US2306088A

US2306088A - Collar

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Publication number: US2306088A
Application number: US336651A
Authority: US
Inventors: Spanney Richard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-07-24
Filing date: 1940-05-22
Publication date: 1942-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 1959-12-22

Description

Dec. 22, 1942. R. sPANNEY COLLAR Filed May 22. 1940 Il. l l .l lll lllll|||||l| I rlll I A fron/MF y `Dee. 22,1942.v y G. M. TAMBLYN 2,306,089

CONCRETE FINISHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 19.41 2 sheets-sheet 2 v INVENTOR. 60m/.70N M Z/vLV/Y Patented Dec. 22, 1942 COLLAR Richard Spanney, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia.

Application May 22, 1940, Serial No. 336,651 In Australia July 24, 1939 3 Claims.

come the disadvantages above referred to, and to provide slipping means by the use of which creasing and wrinkling will be prevented so that a satisfactory appearance of a collar may be maintained, and whereby cheap materials can be used, thereby reducing the cost.

The invention in its broadest form comprises the use of a exible stiiening member comprising a base iirmly but removably held in or against the inner leaf or fold of the collar and having an extension that is adapted to be held to the peak either by being supported inside a peak pocket or else by some equivalent form of attachment. There are, however, several forms of the invention disclosed which willbe understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a view of one end of an outfolded collar, showing stiffening means embodying one form of the invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the end of the collar in folded condition and with the stiiening means as disposed when the collar is worn;

3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing another form of the stiifening means;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 2 of the structure shown in Figs. 3 and 4;

Fig. 6 is an inner elevational view of an outspread collar embodying still another form of the stiiening means; and

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on line 1 1 of Fig. 6.

Fig. S is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, showing the structure at one end of the collar which is duplicated at the other end of the collar, the inner leaf or fold of the collar is referenced I0, whilst the outer fold is indicated by the reference numeral Il. The peak at each end of the outer1 fold is indicated by the numeral I2. At each end ofthe collar there is a exible stiffening member I3 comprising two unitary parts, a base I3a and an extension I3b. The peak is formed with a pocket I4 in which the extension Itb of the flexible stiffening member i3 is slipped when the parts of the collar are in actual wearing position. The part I3a of the member i3 stiffens the end of the fold l0 and the effect of the arrangement described is to confer a substantial degree of stiifness to the collar at the ends of the fold I0 and at the peaks of the fold II when the stiifening members are applied to the fold It and fitted in the pockets of fold I! for use. The stiffening member is connected to the inner fold Ill of the collar by a bolt I5 so that the base Ita of such iiexible member is held in stiifening relation to the fold I0 at all times, while the stiiening member may be swung on said bolt I5 as a pivot, parallel with the fold I0, to engage the extension I3b with or disengage it from the pocket of the peak.

By this means the ends of the fold I0 andpeaks of the fold II will be stiened and prevented from creasing or wrinkling when the collar is in use. This form of the invention will obviously be vapplicable to any existing collar, that is to say, the collar will not have to be specially manufactured, but each stifening member can be connected to it by means of a bolt I5.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 differs from the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in this respect, that the stiiening member is comprised of two separate parts, namely, the base part I'I which is held against or in the inner fold I0 of the collar and the eX- tension I8 which is pivoted thereto by an eyelet or bolt I5a passing through a slot I9 therein and which is also capable of some relative movement by movement of its fulcrum in the slot I9. It should be noted that in effect the stiffening members Il and I8 together are equivalent to the parts of the stifening member i3 previously referred to. It should further be noted that, although those two parts of the stifening member are capable of relative movement such relative movement is in the same plane. Outside of such plane these two parts are only capable of relative movement by a temporary distortion due to their flexibility. In consequence the extension I8 when connected to the peak of the outer leaf serves to hold the latter against creasing. The advantage of the slot is that the extension can be adjusted. If there is any shrinkage in the collar then the extension can be pushed in so that it iirmly takes up a position in the pocket I4.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 6, 'l and 8 diiers only from that shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 in this respect, that the portion of the stifening member held in the inner leaf or fold of the collar, that is, the base part I'Ia of the stiiening member, is extended so as to confer rigidity over a considerable area of such fold. As shown, it extends the full length of the inner fold I0. The construction otherwise is the same as that shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

It is to be noted that in each form of the invention there is a flexible stiffening member com' prising a base which is rmly held in and against or in juxtaposition to the inner leaf orv fold of the collar and an extension that engages and holds the peak of the collar to give the desired appearance referred to.

With a full length and depth stiffening member inserted into the inner leaf, and the peak stiffening members tightly adjusted, the softest and limpest collars can be stretched to suggest a starch m'shed surface.

I claim:

1. A stiffener for soft turn down collars comprising a base member capable of being retained between the Iolds of the soft collar, a iexible member, means for pivotally connecting one end of said flexible member to said base member whereby the same may rotate in a plane parallel with said base member, means whereby said exible member may be longitudinally adjusted in the same plane in which it may rotate with respect to said base member, and a relatively long extension formed with the opposite end of said exible member.

2. A soft, unstarched or semi-stiff collar having an outer fold and an inner fold, pockets formed within the peaks of the outer fold, a stiiener comprising a base member arrangedbetween and extending longitudinally throughout the inner and outer folds of the collar, flexible members each havingone end seated within one of the pockets formed within the peaks of the outer fold of the collar, and a slot and pin connection between the opposite ends of said flexible members and the opposite ends of said base member, whereby said exible members may be rotated upon said base member and be adjusted longitudinally with respect to the peaks of the outer fold of the collar.

3. A soft, unstarched or semi-stiff collar having an outer fold and an inner fold, pockets formed within the peaks of the outer fold, exible members each comprising a base for stiffening the inner fold and an extension part adapted to llt within a pocket of one of the peaks to stiften the same, and a connecting element between each flexible member and the inner fold fastening said member to said fold and also forming a pivot adapting the extension part to be swung parallel with the fold into and out of engagement with the pocket.