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although specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings , it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the present invention . various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit , scope and contemplation of the present invention as further defined in the appended claims . referring to fig1 through 2 ., the present invention is a process to create a three - dimensional image onto a garment such as a shirt 10 . the garment contains cotton 20 and polyester 30 . the process involves chemical etching out images 22 and 24 on the cotton portion 20 and then there is a portion of the fabric 20 that has now been removed which is an etched out image . one process is to coat a silkscreen with a chemical having the image or images and running the silkscreen over the garment to chemically etch the images into the garment . the part of the fabric that remains and has been uncut is referred to as the positive 30 . the part of the fabric that has been etched out and effectively has an image on it is called a negative 20 with the etched out images numbered 22 and 24 . one key innovation of the present invention is what is applied to the back of the garment behind the chemically etched image . referring to fig3 , 4 , 5 and 6 , a printing process is performed on a full second garment 40 such as a shirt . essentially , it is a full shirt 40 but the uniqueness in the present invention is printing the exact same images 42 and 44 on the second shirt 40 which will shine through the exact same images 22 and 24 at the exact location on the outer shirt 20 which has been etched or chemically etched out of the outer shirt 20 so that the exact same image on the interior shirt will shine through the see - through etched out images 22 and 24 on the outer shirt 20 . the images 42 and 44 on the second or inner shirt 40 is printed at the exact same location where the identical image 22 and 24 has been respectively etched out of the outer or front shirt 20 . then the two garments are aligned and tacked near the shoulder and tacked to the underarm . therefore , the second shirt 40 is fairly loose against the first shirt 20 but it is affixed firmly enough away that it can be worn and washed and it will not come apart . the present invention technique as described above is most preferably applied to tank tops , t - shirts and baseball shirts which are known as raglan shirts . the technique is also applied to a shirt known as a henley shirt which is a t - shirt that has buttons . it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a garment such a t - shirt , baseball shirt , or henley shirt which has a three - dimensional image on the garment created by removing a portion of the garment to create an image on an outer garment , the process being etching or chemical etching , and thereafter affixing a second interior shirt with an exact same image at the exact same location as the etched out image or images on the front shirt . the two shirts affixed together . one key innovation of the present invention is what is applied to the back of the garment behind the chemically etched image . referring to fig3 , 4 , 5 and 6 , a printing process is performed on a full second garment 40 such as a shirt . essentially , it is a full shirt 40 but the uniqueness in the present invention is printing the exact same images 42 and 44 on the second shirt 40 which will shine through the exact same images 22 and 24 at the exact location on the outer shirt 20 which has been etched or chemically etched out of the outer shirt 20 so that the exact same image on the interior shirt will shine through the see - through etched out images 22 and 24 on the outer shirt 20 . the images 42 and 44 on the second or inner shirt 40 is printed at the exact same location where the identical image 22 and 24 has been respectively etched out of the outer or front shirt 20 . then the two garments are aligned and tacked near the shoulder and tacked to the underarm . therefore , the second shirt 40 is fairly loose against the first shirt 20 but it is affixed firmly enough away that it can be worn and washed and it will not come apart . the present invention technique as described above is most preferably applied to tank tops , t - shirts and baseball shirts which are known as raglan shirts . the technique is also applied to a shirt known as a henley shirt which is a t - shirt that has buttons . it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a garment such a t - shirt , baseball shirt , or henley shirt which has a three - dimensional image on the garment created by removing a portion of the garment to create an image on an outer garment , the process being etching or chemical etching , and thereafter affixing a second interior shirt with an exact same image at the exact same location as the etched out image or images on the front shirt ; the two shirts affixed together . an alternative key innovation of the present invention is what is applied to the back of the garment behind the chemically etched image . referring to fig7 , 8 , 9 and 10 a printing process is performed on a full second garment 80 such as a shirt . essentially , it is a full shirt 80 but the uniqueness in the present invention is printing the a complementary image in color or pattern 82 and 84 on the second shirt 80 which will shine through the exact same images 22 and 24 at the exact location on the outer shirt 20 which has been etched or chemically etched out of the outer shirt 20 so that the complementary image on the interior shirt will shine through the see - through etched out images 22 and 24 on the outer shirt 20 . the images 82 and 84 on the second or inner shirt 80 is printed at the exact same location where the identical image 22 and 24 has been respectively etched out of the outer or front shirt 20 . then the two garments are aligned and tacked near the shoulder and tacked to the underarm . therefore , the second shirt 80 is fairly loose against the first shirt 20 but it is affixed firmly enough away that it can be worn and washed and it will not come apart . the present invention technique as described above is most preferably applied to tank tops , t - shirts and baseball shirts which are known as raglan shirts . the technique is also applied to a shirt known as a henley shirt which is a t - shirt that has buttons . it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a garment such a t - shirt , baseball shirt , or henley shirt which has a three - dimensional image on the garment created by removing a portion of the garment to create an image on an outer garment , the process being etching or chemical etching , and thereafter affixing a second interior shirt with a complementary image at the exact same location as the etched out image or images on the front shirt , the two shirts affixed together . of course the present invention is not intended to be restricted to any particular form or arrangement , or any specific embodiment , or any specific use , disclosed herein , since the same may be modified in various particulars or relations without departing from the spirit or scope of the claimed invention hereinabove shown and described of which the apparatus or method shown is intended only for illustration and disclosure of an operative embodiment and not to show all of the various forms or modifications in which this invention might be embodied or operated .

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