Patent ID: 7512994

Claim:
A shirt having a neck size adjusting function comprising: a neckband having a first buttonhole and a second buttonhole, the first buttonhole being formed at one end part in a neckline direction of the neckband, while the second buttonhole being formed at another end part thereof so as to extend in substantially a same direction as the neckline direction; a moving cloth disposed in a concealed manner at an area corresponding to the second buttonhole at an inside of the other end part of the neckband and communicated with an outside of the neckband through the second buttonhole, the moving cloth being movable in the neckline direction while being kept concealed at the inside of the other end part of the neckband; an uppermost button secured on the moving cloth at a position facing the second buttonhole thereof via a thread base or a base-winding or a substitute thereof, the uppermost button being capable of moving to a desired position in the second buttonhole in the neckline direction within a range of a length of the second buttonhole via the thread base or the base winding or the substitute; and a break-out prevention structure, operatively coupled with the moving cloth in the area corresponding to the second buttonhole in the other end part of the neckband, for preventing the moving cloth from being pulled out of the second buttonhole and exposed therefrom by a force applied to the moving cloth via the thread base or the base-winding or the substitute when the uppermost button is moved in the neckline direction in the second buttonhole, wherein said break-out prevention structure includes at least one of a stiff padding and rubber tape, said shirt further comprising: as the break-out prevention structure, a relatively stiff padding stuck on an inside of the neckband so as to surround the second buttonhole, the relatively stiff padding having a slot opened at a portion corresponding to the second buttonhole, the moving cloth being provided at the inside of the neckband so as to move separately from the neckband, and the uppermost button being stitched on the moving cloth with a suitable length of a thread base or a base-winding so as to be taken out of the second buttonhole.