Decorative shirt collar support device
OwnerJames V. Morroneinventor
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Abstract
A decorative shirt collar support device preferably in combination with a decorative clip. The support device includes a support band adapted to be positioned under the collar. The decorative clip has a base and, integral therewith, opposing legs having upper free ends that are adapted to be disposed closely adjacent to each other forming a deflectable gap in which the shirt collar may be inserted. A sliding member is adapted for use with the clip and also has a leg adapted to be received by the clip and an inner leg that may preferably have a sticky back substance for attachment to the shirt.
Claims23
In combination, a plastic shirt collar decorating clip and a shirt collar upon which the clip is to be positioned, said clip comprising a base and opposing legs, said base being integrally formed with said opposing legs, said opposing legs and base forming an interior chamber that is substantially triangular in cross-section, said opposing legs having upper free ends that are adapted to converge forming a relatively thin gap therebetween, said legs being defectable for the purpose of receiving the shirt collar therebetween, said legs providing a spring effect enabling the clip to be secured in place on the shirt collar, the outer surface of at least one of said legs having a decorative indicia thereon, said shirt collar fitting through said gap into said interior chamber with the legs' free ends at said gap engaging the shirt collar at a position inward of the shirt collar edge, said legs both of substantially solid and rigid construction and of fixed unextendable length, one of said legs disposed under said collar and the other one of said legs disposed over said collar, in combination with a sliding member having opposite legs with one of said legs adapted to fit inside of the clip legs, said sliding member being of V-shape with a front leg received in the clip and a rear leg attached behind the collar, wherein both legs of the sliding member are disposed behind the shirt collar with said one leg of the sliding member held in position in said gap, said shirt collar being disposed in said gap on the outside of said one leg of the sliding member.
The combination as set forth in claim 5 wherein both clip legs are of substantially the same size and shape.
In combination, a plastic shirt collar decorating clip and a shirt collar having a shirt collar edge upon which the clip is to be positioned, said clip comprising a base and opposing legs, said base being integrally formed with said opposing legs, said opposing legs and base forming an interior chamber that is substantially triangular in cross section, said opposing legs having upper free ends that are adapted to converge forming a relatively thin gap therebetween said legs being for the purpose of receiving the shirt collar therebetween, said legs providing a spring effect enabling the clip to be secured in place on the shirt collar, the outer surface of at least one of said legs having a decorative indicia thereon, said shirt collar fitting through said gap into said interior chamber with the legs' free ends at said gap engaging the shirt collar at a position inward of the shirt collar edge, said legs both of substantially solid and rigid construction and of fixed unextendable length, one of said legs disposed under said collar and the other one of said legs disposed over said collar.
In combination, a decorative shirt collar support device comprised of a U-shape support band adapted for being disposed under a shirt collar, and a support clip having a base and opposed upstanding legs, the base being integrally formed with the opposing legs, the opposing legs having upper free ends that are adapted to converge forming a relative thin gap therebetween, said legs being deflected for the purpose of receiving the collar therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.