Patent ID: 6167732
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A41B,D04B

Abstract:
In the manufacture of a knit shirt with an open collar during which a body of said collar is knit and a pocket for a plastic stay is knit adjacent said opening of said collar, the improvement consisting of a method of matching the width sizes of said plastic stay and pocket comprising the steps of: (1) using a plastic stay of approximately 0.375 inches in width; (2) knitting a body of said collar in uniform wales of 0.10 inches in width; and (3) in a selected site adjacent an opening of said collar knitting onto said collar body a pocket in uniform wales of reduced 0.025 inches in width, whereby optimally 14 wales' width of said pocket substantially matches said width of said plastic stay to contribute to snugly holding in place a plastic stay inserted in said pocket.