Patent ID: 6081926
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A41B

Abstract:
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 opposite ends, and a fastening means is on the ends of the neckband for securing the neckband and thus the collar about the neck of a wearer, the improvement comprising:at least one cut formed transversely in the neckband, but not the collar, extending through the lower edge thereof, but not the upper edge, to enable the material of the neckband to spread apart at the cut when a longitudinal force is applied to the neckband, thereby increasing the effective length of the neckband to compensate for shrinkage of the shirt or an increase in neck size of the wearer.