US3138245A

US3138245A - Shirt shape retaining board

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Publication number: US3138245A
Application number: US270729A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wachtel Eleanor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1963-04-04
Filing date: 1963-04-04
Publication date: 1964-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 1981-06-23

Description

June 23, 1964 E, WACHTEL SHIRT SHAPE RETAINING BOARD Filed April 4, 1963 f wif). lu"

United States Patent O Ala.

Filed Apr. 4, 1963, Ser. No. 270,729 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-7) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cardboard backing sheets for maintaining dress shirts and sport shirts for men, women, boys and children, in folded condition for display, storage and transportation purposes.

eretofore, in an effort to display shirts to the best advantage and to keep the shirt in shape, manufacturers have inserted thin cardboard on the inside of the folded shirt, but in order to keep the shirt on the cardboard it has been necessary to use pins, strings and the like. This procedure is very costly. Furthermore, the presence of the cardboard inside the folded shirt gives the shirt a cheap and stiff look so that clerks are under instructions to pull out the cardboard insert before presenting the shirt for sale. This is time consuming and in the withdrawal of the cardboard the shirt is liable to become mussed and often the tissue paper found between the folds of the shirt is dragged out with the cardboard.

It is therefore an important object of the present invention to overcome these disadvantages by packaging the shirt in a fashion that presents a nice soft looking package on the counter.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a thin cardboard sheet capable of being readily attached to the back of a folded shirt for temporarily maintaining the body of the shirt, the sleeves of the shirt and the collar of the shirt in neat, tailored, unwrinkled folded condition, causing the shirt to stay in a firm condition during transit.

A further object of the invention is to provide a thin cardboard backing sheet of this type with parts that automatically interlock with the collar and buttons of the folded shirt, land that can easily and quickly be removed from the folded shirt with a ick of the finger.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a rear elevational view of a folded dress shirt with a backing sheet made in accordance with the invention in position thereon.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the backing sheet.

Referring in detail to the various views of the drawing, in FIG. 1 a shirt 10 is shown in folded condition ready for display, storage or transportation. The folded shirt assumes a rectangular shape. A backing and reinforcing sheet 12 embodying my invention is positioned over the rear surface of the folded shirt. Sheet 12 is formed of thin cardboard and has a rectangular-shaped body 14. A flap 16 is formed along one end, the top end as viewed in FIG. 4, the juncture between said one end of the body and the flap, constituting a hinge 18.

An elongated slot 20 intersects the other end of the lCe body of the sheet at its center. The slot 20 is narrow with the edge Wall 22 thereof being closely spaced and tapering inwardly at its closed end.

When the shirt is folded as seen in FIG. 1, the tail end thereof is swung around into interposition over the rear panel of the shirt body and over the crossed sleeves, with the buttons 24 disposed along a line at the center, in exposed condition. In use, the body of the backing sheet 12 is placed flatwise over the tail end of the folded shirt at the rear and the flap 16 inserted under the collar 26 of the shirt at the rear of the collar. The other end of the sheet 12 is then slightly bent and pushed downwardly with the edge walls 22 of the slot 20 sliding underneath one of the buttons 24, the lowermost button as viewed in FIG. 1, the button riding up in the slot until the sheet is iiattened out as seen in FIG. 1. When the sheet is in this condition, the iiap 16 is in interlocking relation with the rear of the collar 26 of the Shirt and the edge walls 22 of the slot 20 are in interlocking relation with the button 24 whereby the sheet is prevented from bulging outwardly or from becoming displaced relative to the shirt. The backing sheet 12 holds the folded shirt in unwrinkled, orderly fashion.

With the backing sheet 12 attached to the folded shirt 10 as aforesaid, the shirt is given a rigidity permitting it to be readily slid into a box for display, storage or transportation purposes and holds the shirt in the box in an unwrinkled, freshly ironed, soft appearance. When it is desired to exhibit the shirt to a customer, the rigidity of the folded shirt permits the shirt to be easily removed from the box, during which operation the sheet can be flipped olf of the shirt by a flip of the finger without notice by the customer.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A cardboard backing sheet for use in maintaining a i collar-attached, button-fastened, dress shirt in orderly folded fashion, said backing sheet having a rectangularshaped body, an integralflap at one end forming an elongation of the body for interlocking with the collar of the folded shirt, said body having an elongated slot intersecting the other end thereof at its center, the edge walls of said slot tapering inwardly and being spaced suiiiciently to interlock with a button on the folded shirt inwardly of its fold to prevent displacement of the body so as to maintain the shirt in orderly folded fashion.

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