US2431053A - Collar attachment - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1947. l J, w, LES 2,431,053

COLLAR ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 10, 1945 Patented Nov. 18, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,431,053 comma ATTACHMENT Joseph Wl Less, Sacramento, Calif. Application February 10, 1945, serial No. 577,196

3 Claims. i

This invention pertains to devices for attachment to the collars of shirts for preventing outward flaring of the collar points and for holding them close to the shirt front.

The object of the invention is to provide a Structure for attachment at one end either to a collar band or to the collar button of a shirt, and to attach the other end to the collar-point, being so arranged that leverage set up between the two extremities of said structure provides for a positive holding of said collar-points in their desired inconspicious positions close to the shirt front, the structure being quite simple but eifecti've, while low in cost of production.

Other objects will appear in the following de scrlpti'on of the structure aided by the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 shows the front of a shirt and its attached collar with the device of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a shirt and collar of Figure 1, much enlarged to better show the structure of my said invention.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the structure of Figure 2 wherein the shirt front is seen edgewise, together with th collar as it, appears endwise. Figure 4 is a front elevation of a shirt front and collar wherein parts only of the invention are shown earlier but of a slightly different form.

Figure 5 is also a front elevation of the shirt and collar with the latter shown buttoned and with the ends of th separate device engaged with the button.

Figure 6 is a transverse section of part of what is illustrated in Figure 2 taken on line 6-6 of that figure, but much enlarged.

Figure 7 shows, respectively an edge View and a side View of one type of collar point engaging structure, much enlarged, and

Figure 8 illustrates, respectively an edge View and a front view of a modified form of collar engaging structure, also much enlarged.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3 wherein I denotes a shirt front and 2 the attached collar thereof, is shown a length of spring wire 3 which may be of a gauge and stiffness to bring about the result desired in use, and to be made known herein.

The wire at one end, in this instance, is formed into a loop 4 as a convenient arrangement, this in use being hooked over the so called collar band I adjacent the position from which the collar extends. From the top of the loop thus provided the wire extends into the collar within the fold thereof and abuts the said fold at the base of said 100p, and from thence extends inwardly along the fold, abutting the same at 5. Preferably the wire is downwardly bent into the curved portion 6 between the loop 4 and the position at 5, and from the latter the wire extends by the portion 1 in the direction of the collar-point, then being recurved at 8, thence again extending toward said collar-point in the portion 9, this portion being bent backward and forward into separate open loops, constituting a spring l0. At, its end below the spring thus created the wire may be formed into a helix Ill, Figure 7, terminating in a point II for engagement with the inner side of the collar as suggested in Figure 3. Or, again, as in Figure 8 the wire 3' in another form may be bent back and forth upon itself as at 3 and terminate in the point 3 all portions lying in a single plane.

It is to be noted that, the described parts of the wire member all he in one plane as shown in Figure 3 except as to the loop 4 which engages over the collar band I and except, also, for parts shown in Figure '7. In Figure 8 the arrangement may lie in the same plane with the lower extension of the spring structure In.

The said spring structure Ill may be enclosed by a stabilizing envelope or housing 8 preferably of metal. The upper extremity of the housing abuts the wire at; the bend 8 while the lower extremity of th spring extends through the lower open end of said housing. In this manner the spring may be compressed and it can expand without respect to the housing, the latter, however, serving to prevent buckling of the spring when under compression. The space within the housing is such that normally its walls will not interfere by friction with the spring l3 in either expanding lengthwise, or when compressed, the wire of said spring shifting freely through the opening in the lower end of such housing. At such times that the spring has a tendency to buckle the housing walls serve as a stabilizing medium therefor until normal conditions are restored.

As distinguished from the form of device shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the forms of Figures i and 5 show a slightly different arrangement. That is to say, the wires of the two devices constructed, as in said Figures 4 and 5, instead of including the loops 4, are each furnished with a loop 4 to engage over the shirt button A as in Figure 5 and thus act in the same capacity as the-first named loops as will now appear.

