US2822114A - Collar support - Google Patents

Description

1958 A. Y. NOOJIN, JR., ETAL 2,822,114

COLLAR SUPPORT Filed April 18, 1955 VVINVENTORS AUGUSTUS-.Y. NOOJIN JR. LAURENCE A. BRITTINGHAM FIG. 6 BY ATTORNEY United States Patent COLLAR SUPPORT Augustus ,Y. Noojin, Jr., Lewistown, and Laurence A. Brittiugharn, Philadelphia, Pa., assiguors to Cluett, Peabody & Company, Inc., Troy, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 18, 1955, Serial No. 502,104

4 Claims. (Cl. 223-83) This invention relates to supports for collars for holding them in proper position after laundering or after manufacture. Some collars of shirts are so manufactured as to have a rolled effect of the collar where it joins the neckband part at the front, but with the ordinary inserts or supports, the front of the collar is not supported in the rolled condition with the result that the collar does not have the pleasing rolled effect when displayed which it was intended to have.

The pressure of one shirt upon another in the boxes or packages in which they are packed tends to flatten the collar down at the front and thus remove the rolled appearance.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved collar support which will hold the front of the collar in a position in which the front or cape part of the collar remains in the rolled condition which was intended, and which rolled effect is not lost when the front of the collar is subjected to pressure in handling or in packaging a number of shirts in the same package and which will be relatively simple, inexpensive, practical and convenient.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of the embodiments of the invention, and the novel features Will be hereinafter pointed out in connection with the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front face elevation of a blank from which the collar support is formed in accordance with this invention with the tongue at one end folded over into its operative position and the tongue at the other end illustrated as it is stamped from the sheet material of which it is made;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section elevation through one end of the same section being taken approximately along the line AA of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one end of the collar support with the tongue folded over into the operative position, a support being shown in place under the collar of a shirt;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the end which is shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the improved support shown in Figs. 1 to 4 where the two ends are brought together at the front;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of one end of a modified collar support in which the manner of anchoring the free end of the tongue is modified somewhat;

Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the same, as viewed, approximately along the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

In the embodiment of the invention, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the support is formed by stamping a blank 1 from a sheet of flexible cardboard or other similar flexible sheet material with a depending tongue 2 extending from its lower edge approximately at the center and having notches 3 in its side edges adjacent to its attachment to the body of the blank. The terminal ends of the blank are provided with integral tongues 4 which extend upwardly from the upper edge of the blank, and

the blanks in the tongues are provided with two diverging crease marks 5 and 6 which diverge generally lengthwise of the blanks from the ends of the tongues which are nearest to the center of the support or blank.

In the body of the blank approximately in alignment with the tongue 4, there is a cutout flange or small tongue 7 which is preferably arcuate along its outout edge and this tongue 7 is bent forwardly from the front face of the strip 1 as shown in Fig. 2. The tongue 4, at each end of the blank, is bent on both of the creased lines 5 and 6 and the free end of the tongue is then flexed to extend back of the short, stuck-out tongue or flange 7 as shown in Fig. 3 and also at the right end of Fig. 1. The short tongue or flange 7 holds the free end of the tongue 4 in its folded-over position and this provides a triangular shelf 8. The edge ends of the support which, when in use between the cape part and neckband part of a collar are right along or in proximity to the junction between the neckband and cape portion of the collar and'this shelf will hold the rolled portion of the cape part of the collar in that rolled condition and resist any flattening of it against the neckband part of the collar due to pressure from other shirts in the same package or from pressure on the collar when a shirt is in a package by itself.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the idea is about the same as in Figs. 1 to 5 except that the tongue 9 which corresponds to the tongue 4 of Figs. 1 to 5 is tapered and its pointed end is inserted through a slit 10 provided in the interior of the end portion of the blank. The insertion of the point end of the tongue 9 through the slit It) keeps the tongue 9 in folded position so as to provide the triangular shelf 11 that corresponds to the shelf 8 of Figs. 1 to 5. By determining the length of the slit 10 so that the edges of the tongue which are received therein will engage with the ends of the slit, one provides a resistance to the descent of the tongue when pressure is applied to the shelf 11. Preferably the tapered end of the tongue is provided with shoulders 12 at the part where the tongue passes through the slit so that the reduced tapered end of the tongue may pass freely through the slit 10 but shoulders 12 will engage beyond the ends of the slit 10 against the face of the blank and provide the resistance to downward movement of the tongue when pressure is applied to the shelf 11 at its forward edge.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, a small circular aperture is provided at each end of the short tongue or flange 7 so as to resist tearing the tongue or flange off at its ends or tearing of the part of the blank at the ends of the flange 7, and in Figs. 6 and 7 similar small apertures 13 may be provided at the ends of the slits 10 so as to resist enlargement of the slit by tearing when the tongue 9 is inserted through the slit.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that the support is formed by simple stamping from a sheet of flexible material such as cardboard and the slits 10 or the short tongue 7 can be struck out in the same operation by dies, but the blank itself is formed from the sheet material. The same dies that cut out the form can also form the creases 5 and 6 to facilitate folding of the tongue over upon a face of the blank to provide the shelf 8 or 11 at each end of the support.

