sept. 25, 1955 Rm Y m W mm m ma n lC A 0 Richard BY M Y WITNESSES Patented Mar. 10, 1936 umro srArs PATENT orria ROLLED FRONT FUSEB) CQLL Application September 25, 1935, Serial No. 42,133

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to fused collars and more particularly to a turn-down 01' fold collar of that type generally known as a rolled front collar.

The object of the invention is to so construct the collar that the fold line between the cape portion and the neck band portion will be positioned within the boundaries of the cape portion of the collar on a line immediately above and closely adjacent to a line extending between the angles formed by the front edges of the cape portion and the projecting tabs at each end of the neck band portion, and so formed that in turning down the cape portion not only will it be caused to automatically assume a position with relationto the neck band portion so as to leave adequate space between them, but give to the ends of the cape portion at the top of the front when the collar is worn a rolling contour, thus providing for the free slipping of the tie and its ready adjustment, with the rolled ends of the cape portion accommodating the knot as formed in the usual four-in-hand ties.

To the above ends the invention may be said to consist of a fused collar comprising an interlining formed of a cape portion and a neck band portion having longitudinally curved edges united by a seam extending along an upwardly curved or arched line, with the overlapping margins of the two parts of the interlining defining a curved line located adjacent to the fold between the neck band portion and the cape portion with the ends of the fold line slightly above the apex of the angles formed by the adjacent marginal edges of the cape portion and the projecting tabs of the neck band portion of the collar.

The present invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a collar embodying the invention, a portion of an outer layer being broken away at one end to show the underlying construction;

Fig. 2 shows the cape portion of the interlinins;

Fig. 3 shows the neck interlining;

Fig. 4 shows a vertical line l-4 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 shows a vertical line 55 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 6 shows a perspective of the finished collar;

band portion of the section taken on the section taken on the Fig. '7 shows a modified form of the neck band portion of the interlining.

As usual, the collar comprises a cape portion l and a neck band portion 2. Also, as usual, it is provided with outer finished plies of material 5 3 of any suitable shirting, only one of which is shown in Fig. l.

The interlining is made of fusible material, such as a textile fabric, some of the yarns of which carry acetate cellulose strands, and 10 is interposed between the outer layers 3, and all of such layers including the interlining are united by stitching in the usual manner as indicated at i. As usual in collars of this type, the neck band portion 2 is provided at each end with projecting tabsv 5 with the inclined ends or edges ii of the cape portion and the upper edges of the tabs 5 meeting at an angle 7, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the cape portion it of the interlining and the neck band portions are formed with curved meeting edges it and i i, the curve til along the lower edge of the cape portion 8 of the interlining being concaved or arched from end to end, as shown in Fig. 2, and the curved edge ll of the neck band portion 9 being a convex curve, as shown in Fig. 3.

The members 8 and 9 of the interlining are overlapped along their adjacent curved edges, as indicated in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and may be united by a line of stitching as indicated at l2. Preferably the cape and neck band portions 8 and t of the interlining will be provided with shoulders it at their opposite ends, these shoulders serving as guides for assembling the members 8 and 9 with relation to each other, so that when united the overlapped portions will form a double layer or seam which projects into the cape portion of the collar along a curved or arched line extending above an imaginary line connecting the angles ii at each end thereof. Thus the doubled and overlapping edges at the interlining will define a folding line located wholly within the cape portion of the collar (see broken line Fig. 1), said folding line being curved from end to end and not only requiring that the cape portion be folded along a line above the overlap seam in the interlining but when folded will automatically produce the rolled or rounded union of the cape portion and the neck band portion at the top of the front of the collar, as shown at M m Fig. 6, and located above the overlapped tabs 5 and above the angles l as shown in that figure.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the outer layers it are shown and preferably they will be made of one piece,

that is to say, band portion lining 8 and 9 each layer will constitute a neck and a. cape portion. The interand the overlapping edges l and the seam [2 when the collar is completed W111 be positioned with relation to each other, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. After the parts have been united as described, the interlining will be fused and united to the inner faces, of the outer layers in the usual manner.

The collar as thus made will have all the properties of a fused collar, as to smooth appearance, resistance to moisture, and capable of being laundered without the use of starch, and at the same time when folded the cape portion will automatically assume a rounded and rolled appearance at the top of the front, as shown in Fig. 6. The permanent set and relative positions of the cape portion and the neck band portion of the collar imparted by the curved lap seam in the interlining will make it practically impossible to destroy the roll effect at the front even though it be intentionally ironed or pressed down, for just as soon as the tie is knotted therein the roll effect will be restored automatically.

As shown in Fig. 7, the neck band portion 9 of the interlining may be provided with notches H in its upper curved edge I I at opposite ends performing the same function as the shoulders l3 but resulting in the formation of tabs 5 of a slightly different shape than the tabs shown in Fig. 6.

I claim:

A turn down rolled front fused collar, comprising a cape portion and a neck band portion, the latter having projecting tabs on each end, the ends of the cape portion and the upper edges of the tabs meeting at an angle, the collar being formed of single piece outer plies and a woven fusible interlining therebetween, the interlining comprising a cape portion and a neck band portion each having longitudinally extending curved or arched edges united to form an overlapping seam, the overlapping portions projecting into the cape portion with the ends of the overlapping portions extending to the edges of the cape portion and terminating at points above the angles formed by the projecting tabs of the neck band portion and the ends of the cape portion and defining a fold line entirely within the cape portion along said arched seam, the outer plies and the interlining being fused together in both the cape and neck band portions.

RICHARD C. CAMPBELL.

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