Patent ID: 6175961
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A41F

Abstract:
A method of modifying the structure of a T-shirt without removal of any of the fabric of the T-shirt, comprising pulling the fabric of a T-shirt neck opening at a portion adjacent a first shoulder of the T-shirt into a V-shape having an apex pointed toward said first shoulder of the T-shirt, and pulling the fabric of a sleeve opening adjacent said first shoulder upward toward said first shoulder so as to cause the sleeve opening to form a V-shape having an apex pointed toward the V-shape of the neck opening, and seeing the fabric of the T-shirt between the V-shape of the neck opening and the V-shape of the sleeve opening in a gathered condition along a line on the shoulder of the T-shirt, said step of securing the fabric of the T-shirt in a gathered condition being accomplished by entraining the fabric within a performed coil of a plastic or metal rod, said entraining comprising temporary distortion of said coil followed by resilient recovery of said coil to its original preformed shape after the fabric is entrained within it, line of gathered T-shirt fabric between the V-shaped neck and sleeve openings being between approximately 1 and 4 inches in length.