Patent ID: 6240559
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in finishing garment collars as a part of laundering of the garments, comprising:at least two support members located adjacent each other and disposed in a generally vertical orientation, a first one of said support members being movable in a generally horizontal direction relative to a second one of said support members from a first position to a second position, wherein at least one of said first and second support members has a partially conical, downwardly-diverging, collar support surface and wherein said collar support surface moves relative to the other of said first and second support members in a direction toward said other support member when said first support member is moved from said first position to said second position; anda control mechanism having a control element that is coupled to said first support member and that is movable between two positions under operator control, wherein said control element controls the position of said first support member relative to said second support member with said first support member being at said first position when said control element is placed in one of said two positions and said first support member being at said second position when said control element is placed in the other of said two positions.