Claims
- 1. In a shirt having a shirt body, an elongate neckband, and a collar, wherein the neckband is adapted to encircle the neck of a wearer and has upper and lower edges connected to the collar and to the shirt body, respectively, and a fastening means is on the ends of the neckband for securing the neckband and thus the collar circumferentially about the neck of a wearer, the improvement comprising:layers of fabric forming at least the neckband being oriented so that threads forming the weave thereof are on a bias, whereby in the event of shrinkage in the lengths of the threads, the circumferential size of the neckband is only negligibly affected.
- 2. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 1, wherein:the neckband and collar are attached at adjacent edges by stitching that forms a seam, said stitching enabling said seam to stretch or elongate when a tensile force is applied thereto.
- 3. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 2, wherein:the neckband and body of the shirt are attached at adjacent edges by stitching that forms a seam, said stitching enabling said seam to stretch or elongate when a tensile force is applied thereto.
- 4. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 3, wherein:the material that forms the collar is arranged so that the weave thereof is on a bias.
- 5. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 1, wherein:the threads forming the weft and warp of the material of the neckband extend at an angle between about 10° and about 80° relative to the circumferential direction of the neckband and the collar.
- 6. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 5, wherein:the threads forming the weft and warp of the material of the neckband extend at an angle of about 45° relative to the circumferential direction of the neckband and the collar.
- 7. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 1, wherein:the threads forming the weft and warp of the material of the collar and neckband extend at an angle of about 45° relative to the longitudinal axis of the neckband and the collar.
- 8. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 7, wherein:the neckband and collar are attached at adjacent edges by stitching that forms a seam, said stitching enabling said seam to stretch or elongate when a tensile force is applied thereto.
- 9. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 8, wherein:the stitching comprises skip stitching, wherein the threads forming the stitch are interrupted at predetermined locations.
- 10. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 8, wherein:the stitching comprises zig-zag stitching.
- 11. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 10, wherein:the zig-zag stitching is interrupted at predetermined locations.
- 12. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 8, wherein:the neckband and body of the shirt are attached at adjacent edges by stitching that forms a seam, said stitching enabling said seam to stretch or elongate when a tensile force is applied thereto.
- 13. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 12, wherein:the stitching comprises skip stitching, wherein the threads forming the stitch are interrupted at predetermined locations.
- 14. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 12, wherein:the stitching comprises zig-zag stitching.
- 15. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 14, wherein:the zig-zag stitching is interrupted at predetermined locations.
- 16. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 4, wherein:the collar is formed of inner and outer layers of material, and a layer of interfacing material is interposed between the inner and outer layers of the collar.
- 17. A shirt collar as claimed in claim 16, wherein:an edge of the interfacing material is stitched into the seam between the collar and neckband, said edge being cut in a zig-zag pattern forming peaks on the edge, and said stitching extends across said peaks, whereby the edge of the interfacing is secured in said seam only at spaced locations.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/366,681, filed Aug. 4, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,212,686 which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/172,358, filed Oct. 14, 1998, and now U.S. Pat. No. 6,081,926.
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