Collar stiffening device and method
OwnerLee G. Gibsoninventor
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Abstract
The invention is a collar stiffening means comprising a base with two surfaces wherein the base has depicted upon one of its two surfaces one or more geometric shapes and upon the other of its two surfaces, an adhesive with a removably affixed cover so that the adhesive side of the base can be pressed upon the underside of a collar for stiffening the collar, thereby improving the appearance of the collar.
Claims27
A collar stiffening means comprising:
- a base having a first surface and second surface, wherein said base has various geometric shapes selected from the group consisting of:
- a triangle, a first large trapezoid, a second small trapezoid, a right angle L shape and a rectangle having a triangular end depicted on said first surface;
- an adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said second surface of said base;
- and a cover removably affixed to said adhesive.
A collar stiffening means comprising:
- a base having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said base has various geometric shapes depicted on said first surface;
- an adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said second surface of said base;
- and a cover removably affixed to said adhesive, and wherein
- the adhesive is tinted with pigment and applied to the base so as to depict readable information.
The collar stiffening means of claim 17, wherein said adhesive tinted with pigment is applied to a transparent base.
The combination of a shirt provided with a collar stiffening means, wherein said shirt comprises:
- a body with armholes;
- a collar having an upper surface and an underside surface;
- and
- wherein said collar stiffening means further comprises:
- a base having a first surface and second surface, wherein said base has various geometric shapes selected from the group consisting of:
- a triangle, a first large trapezoid, a second small trapezoid, a right angle L shape, and a rectangle having a triangular end depicted on said first surface;
- an adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said second surface of said base;
- and a cover removably affixed to said adhesive.
A method for stiffening the collar of a shirt wherein the collar has a front edge, using a collar stiffening means having a base having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said base has various geometric shapes depicted on said first surface;
- an adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said second surface of said base;
- and a cover removably affixed to said adhesive, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a desired geometric shape to be used from one or more of the various geometric shapes depicted on the collar stiffening means;
- trimming said collar stiffening means to that of a geometric shape depicted on said first surface of said collar stiffening means after selecting the desired geometric shape from the geometric shapes depicted on the collar stiffening means;
- removing the cover from the adhesive on the second surface of the collar stiffening means;
- aligning the collar stiffening means with the front edge of said collar;
- and
- removably affixing the aligned collar stiffening means to the underside surface of the collar of the shirt and thereby providing stiffening to the collar of said shirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.