Abstract: A POLO shirt with a non-pleated collar is disclosed. The shirt includes a garment body, including a front garment piece and a back garment piece, wherein front garment piece is on front side of the garment body and back garment piece is on back side of the garment body; sleeves, provided at both sides of upper part of the garment body and connected with the front and back garment piece; a collar, provided at top of the garment body and connected with the front and back garment piece, including a collar face and an elastic support strip, wherein the collar face includes a collar face body, first and second outer edges; the first outer edge is a two-layer structure, and the elastic support strip is located between two-layer structure. The first outer edge of collar is supported by elastic support strip.

Abstract: A garment with low profile fasteners for removable attachment to a top to keep the top tucked in. The fasteners are low-profile, magnetic, and entirely flexible to improve the comfort to a user. Each fastener includes first and second magnetic components that engage each other. The garment can have a generally rectangular shape with fasteners on a first end and a second end. The magnetic components may be embedded within a tab that is fixedly attached to the first and second ends of the garment. The garment can also be a typical undergarment having a waist band, with the first magnetic components of the fasteners embedded in the waist band that cooperatively engage the separate, second magnetic components.

Abstract: A labor and delivery outfit designed to provide function, comfort and dignity, comprises: a sleeveless, wrap shirt having an upper portion with nursing flaps, lower portions extending from the flaps, a back having straps, lower portions defining an opening therebetween; a built-in, supporting, nursing bra with nursing cups, releasable fasteners for covering the nursing cups, and, a wrap skirt having an elastic waist, a built-in pregnancy panel, and, a rear zipper. Releasable fasteners are provided for fastening the rear lower portions to the upper portion of the shirt, thereby providing access to the spine.

Abstract: A medical gown includes separable portions that can be joined using color coded fasteners. The garment includes a pair of sleeve portions each having a separable seam extending from a neck opening to a distal end of the sleeve portion. Disposed along each of two opposing edges of the separable seam are a plurality of mating, color-coded fasteners allowing a medical worker to easily secure the garment about a patient. The garment also includes a back flap that wraps around to partially overlay a front surface of the garment, and which is likewise secured with color-coded fasteners.

Abstract: A shirt for a user wearing pants and for preventing sand from entering the pants when the user slides. The shirt includes a body, a pair of sleeves, a neck band, a shirttail, a front placket, and a flap that extends circumferentially and completely therearound and depends from where the body meets the shirttail. The flap has openings that align with, and allow passage through, of belt loops on the pants When the shirttail is in the pants and the belt loops extend through the openings in the flap, a belt is passed through the belt loops and overlies the flap, and when the belt is fastened, the belt presses the flap against the waistband of the pants and traps the waistband of the pants between the flap and the shirttail, and in doing so, prevents the sand from entering the pants when the user slides.

Abstract: A garment is provided which is capable of being moved between a folded up position and a folded down position. In the folded up position, a false front simply appears to be the front of a regular garment. In this position, the bib is attached to a torso covering means by at least one fastener. A separate attachment holds the bib to the torso covering means substantially along the waist of the wearer. In the folded down position, however, a lined bib is provided which gives a measure of protection against spills of beverages, foods, paints, compounds, elements, industrial substances, and so on. In this position, the waist portion attachment is engaged, while the fasteners are disengaged.

Abstract: A new and improved karate uniform with an upper uniform component having an inner surface, an outer surface, a back portion, a right sleeve portion, a right body portion, a left sleeve portion, a left body portion, a collar portion, a right lapel, and a left lapel. Also, a first cloth loop having a U-shaped configuration is secured to the right body portion of the upper uniform component. A first hook strap has a first end that is secured to the left lapel of the left body portion of the upper uniform component. A second end has a first pile fastener and a second pile fastener thereon. The first hook strap serves to cooperate with the first cloth loop to keep the uniform closed around a user. Also, a second cloth loop having a U-shaped configuration is secured to the left body portion of the upper uniform component. A second hook strap first end is secured to the right lapel of the right body portion of the upper uniform component. A second end has a first pile fastener and a second pile fastener thereon.

Abstract: A self-contained clothing system comprising a foundation garment, typefied by a shirt-jacket and a pant, and several removable components, typefied by a hood, a sleeved yoke, and two chaps, which, all together and in conjunction with normal undergarments, serve to protect the wearer from the elements in changing weather conditions. This versatility of function is achieved through a design which incorporates removable components, pockets to carry said removable components, adjustable ventilation openings, and the use of appropriate fabrics.

Abstract: Garments are constructed from two identical sleeve sections folded and joined to form an upper portion, which has a neck opening and sleeves, joined to a rectangular lower portion, which forms the body portion of the garment. The upper portion and the lower portion are joined together by a straight circumferential seam. The sleeve sections and the lateral edges of the lower portion are joined by a straight vertical seam. Preferably, the sleeve sections are folded so as to be overlapped and form a neck opening that is V-shaped. In a most preferred embodiment, the garment of the present invention is a scrub shirt. The present invention makes use of sleeve sections that are in the shape of quadrilateral sections with an arcuate portion cut therefrom. The patterns disclosed make efficient use of the material from which they are cut and require only straight seams when assembled. The present invention also discloses methods of constructing garments, such as scrub shirts, in accordance with the disclosed design.

Abstract: A shirt construction includes an adjustable collar for accommodating different neck sizes, and an adaptor is operable in combination with a conventional shirt for adapting the collar thereof for adjustability. The shirt construction includes an extension tab which extends from a first front edge portion of the shirt adjacent the collar thereof, a reinforcing panel for reinforcing the first front edge portion and hook-and-pile-type fastening elements for adjustably securing the first front edge portion to an opposite second front edge portion adjacent the shirt collar. The adaptor includes an extension tab and a reinforcing panel which are securable to buttons on a first front edge portion of a shirt adjacent the collar thereof, a fastening tab which is securable in a collar buttonhole of a second front edge portion of the shirt, and a hook-and-pile-type fastening element for adjustably securing the extension tab to the fastening tab.

Abstract: A handle for a drafting instrument and the like comprising a ring body structure having a traverse slot therethrough for permitting the ring to be compressed, and further provided with a groove or ridge structure for complementary engagement with the perimeter of a hole and double aperture of a drafting instrument with which the handle is used. The preferred embodiment has one ridge which is closest to the gripping surface of a handle of larger diameter than a contact ridge furthermost from the gripping surface for permitting easy indexing of the handle during installation with the drafting instrument. Another embodiment reverses the respective diameters of the two ridges, while a further embodiment employs an internal spring for increasing the outward tension of the ring when released, and a further embodiment wherein tongue and groove structure is complementarily provided between the drafting instrument and the engaging portion of the handle ring.

Abstract: A fastener means for fabrics and clothing and which includes a magnetic tape material which is sewn into or otherwise applied to next adjacent edges of cloth material intended to be overlapped. Such magnetic material being relatively thin and light weight, pliable and flexible, capable of being cut to desired lengths and having the general characteristics of a narrow strip of fabric or cloth material itself.