US3107830A

US3107830A - Collar support

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Publication number: US3107830A
Application number: US19643A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marvin A Teague
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1960-04-04
Filing date: 1960-04-04
Publication date: 1963-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 1980-10-22

Description

Oct. 22, 1963 M. A. TEAGUE 3,107,830

' COLLAR SUPPORT Filed April 4. 1960 INVENTOR. M/mw/v 6'. 75/4605 United States Patent Qfiice 3,107,830 COLLAR SUPPORT Marvin A. Teague, 1401 Greenfield Road, Evansville 15, Ind. Filed Apr. 4, 1960, Ser. No. 19,643 3 Claims. (Cl. 223-83) The present invention relates to a collar support, and more particularly to a new and novel collar support which is readily and elfectively positioned in the collar of a laundry finished shirt.

As is known, the finishing of shirts with a lay down type of collar by laundries or other professional shirt finishers has been rapidly increasing because of wide customer acceptance thereof based, among other reasons, on finished appearance and the convenience afforded in storage, as well as in traveling. In this regard, it has become desirable to the shirt finishers to find a collar support which is readily positionable in the top button area of a finished shirt, and which at the same time provides strength thereto, thereby preventing crushing of the finished collar upon packaging, delivering or, in fact, anytime in the period prior to wearing by the customer.

By virtue of the instant invention, the applicant has provided a new and novel collar support for a laundry or other professionally finished shirt which is made from a simple piece of paperboard or like material, and which by folding, through slits and scores defined therein, is readily positionable on the shirt to provide an important utilitarian advantage, as well as a desirable decorative effect. More specifically, the applicants novel collar support includes a foldable section, the neck of which is disposed over the collar button portion of the finished shirt, where the foldable section includes a novel second fold to lock the support in position. The novel folding is readily effected and, most importantly, adds desired strength to an area of the shirt which has been generally neglected by prior collar supports.

Accordingly, a principal object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel collar support for a laundry or other professionally finished shirt.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel collar support for a laundry finished shirt which is readily positioned for use, and which is effectively retained in said position of use.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel collar support for a laundry finished shirt which is formed from an integral piece of material, so scored and slitted as to provide an optimum utilization of material in the manufacture thereof.

A further and more general object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel collar support for a laundry finished shirt which is readily and effectively locked into position on the shirt to afford strength thereto for effective packaging, delivery and storage.

Other objects and a better understanding of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein FIG. 1 is a plan view of the instant invention typically positioned for use on a shirt, and more particularly simulating a bow-tie;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the collar support shown in use in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view in vertical section of the collar support of FIG. 2, with a portion thereof being taken at line 33 of FIG. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, to show details of the novel locking arrangement thereof;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of another collar support in accordance with the instant invention, and more particularly simulating a southern colonel type tie; and,

mamas Patented Oct. 22, 1963 FIG. 5 is a plan view, partly fragmentary, of still another collar support embodying the teachings of the instant invention.

For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawing and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Refering to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the applicants novel collar support 10 has, in a typical form of the invention, a generally rectangular shape, where slits 14 extend inwardly from the outer edge thereof to define a lower portion 15 which has, in use, the outward appearance of a bow-tie. As should be apparent from FIG. 1, the slits 14 are adapted to receive the inner edges of the collar of the finished shirt; Typically, the collar support ltl is made from paperboard or like material, and in the instance of the bow-tie form of the invention, the lower portion 15 thereof may, of course, include any desired ornamentation.

The collar support 10 has an intermediate portion 18 disposed above the slits 14 and extending between slits 19 which define an upper foldable portion 20. The slits 19 each extend downwardly and inwardly from the upper corners of the collar support 10, and a score 21 extends between the inner ends thereof. Another score 22 extends between the slits 19 on a line generally equidistant from the top edge of the foldable portion 20 and the score 21 thereby defining parts Zila and 20b of the foldable portion 20.

In use, and after aforedescribed slitting and scoring has been accomplished, the foldable portion 20 of the collar support 10 is moved upwardly, leaving free edges defined by the slits 19 which are positioned in the fold beneath the collar of the laundry finished shirt (see FIG. 1). The foldable portion 20 is then folded at the score 22 thereof so that, looking from the bottom of the collar support in FIG. 2, the part 20a thereof, in the front, is disposed in folding engagement with the part 20b thereof, in the rear. The folded together

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20a and 20b are then folded into the rim of the neck of the collar 50 that the part 20]) is in engagement therewith. Inasmuch as the contour of the rim of the collar is generally oval or circular, a force is urged onthe part 20b, to thereby maintain the foldable portion 20 in securing relationship. The operation is then completed by making sure that the lower portion 15, which simulates a bowtie, has the inner edges extending through the slits 1'4.

With reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, where like reference numerals identify the same elements of FIGS. 1 to 3, inclusive, other typical embodiments of the invention are disclosed therein which employ the same novel collar engaging arrangement discussed hereabove in connection with the collar support of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. However, a distinguishing feature of these alternate embodiments is that the collar support 30 of FIG. 4 simulates a southern colonel type of tie, i.e. by the downward extension of lower portion 1 5, instead of the bow-tie effect provided by the collar support 10 of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, while FIG. 5 illustrates a collar support 40 which simulates a common four-in-hand tie. An inspection of FIG. 5 will reveal that the lower slits necessary to effect the novel bow-tie or southern colonel tie of the preceding of FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, is not necessary in this instance, thus the slits 19 define a bottom portion 41.

From the preceding it should be apparent that the applicant has invented a new and novel collar support for a laundry or other professionally :finished shirt which is simple to manufacture, representing a maximum in economy in material, and, at the same time, and most import-antly, through a novel relation of components, provides positive locking, as well as excellent strength characteristics, during use.

Although the preceding description is specific to the embodiments of the invention of the drawing, it should be understood that changes may be made therein Within the spirit of the invention. For example, the slits 14 may assume a modified configuration to provide a different finished ornamental elfect. Thus, the above description should be considered illustrative and not as limiting the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

11. A collar support for a laundry finished shirt comprising a body portion having a generally rectangular upper end, said upper end having slits extending inwardly and downwardly from adjacent the corners thereof to define a fol-dable portion having a relatively narrow first fold axis extending between the ends of said slits, a second fold axis disposed on said foldable portion and extending between said slits substantially midway between said first fold axis and the upper edge of said foldable portion, said second fold axis defining a first section and a second section of said foldable portion, said foldable portion adapted to be folded at said second fold axis so that said second section is disposed behind said first section and in engagement therewith, and said foldable portion adapted to be folded at said first fold axis so that said second section is also in engagement with the inner rim of the neck band portion of said shirt, the corner portions of said second section of said foldable portion extending beyond the edges of said first section and engaging said inner rim of said neck band portion.

2. The collar support of claim 1 where said body portion has slits extending from the side edges thereof generally parallel to the upper edge of said generally rectangular upper end to engage the collar of said shirt.

3. The collar support of claim 1 where said body portion has an elongated lower end which defines a tie form.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,053,564 Knopp Sept. 8, 1936 2,401,789 McFall et a1. June 11, 1946 2,518,300 Fine Aug. 8, 1950 2,630,949 Steele Mar. 10, 1953 2,673,667 Richman Mar. 30, 1954 2,742,207 Teague Apr. 17, 1956 OTHER REFERENCES 727,580 Great Britain Apr. 6, 1955

Claims

1. A COLLAR SUPPORT FOR LAUNDRY FINISHED SHIRT COMPRISING A BODY PORTION HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR UPPER END, SAID UPPER END HAVING SLITS EXTENDING INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FROM ADJACENT THE CORNERS THEREOF TO DEFINE A FOLDABLE PORTION HAVING A RELATIVELY NARROW FIRST FOLD AXIS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID SLITS, A SECOND FOLD AXIS DISPOSED ON SAID FOLDABLE PORTION AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SLITS SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID FIRST FOLD AXIS AND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FOLDABLE PORTION, SAID SECOND FOLD AXIS DEFINING A FIRST SECTION AND A SECOND SECTION OF SAID FOLDABLE PORTION, SAID FOLDABLE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED AT SAID SECOND FOLD AXIS SO THAT SAID SECOND SECTION IS DISPOSED BEHIND SAID FIRST SECTION AND IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, AND SAID FOLDABLE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED AT FIRST FOLD AXIS SO THAT SAID SECOND SECTION IS ALSO IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER RIM OF THE NECK BAND PORTION OF SAID SHIRT, THE CORNER PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND SECTION OF SAID FOLDABLE PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND THE EDGES OF SAID FIRST SECTION AND ENGAGING SAID INNER RIM OF SAID NECK BAND PORTION.