Stayless shirt collar
AssigneeWarnaco of Canada Limited
InventorVagn A. Hansen
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Abstract
A shirt collar is described which eliminates the need for stays, but yet lies flat and maintains a crisp and neat appearance with time. The disclosed collar includes a flexible lining material characterized in that it is relatively stiff in the transverse direction of the collar and relatively flexible in the longitudinal direction.
Claims9
A stayless shirt collar cape having a base edge for attachment to a collar band, a finished free edge substantially parallel with said base edge, and two relatively short finished leading edges extending outwardly from the base edge to the free edge to form points, said cape comprising exterior shells with an interlining disposed therebetween, stiffening material disposed between the shells and secured to the interlining, the stiffening material being in the form of at least one patch extending from the points along the free edge in a longitudinal direction of the cape and along the leading edges in a transverse direction of the cape to coincide with a substantial area of the cape between the leading edges, the stiffening material being relatively stiff in the transverse direction of the cape and relatively flexible in the longitudinal direction of the cape.
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