US 12,053,033 B1Granted

Shirt with partially false button closure

OwnerChelsea Corteseinventor

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Abstract

The shirt includes a vertically extending front placket and a vertically extending rear placket which are selectively attachable together through buttons on the rear placket and buttonholes in corresponding positions through the front placket. The front placket and rear placket extend down from a neck opening to a junction. A false placket extends down from the junction. The false placket has appearance characteristics matching that of the front placket and is continuous with the front placket. Buttons on the false placket match buttons on the rear placket. The false placket thus appears as though it is a continuation of the buttoned front placket and rear placket. However, the false placket his unopenable. An additional closure is preferably provided, either in the form of a rear closure or a side closure. This additional closure can be fitted with a zipper or other fastener for selectively closing and opening this additional closure.

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Dependent claims

A shirt, comprising in combination:

a front opposite a rear;
said front extending from a neck opening down to a lower edge;
a rear placket at upper portions of a vertical centerline of said front, said rear placket having at least one button on a forward facing surface thereof;
a front placket at upper portions of said vertical centerline of said front, said front placket having at least one buttonhole therethrough;
said at least one buttonhole located a similar distance from said lower edge of said front as said at least one button;
said at least one button sized to fit within said at least one buttonhole for selective attachment and detachment of said front placket to said rear placket;
a false placket along at least a portion of said vertical centerline of said front beneath at least portions of said front placket and beneath at least portions of said rear placket, said false placket having at least one false button thereon, and said false placket being unopenable;
said false placket having an appearance matching at least some visual characteristics of said front placket which are apparent when said front placket is fastened to said rear placket by having said at least one button of said rear placket fastened to said at least one buttonhole of said rear placket, and with said false button of said false placket having an appearance matching at least some visual characteristics of said at least one button of said rear placket;
and
wherein said front placket includes vertical stitching thereon, wherein said false placket includes vertical stitching thereon, and wherein said vertical stitching on said front placket and said vertical stitching on said false placket are of similar form and aligned co-extensive with each other to form the appearance of continuous vertical stitching over both said front placket and said false placket.

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A button front shirt with an at least partially false button closure, the button front shirt, comprising in combination:

a front opposite a rear;
said front extending from a neck opening down to a lower edge;
a rear placket at upper portions of a vertical centerline of said front, said rear placket having at least one button on a forward facing surface thereof;
a front placket at upper portions of said vertical centerline of said front, said front placket having at least one buttonhole therethrough;
said at least one buttonhole located a similar distance from said lower edge of said front as said at least one button;
said at least one button sized to fit within said at least one buttonhole for selective attachment and detachment of said front placket to said rear placket;
a false placket along at least a portion of said vertical centerline of said front beneath at least portions of said front placket and beneath at least portions of said rear placket;
and
wherein said front placket includes vertical stitching thereon, wherein said false placket includes vertical stitching thereon, and wherein said vertical stitching on said front placket and said vertical stitching on said false placket are of similar form and aligned co-extensive with each other to form the appearance of continuous vertical stitching over both said front placket and said false placket.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.