In placing a device in position it is slipped into the collar to substantially the position shown, the loop 4 being hooked over the stiff neck band I, or, as in the form in Figure 5 the loop 4' is engaged over the button A as a part, so .to say, of the shirt structure. Following this, the wire at the portion 10', or 3 as the case may be, is raised by means of the fingers of the wearer to compress the spring 10 thus raising the impalement point II, or 3 for engaging the point with the inside lining of the collar. When released, the spring causes the point to engage in .the said lining and in acting against the latter forces the part of the wire against the collar within the fold thereof.

The spring may be constantly under more or less compression and therefore has a downward tendency of movement against the collar point.

Naturally, the spring under compression would tend to move the collar-point outward or away from the shirt front but since the loop 4 of the wire is by leverage held snugly upon the top edge of the shirt band, and since the inner side of the shirt band forms an abutment for the said loop any such tendency of the spring to so swing the collar-point outwardly is more than overcome both by the stiffness of the wire and the resistance thereof to torsional twist in that part 6 lying between the loop G and the portion at 5. That is to say, both the loop 4 and the said portion at 5 are held from moving laterally and the portion 6 would be subjected to a torsional stress which it resists. This stress being greater than the force set up by the spring therefore results in the collar-point being held close to the shirt bosom, it being remembered that normally the wire throughout lies in one plane, apart from the loop 4, as stated earlier herein. Naturally, the loop 4 of the Figures 4 and 5, if used, would serve to provide resistance to torsional action in cooperation with the button A, substantially the same way as described with reference to the loop 4 and shirt band, since the shirt-band and button jointly prevent tilting of said loop 4 therebetween.

The structure in Figures '7 and 8 are provided so that the collar lining will abut I9 or 3 as may be, and not shift or slip upwardly on the wire, but other forms may be employed perhaps.

It is observed that in the form shown in Figure 8 the constituted arms 3 lie above the position of the point-portion 3 one of said arms lying each side of said portion. By this arrangement the material of the collar is prevented shifting upwardly as stated.

In anchoring the portion of the described structure 4 or 4' on a part of the shirt structure a leverage is obtained in respect to and controlling another portion and it is clear that an advantage is gained. That is to say, since torsional strains are placed upon the structure by the arrangement employed, together with flexing of the parts from a normal position in one plane the position in engagement with the collar-point is under full control and is made to positively draw said collarpoint to a proper and desired position close to the shirt front. It has been stated that the wire portion 6 is preferably downwardly bent and then upwardly extended to abut the collar fold at 5 This downward bend since lying between the col- 4 lar parts serves, in the forward movement of the impalement point in manually engaging the collar, to set up an added torsional strain on the wire 5, I, 8 by bearing against the practically immovable collar-fold as a resistance.

Minor changes may be made in the structure described without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device for attachment to a shirt and its collar band for engaging an attached shirt collar, a spring wire member having a bent terminal portion adapted to engage over and upon the top edge of the collar band behind the latter and abutting the collar edge at the front opening of said collar, thence extending into the collar and abutting the fold thereof distant from the terminal portion, thence extending downwardly from its abutting position and terminating in a spring portion and an impalement point, the named terminal portion extending in a lateral direction away from the plane in which fold abutting portion and downwardly extending portion lie, the torsional stress in the wire between said terminal portion and the fold abutting portion normally urging the downwardly extending portion toward the bosom of the shirt.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein that portion of the wire lying within the collar and that portion extending downwardly lie substantially at right angles to each other.

3. In a device for attachment to a shirt at a collar thereon, a spring wire member having a terminal portion to engage over said shirt band behind the same and abutting the collar at the front opening thereof, thence extending therefrom into the collar and abutting the collar within the fold thereof, thence extending downwardly away from the fold, thence being extended upwardly and again abutting the fold at a position in spaced relation to the first position of abutment, thence again extending downwardly and recurved upwardly forming an abutment, thence extending downwardly and formed into a spring portion terminating in an impalement point, and a housing enclosing the spring portion and adapted to engage the last named abutment.

' JOSEPH W. LESS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,723,202 Oliver Aug, 6, 1929 1,855,070 Rosen Apr. 19, 1932 1,881,124 Belson Oct. 4, 1932 1,919,661 Lavick July 25, 1933 ,873,648 Keinath Aug. 23, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 209,318 Switzerland June 17, 1940 218,357 Switzerland Mar. 16, 1942

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