Abstract: A garment includes a collar stand attached to a garment body. The collar stand is formed from an inner piece and an outer piece, and wherein at least one of the inner piece and the outer piece comprises a fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate. The fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate has between 0% to 5% stretch, preferably between 0% and 3% stretch, and more preferably between 0% and 2% stretch in at least one direction thereof, and the fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate has between 0% to 5% shrinkage, preferably between 0% and 3% shrinkage, and more preferably between 0% and 2% shrinkage in said at least one direction thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fastening structure which enables objects to be easily removeably coupled, and enables a smooth slideable coupling and decoupling. The fastening structure includes a male and female component. The male component is cross shaped with a wing member and cross bar member. The female component has a complementary structure with an elongate slot and cross groove, such that the male component is slideably received and mated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a shirt collar in a desired position and orientation, magnetically, against a shirt front, using a decorative collar link assembly. The decorative collar link apparatus is an assembly that includes a decorative cap assembled to a single base magnet thereby attachable to an outside surface of a shirt collar, aligned opposite a separate single magnet placed against the inside surface of a shirt, wherein the decorative collar link assembly on the outside of a shirt is magnetically attachable to the inside magnet through the shirt material, for securing the shirt collar in the selected position and orientation. There are no pins or other interlocking devices as the collar links are held in place strictly via opposing magnet forces of attraction.

Abstract: A detachable collar is provided. The collar is useful in association with a garment including a permanent collar. The detachable collar includes a collar body which includes a front side, a back side, and an interfacing layer. The collar body may be substantially trapezoidal, and variable in length. The collar body also includes a left pocket and a right pocket, which engage the permanent collar. The pockets are located on the back side of the collar body. The detachable collar also includes at least one fastener coupled to the collar body. The fasteners may be located at the base and on the back side of the collar body. The fasteners may be configured to engage the permanent collar, or a collarless garment along the neckline. The fasteners may include a pin and a cap. The pin pierces the permanent collar, and the cap in turn engages the pin.

Abstract: American football jerseys designed to enhance a player's safety are disclosed herein. Preferred jerseys are designed to prevent injuries caused from “horse-collar” tackles and have one or more releasable seams that begin in the collar.

Abstract: An article of apparel may include a textile element that defines a crease. The textile element may be knitted to have a first course and a second course that are adjacent to each other in some areas of the textile element and spaced from each other by a raised course in other areas of the textile element. The crease extends along the third course and has a length that is substantially equal to a length of the third course. In manufacturing the textile element, the raised course may be formed between portions of the first course and the second course through a knitting process, such as a flat knitting process.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a hooded garment. More particularly, the invention encompasses a hooded garment, such as, a hoodie, with an integrated turtle neck or tubular collar having a zipper. The invention further includes the option of the garment having one or more content sleeves and/or one or more pouches or pockets.

Abstract: A detachable collar is provided. The collar is useful in association with a garment including a permanent collar. The detachable collar includes a collar body which includes a front side, a back side, and an interfacing layer. The collar body may be substantially trapezoidal, and variable in length. The collar body also includes a left pocket and a right pocket, which engage the permanent collar. The pockets are located on the back side of the collar body. The detachable collar also includes at least one fastener coupled to the collar body. The fasteners may be located at the base and on the back side of the collar body. The fasteners may be configured to engage the permanent collar, or a collarless garment along the neckline. The fasteners may include a pin and a cap. The pin pierces the permanent collar, and the cap in turn engages the pin.

Abstract: An expandable shirt collar in which the material forming at least the neckband, but preferably both the neckband and the collar, is arranged with the weave thereof on a bias so that it is stretchable in a direction parallel to the circumferential direction of the collar. The stitching that forms the seams attaching the collar to the neckband, and the neckband to the body of the shirt, may be applied in a pattern, e.g., zig-zag or skip stitching, that enables the seams to stretch in the circumferential direction of the collar.

