Patent ID: RE44271

Claim:
An adjustable collar of a shirt, the collar comprising: a neckband assembly, having a first end and a second end, extends along a circumference of the collar and comprises an outer band and an inner band, the outer band having an inner side facing the inner band; an extendable elastic strip having a first end secured to an underside of the outer band and which extends through toward a finished slot defined in the first end of the outer band; a fabric strip having a first end secured to a free end of the elastic strip; a button secured to a free end of the fabric strip; a buttonhole defined in the second end of the neckband assembly and configured to receive the button upon extension of the elastic and fabric strip assembly; and a pair of flaps defined only by a first portion of the inner side of the outer band engaging a second portion of the inner side of the outer band, wherein only the pair of flaps define the finished slot by abutting each other.