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US 12,302,953 B2Granted
Collar for a garment
AssigneePuma SE
InventorHoward Williams
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Abstract
A collar includes a leaf having a first edge and a second edge, a stand having a concavely curved inner edge, and a fold line adjoining the leaf to the stand. The fold line may be convexly curved between the first edge and the second edge, and the stand is formed as a mesh portion.
Claims21
A collar for a garment, the collar comprising:
- a leaf including an outer edge that extends between a first corner at a first edge and a second corner at a second edge;
- a stand including a concavely curved inner edge that extends between a first intersection at the first edge and a second intersection at the second edge;
- and
- a fold line adjoining the leaf to the stand, the fold line being convexly curved between the first intersection and the second intersection, wherein only the stand is formed as a mesh structure and the leaf is devoid of a mesh structure, wherein a thickness of the collar along the fold line is less than a thickness of the leaf or a thickness of the stand,
- wherein the fold line forms a gap between the leaf and the stand, wherein the gap and the thickness of the collar along the fold line cooperate to bias the collar into a folded configuration, and
- wherein a leaf height HL is defined between the outer edge and the fold line, a stand height HS is defined between the inner edge and the fold line, and the leaf height is greater than the stand height along a width W of the collar along a central axis that bisects the outer edge between the first corner and the second corner, the width W being a distance between the first edge and the second edge.
3 more elements
A collar for a garment, the collar comprising:
- a leaf including an outer edge that extends linearly between a first edge and a second edge, wherein a central plane bisects the collar between the first edge and the second edge;
- a stand including an inner edge;
- and
- a fold line adjoining the leaf to the stand, the fold line being convexly curved between the first edge and the second edge,
- wherein the fold line forms a gap between the leaf and the stand, the collar having a density, as measured in grams per square meter, along the fold line which is less than a density of the leaf or a density of the stand, wherein the gap and the density of the collar along the fold line cooperate to bias the collar into a folded configuration,
- wherein the fold line intersects the first edge and the inner edge at a first intersection,
- wherein the inner edge extends substantially perpendicular to the central plane between a first inflexion point and the central plane and curves relative to the central plane between the first inflexion point and the first intersection, the first inflexion point being disposed closer to the central plane than to the first intersection,
- wherein the first edge extends at an angle between the first intersection and the outer edge, and
- wherein only the stand includes a mesh portion and the leaf is devoid of a mesh portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.