Patent ID: 7607323

Claim:
A knitted collar for a casual shirt characterized by an edge of the collar which is resistive to a tendency of the collar to curl, the collar being formed of a knitted fabric having a pocket portion at the edge of the collar comprised of two fabric plys defining therebetween an internal channel extending alongside the edge of the collar between a closed channel end and an open channel end, the plys being substantially unattached to one another except for a stitch connecting the two plys only at a location intermediate a length dimension of the channel between the closed and open channel ends and only over less than a width dimension of the channel, the unattached plys adjacent the stitch in the width dimension of the channel defining an unattached space between the plys, and a stay disposed within the channel between the closed channel end and the stitch and retained therein by the stitch, the stay being of a width dimension sufficiently more narrow than the channel for permitting insertion through the open end of the channel, through the unattached space adjacent the stitch, and past the stitch and being of a sufficient stiffness to resist a tendency of the fabric to curl at the edge.