For a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably a number of wales, i.e., 14 in number, produces a width of the pocket approximately equal to the width of the stay to minimize movement of the stay within the pocket.
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0. 10. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar, which comprises:
knitting a collar body with a first stitch density;
forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density; and
inserting a stay into the pocket.
0. 17. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar to receive a stay, which comprises:
knitting a collar body with a first stitch density; and
forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density, and adjusting a width of the pocket by changing a number of wales for the pocket to approximately match a width of the stay to be inserted into the pocket.
0. 3. A knitted collar, comprising:
a knitted collar body having:
a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;
a finished edge; and
two selvedges;
said body having a pocket at each of said two selvedges, said pocket having an end and extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket being closed at said end by said finished edge; and
said pocket having a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body.
0. 18. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar, which comprises:
providing at least one stay having a width;
knitting a collar body with a first stitch density;
forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density, and adjusting a width of the pocket by changing a number of wales for the pocket to approximately match the width of the stay; and
snugly inserting the stay into the pocket.
0. 8. A shirt, comprising:
a shirt body; and
a knitted collar, including:
a knitted collar body having:
a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;
a finished edge; and
two selvedges;
said body having a pocket at each of said two selvedges, said pocket having an end and extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket being closed at said end by said finished edge; and
said pocket having a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body.
1. 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.
0. 7. A knitted collar, comprising:
a knitted collar body having:
a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;
a finished edge;
two selvedges; and
a pocket at each of said two selvedges extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket having:
a first end and a second end;
a first width; and
a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body, said pocket being closed at said first end by said finished edge;
a stay disposed in said pocket of each of said two selvedges, said stay having:
a second width;
a first end facing said first end of said pocket; and
a second end facing said second end of said pocket; and
said first width being substantially equal to said second width to snugly hold said stay in said pocket.
2. 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 a selected first width;
(2) knitting a body of said collar in uniform wales of a selected second width; and
(3) in a selected site adjacent an opening of said collar knitting onto said collar body a pocket in uniform wales of a substantially reduced third width, said second and third selected widths being in the ratio of one to four;
whereby a number of optimally reduced wales' width of said pocket substantially matches said width of said plastic stay without any significant undersizing or oversizing therebetween.
0. 9. A shirt, comprising:
a shirt body; and
a knitted collar, including:
a knitted collar body having:
a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;
a finished edge; and
two selvedges;
a pocket at each of said two selvedges extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket having:
a first end and a second end;
a first width;
a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body, said pocket being closed at said first end by said finished edge; and
a stay disposed in said pocket of each of said two selvedges, said stay having:
a second width;
a first end facing said first end of said pocket; and
a second end facing said second end of said pocket; and
said first width being substantially equal to said second width to snugly hold said stay in said pocket.
0. 4. The knitted collar according
0. 5. The knitted collar according
said stitch density of said pocket is approximately 20 wales per 1/2 inch; and
said stitch density of said remainder of said collar is approximately 5 wales per 1/2 inch.
0. 11. The method according to
0. 12. The method according to
0. 13. The method according to
0. 14. The method according to
0. 15. The method according to
the second stitch density is approximately 20 wales per 1/2 inch; and
the first stitch density is approximately 5 wales per 1/2 inch.
0. 16. The method according
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The present invention relates generally to improvements for collar-attached shirts made of machine knitted fabric, the improvements; more particularly, enhancing the appearance of stays and their ability to function in providing a neat and tidy shirt collar.
It is known by common experience that while it is desired to wear an open collar shirt of knitted fabric construction material at different times because it is particularly comfortable to wear, the somewhat casual appearance afforded by its inhibits its use on occasions when a somewhat tidier appearance is desired. One reason for this is the collar which by virtue of being made of knitted fabric tends to lay irregularly and does not look neat and tidy.
Prior U.S. Pat. No. 3,286,278 for “Knitwear Articles Having Collars” issued to has two selvedges (to the left and right of the collar 5 as viewed in FIGS. 2 and 3), a finished edge (at a top as viewed in
The collar 5 has a transverse pocket 7 formed at each selvedge or end into which is inserted a strip of stiffened material or stay 8. The pocket 7 is formed during the knitting of the collar and has one end closed and the other left open so that the stay 8 can be inserted. The open end is then closed when the collar is sewn around the neck opening of the garment.
The stay 8 may be of any convenient material as for example, bone or synthetic plastic material.
The collar can be produced on any type of machine having two needle beds, the needles being operated for producing the rib fabric of any desired rib formation.
The collar 5 is knitted with the wales of the knitted material 5 extending widthwise of the collar in which event the pockets 7 will be formed on a few needles at the selvedges.
It is already known, as illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,278 3,286,278 for “knitwear “Knitwear Articles Having Collars” issued to O'Connor et al. on Nov. 22, 1999 1966 that this type of shirt, being made of knitted fabric, is very soft and flexible particularly suitable for casual wear and that the addition of the stays 8 to the collar, as proposed in the '278 patent and illustrated in
While generally effective for the purpose intended, the '278 patented pocket and stay construction 7, 8, presumably to provide sliding clearance 10 to facilitate insertion of the stay 8 into the pocket 7, unavoidably cannot restrain during wearing of the
As a solution to this shortcoming, and underlying the present invention is the recognition that during knitting, it is known that the width size of the wales can be varied, and that this operational mode can be used to advantage to eliminate an excessive sliding clearance 10, and consequently that the widths of the stay 8 and its cooperating pocket 7 can be matched so that for all practical purposes they are nearly identical or, at the worst, the pocket width is only slightly oversized with respect to the width of the stay 7.
As best shown in
While the method herein shown and disclosed in detail is fully capable of attaining the objects and providing the advantages hereinbefore stated, it is to be understood that it is merely illustrative of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention and that no limitations are intended to the detail of construction or design herein shown other than as defined in the appended claims.
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