Negative Edge Collar And Trim For Apparel
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorMatthew D. Nordstrom
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Abstract
Connectors are strategically attached using a heat-transfer technique to the fabric of a shirt around the collar and shoulders where seams would typically occur from the front and back pieces of the shirt being sewn together. The connectors continuously follow the perimeter of the collar, intersecting with each other. Front and back neck connectors are positioned along front and back areas of the collar, both intersecting with left and right shoulder connectors that are attached the shirt's left and right shoulders, respectively, where the front and back pieces of the shirt meet. The attached connectors comfortably lie flat against a wearer's skin and provide an enhanced visual effect to the shirt.
Claims20
A shirt, comprising:
- a front portion connected to a back portion
- a back portion connected to the back portion;
- a left and a right shoulder seam melded to a left and a right shoulder seam, respectively, using a heat-transfer technique;
- a front connector collar melded to the front portion;
- and
- a back connector collar melded to the back portion.
A shirt, comprising:
- a front portion;
- a back portion;
- and
- four connectors attached to the front and back portions in a manner that creates a collar, the four connectors comprising:
- (1) a front connector with first arcuately convex ends and melded to the front portion,
- (2) a back connector with second arcuately convex ends and melded to the back portion,
- (3) left and right connectors melded to both the front and back portions, each of the left and right connectors including arcuately concave ends that receive one of the first arcuately convex ends of the front connector and one of the second arcuately convex ends of the back connector.
A collar attached to an outside portion of a shirt, the collar comprising:
- a front neck portion with two ends;
- a back neck portion with two other ends;
- and
- left and right portions melded to both a front and back of the shirt, the left and right portions each intersecting with an end of the front neck portion atop the front of the shirt and intersecting an end of the back neck portion atop the back of the shirt,
- wherein the front neck portion, the back neck portion, and the left and right portions are melded using a heat-transfer technique.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.