The tongue 4 or 9 is preferably bent over upon the outer face of the blank, that is the face of the blank which will be outermost when the support is within the collar, so that the body of the support will lie against the neckband of the collar and the shelf 8 and 11 will extend forwardly under the cape part of the collar.

It will be understood that various changes in the details and material which have been herein described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art within the principle and scope :ofthe-invention as expressed in the ap- Rendedclaims.

We claim:

1. A support to be placed "between the folded and unfolded portions of a collar to support the collar in its finished shape, said support being defined by a strip of flexible sheet material of a widthapproximatelyequal to the height of the collar and of a length approximately equal to the length of .the collar, each end portion of said strip having a tongue extending from the-upper edge thereof, each such tongue being foldable back over a face of the strip upon diverging fold lines that begin approximately at the junction of the upper edge of the strip with that edge of the tongue which is furthest from the adjacent end of the strip, and means carried by the portions of said strip which are beneath the free ends of said tongues for interengaging and confining the free ends of the tongues when the latter are folded over.

2. A support for a collar of the type having a free marginal .cape portion folded over upon the neck band portion of the collar, said support being adapted to be placed between the cape and neck band portions of the collar so as to support the collar against collapse, said support being defined by an elongated strip of flexible sheet material having a width approximately equal to the height of said neck band portion of the collar, said strip having a tongue in .each end portion, said tongue extending from the upper edge of and being foldable back over a face of the strip along two fold lines extending in directions lengthwise of the strip, the area intermediate said fold lines being of substantial width and thus defining a support shelf of substantial width, and means carried by the body of said strip beneath each tongue for engaging and holding that'tongue when the latter is folded over.

3. A supportfor a collar, comprising a strip of flexible sheet material having a width approximately equal to the height of the neckband portion of-a collar whichit is in tended to support, said strip having a tongue extending from the upper edge of each end thereof, the body of each said end of the strip having a struck-out but integral projection means alined with the corresponding tongue for engaging the free end of the latter when the tongue is folded over so as to lie along the body of the strip.

4. A support for a collar of the type having a free marginal cape .portion foldedover upon a neck band portion, said support being adapted to be placed between the cape and neck band portions ofthe collar so as to support the collar in a finished condition during shipment and display,.said support comprising a strip of flexible sheet material having a width approximately equal to the height of the neck band portion of the collar which it is intended to support, said strip having a tongue in each end portion, each said tongue extending from the upper edge of said strip and being folded back over a face of the strip along two fold lines that extend in directions lengthwise of the strip, the area intermediate each said two fold lines defining a support shelf (each said tongue having an integral extension thereon, said support shelf when folded forming an approximate right angle with the body of the strip, and slit means in the body of the strip through which said integral extension on said tongue may be inserted to hold the tongue in a folded over position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,464,658 Johnson Aug. 14, 1923 2,275,098 Welch Mar. 3, 1942 2,347,438 Schulman U Apr. 25, 1944

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