Collar for securing neck accessories
OwnerJoshua J. Martininventor
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Abstract
A shirt collar for securing a neck tie or other accessory. One embodiment of the invention includes a collar band, first collar flap, and second collar flap. The bottom edge portion of the first collar flap attaches to the bottom edge portion of the collar band. The first collar flap can be folded up so that the tie sits between the collar band and the first collar flap. The traditional collar, or second collar flap, can then be folded down over both the first collar flap and the necktie.
Claims23
A collar of a shirt, the collar including:
- a collar band having a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion;
- a first collar flap attached to the bottom edge portion of the collar band and configured to be folded up toward the top edge portion of the collar band;
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- a second collar flap attached to the top edge portion of the collar band and configured to be folded down toward the bottom edge portion of the collar band so as to at least partially cover the first collar flap.
An article of clothing, including:
- a collar, the collar including:
- a collar band having a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion;
- a first collar flap attached to the bottom edge portion of the collar band and configured to be flipped up toward the top edge portion of the collar band;
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- a second collar flap attached to the top edge portion of the collar band and configured to be flipped down toward the bottom edge portion of the collar band so as to at least partially cover the first collar flap.
A method of securing a neck accessory to an article of clothing, the method comprising:
- placing the neck accessory adjacent to a collar band of the article of clothing, the collar band having a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion;
- folding a first collar flap attached to the bottom edge portion of the collar band toward the top edge portion of the collar band to cover the neck accessory;
- folding a second collar flap attached to the top edge portion of the collar band toward the bottom edge portion of the collar band to cover the first collar flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.