Abstract: A collar shield including an outer cloth section having the perimeter area of an inwardly facing side thereof coated with a heat activated adhesive layer, an inner section of non-woven fabric that is coated on a collar facing side with a layer of whitening agent, and a central barrier strip formed from a flexible, moisture impermeable material positioned between the outer cloth section and the inner section of nonwoven fabric in a manner such that the layer of whitening agent is oriented away from the barrier strip. The outer cloth section, the inner section of non-woven fabric, and the central barrier strip are secured together with an adhesive to form the collar shield. The inner section nonwoven fabric and the central barrier strip are sized such that the heat activated adhesive layer extends past the perimeter edges of the inner section of nonwoven fabric and the central barrier strip.

Abstract: An exchangeable trimming for a jacket collar, in particular for a low-cut jacket, with the trimming underside having adhesive surfaces, makes it possible in a simple manner to convert an everyday sport coat or the jacket of a suit into an article of clothing, a tuxedo, particulary suitable for celebrations and special occasions.

Abstract: In shirt collars having neckbands, an improved shirt collar comprises more than one soft layer disposed on the inside of the neckband, each soft layer being arcuately smaller than the neckband and a space exists between a pair of soft layers. Thereby, the soft layer reduces pressure on the neck of the wearer and gives the neckband durability. A tendency for the soft layer to bunch up and wrinkle is substantially reduced by the presence of the space between layers.

Abstract: A shirt having an improved collar construction is provided. The shirt is constructed with a back shirt section joined to a back collar section. A "V" type material is attached at the joinder of these sections to re-enforce the attachment. A front shirt section is joined to a front collar section, the front and collar sections each having attached oppositely disposed half-flaps which are thereafter connected. The front and back shirt sections are then connected. Snaps, or another form of connector, are provided for holding the flaps on the inside of the collar, where at least a portion of the back collar section is covered.

Abstract: A multi-ply shirt collar formed of two creased outer plies of fabric having a thermoplastic resin deposited on the inner surfaces and an improved method of fabricating the collar are provided. The edges of the fabric with resin are folded in over an interlining piece having a dimension corresponding substantially to the final collar and subjected to heat and pressure to fuse the fabric to the shape of the collar. A complimentary creased fabric/interlining intermediate or creased fabric is placed in back-to-back alignment and edge stitch along the folded edges to form the shirt collar.

Abstract: A multi-ply garment component formed of two creased outer plies of fabric having a thermoplastic resin deposited on the inner surfaces and an improved method of fabricating the component are provided. The edges of the fabric with resin are folded in over an interlining piece having a dimension corresponding substantially to the final component and subjected to heat and pressure to fuse the fabric to the shape of the component. A complimentary creased fabric/interlining intermediate or creased fabric is placed in back-to-back alignment and edge stitched along the folded edges to form the component.

Abstract: A turn-over area having two folds is formed in a part constituted by a collar outside and an insert and is held together by seams. Fold formation is facilitated by making the insert in the turn-over area in which the strip, which is usually adhered to the collar outside has unstiffened strips in the area of the folds and another strip for the turn-over area. The first-mentioned strips can be replaced by cuts or perforations. The portion formed in this way can be pre-sewn, turned and stitched to the collar underside, in the same way as a one-piece collar. Despite the fact that the working and material expenditure is only a little greater than in a one-piece collar, the appearance is that of a two-piece collar, which is taken as an indication of the quality of the article of clothing.

Abstract: An improved interliner for fabric articles such as neckbands, collars, cuffs for garments such as shirts and the like. The interliner includes a fabric having a heat responsive permanent adhesive disposed on one surface and on the opposite surface another heat responsive adhesive which serves solely as a fabrication aid and acts as a temporary bonding agent. The permanent adhesive may be employed to bond the interliner to an outer face ply of fabric, thereby imparting form stability and wrinkle resistance to the article despite repeated laundering or dry cleaning. The temporary adhesive adheres to the other face ply for ease of assembly of the garment structure. Alternatively, the permanent adhesive may be used to bind the interliner to a second interliner to impart greater resilience and shape retentive qualities to the fabric structure.

Abstract: A collar attached to an outer shirt folds neatly along one curved line when the shirt is worn with the neckband closed or the ends thereof overlapped, and to fold easily along a second curved line, spaced below the first line, when the shirt is worn with the neckband open so the upper portions of the shirt body adjacent the opening will fold back as lapels to lie flatly and neatly against the front panels of the shirt body; the fold lines being defined, at least in part, by slots in the collar interlining.