Cuff closures for dress shirts
OwnerJohn Ford Blakelyinventor
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Abstract
A shirt cuff for a long-sleeved garment including a band of material having first and second opposing edges and first and second opposing cuff ends, wherein the first edge is attached to the sleeve of the shirt. A closure device is comprised of a hidden button and first eyelet combination, respectively disposed separately at the first and second opposing ends. A button-side eyelet may also be disposed adjacent to the hidden button on the first cuff end, and a cuff-link may be placed through the first eyelet and the button-side eyelet to form a French cuff configuration.
Claims10
A non-reversible shirt cuff, comprising:
- a sleeve;
- the shirt cuff configured as a French cuff comprising a band of material having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and a first cuff end and an opposing second cuff end, wherein the first edge is attached to the sleeve of the shirt and the opposing second edge is fixedly extended outward;
- a closure device for the shirt cuff comprising:
- a pivoting button and an associated eyelet, disposed separately at the first and second opposing cuff ends;
- and
- a button-side eyelet onto which the pivoting button is pivotally fastened to an edge of the button-side eyelet,
- the pivoting button is pivoted inside the French cuff, and in a worn position disposed between inside surfaces of the first cuff end and the second cuff end;
- and
- a cuff-link is disposed through the eyelets in the French cuff.
A non-reversible shirt cuff, comprising:
- a sleeve;
- a French shirt cuff comprising:
- a band of material having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and a first cuff end and an opposing second cuff end, wherein the first edge is attached to the sleeve of the shirt, and the opposing second edge is fixedly extended outward;
- a closure device for the French shirt cuff comprising:
- a button-side eyelet and an opposing eyelet disposed separately at the first and second opposing cuff ends;
- and
- a pivoting button pivotally fastened to an edge of the button-side eyelet,
- wherein the pivoting button is adapted to pivot from:
- a first worn position outside of the first cuff end;
- and
- a second worn position disposed between inside surfaces of the first cuff end and a second cuff end.
A shirt cuff, comprising:
- a sleeve;
- a French shirt cuff comprising:
- a band of material having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and a first cuff end and an opposing second cuff end, wherein the first edge is attached to the sleeve of the shirt, and the opposing second edge permanently extending outward;
- a closure device for the French shirt cuff comprising:
- a button-side eyelet and an opposing eyelet disposed separately at the first and second opposing cuff ends;
- and
- a pivoting button pivotally fastened to an edge of the button-side eyelet,
- wherein the pivoting button is in a worn position disposed between inside surfaces of the first cuff and the second cuff.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.