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Shirts having neck size adjusting functionRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Collars, Soft Fold TypeShirts having neck size adjusting function description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20050278826, Shirts having neck size adjusting function. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a shirt or a blouse or the like that has a buttoned neck portion including a dress shirt that is worn with a tie knotted thereon under an outer wear such as a suit, a dress suit or the like, and particularly to a shirt having neck size adjusting function that has a neckline worn easily and comfortably without spoiling appearance in any way. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] A dress shirt worn under an outer wear such as a suit or a dress suit is designed on condition that a tie is knotted around a neckline. Thus, the dress shirt is buttoned up to an uppermost part of the neckline. Retailers prepare dress shirts having different neck measurements and sleeve lengths (exactly a sleeve length plus half a width across shoulders) at one-centimeter variation. Then, a user is allowed to choose the most suitable one. Still, many people feel it tight to keep a state for a long time that he or she wears a dress shirt having a size exactly adjusted to his or her neck measurement while knotting a tie thereon. [0005] Then, Japanese Laid Open Patent Publication No. 5-302201 shows an invention of a formal shirt or a dress shirt that can adjust a neck size and that has a structure giving no uncomfortable feeling even if the tie is knotted loosely to a certain degree. In the invention related to this publication, a slide fastener having a stopper is used in place of buttonholes. Alternatively, hooks or clasps used for a tabi (Japanese split-toe socks) are attached in place of buttons, while plural eyes or eyes for the clasps are attached in place of the buttonholes. Alternatively, an uppermost part of the formal shirt is fastened by a hook and loop fastener. Consequently, the neck measurement of the shirt is made adjustable. Then, a collar is provided such that opposite end portions of the collar are overlapped when the neck size of the formal shirt is set to the smallest one. Thus, when the neck size of the formal shirt is set longer, the opposite end portions of the collar become closed so as to give people no impression that the neckline is loose. [0006] However, with the technique of the publication No. 5-302201, in case the neckline of the formal shirt is fastened tightly to a certain degree at the beginning and then becomes too tight and should be set longer, the tie must be largely loosened. Then, the slide fastener must be slid, the hook or the clasp must again fixed on another position or the hook and loop fastener must be separated once and then stuck together again adequately. Such an action is conspicuous. Therefore, it is impossible to do the action particularly in ceremonial occasions such as a marriage ceremony or a wedding reception, a wake and a funeral, since it is ill-mannered. [0007] Moreover, in this technique, a stiff part such as the slide fastener, the hook and loop fastener, the eye or clasp eye is fixed on a front surface of a neckband corresponding to a lower side of the collar on which the uppermost button and buttonhole are provided in a normal dress shirt, respectively. Therefore, it is possible that imprint or fading effect is generated even if the part is covered by the collar or that the part is seen when the collar goes up when something or other happens. In such case, the appearance is damaged. Moreover, there were problems that its sawing was troublesome and that its appearance was bad if the neckline was spread widely without a tie knotted thereon. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008] An object of the present invention is to provide a shirt having neck size adjusting function that enables a user to adjust a neck measurement of a shirt including a dress shirt to a desired length without conspicuous action, while preventing imprint or fading effect generated on a collar due to an adjusting part or the like or preventing a trouble that the collar goes up so that the adjusting part or the like is seen from outside, that can be easily sewn, and that does not deteriorate its appearance and is excellent in design even if the neckline is spread widely without a tie knotted thereon. [0009] According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a shirt having neck size adjusting function in which an inner fold of a neckband, which is a part of a neckline hidden under a collar in case of a shirt having a collar and which is a part of a neckline hidden under a neck in case of a shirt having a neck, is projected from a main body of the inner fold of the shirt and in which an uppermost button of the shirt is attached to a moving cloth at an inside of a second buttonhole provided on the inner fold of the neckband, so that the uppermost button is movable to a desired position in the second buttonhole in a neckline direction. Accordingly, the neck can be adjusted to a desired tightened state with only an action of picking and pulling the neck of the shirt a little with fingers of one hand, while the uppermost button being hooked on a normal buttonhole, from a state in which the neckline is most tightened where the button is located at a position most away from the normal buttonhole in the second buttonhole to a state in which the neckline is most loosened where the button is located at a position nearest the side of the normal buttonhole in the second buttonhole. [0010] Since the inner fold of the neckband of the shirt is projected from the main body of the inner fold of the shirt, even if the second buttonhole is made long, there is provided a space from a leading end of the second buttonhole to a leading end of the inner fold of the neckband. Therefore, the sewing work becomes easy. Moreover, when wearing it, the protruded portion of the inner fold of the neckband is covered and hidden by an outer fold of the neckband even if the neckline is loosed in case the tie is knotted. Thus, the appearance is not deteriorated. Furthermore, it becomes excellent in design by devising a shape of the protruded portion, too. [0011] Thus, the neckline of the shirt including the dress shirt can be adjusted to a desired length without a conspicuous action. There is no imprint or fading effect generated on the neck by a fitting part or the like. No fitting part or the like goes up and is seen from outside. The neck can be closed when it is cold. The neck can be opened when it is hot. Therefore, the shirt can quickly deal with a temperature change of circumstances. The shirt can quickly switch from a rough state in which front ends of the collar are widely opened to a state in which the front ends of the collar are just fitted. Consequently, the neck-size-adjustable shirt can be worn comfortably for a long time. Moreover, it becomes a shirt having neck size adjusting function that can be easily sewn, that does not deteriorate its appearance and that is excellent in design even if the neckline is spread widely without a tie knotted thereon. [0012] The outer fold of the neckband may be protruded from a main body of an outer fold of the shirt. Thereby, it becomes excellent in design. Moreover, when wearing it, the protruded portion of the inner fold of the neckband is covered and hidden by the outer fold of the neckband even if the neckline is loosed in case the tie is knotted, Thus, the appearance is not deteriorated. Furthermore, it becomes excellent also in design by devising a shape of the protruded portion of the inner fold of the neckband and the outer fold of the neckband. [0013] A shape of the leading end of the protruded portion of the inner fold of the neckband and the protruded portion of the outer fold of the neckband may be an angular shape. Thereby, a shape of the moving cloth that moves inside the second buttonhole can be essentially a rectangular shape. Thus, its sewing becomes easier. [0014] The leading end of the protruded portion of the inner fold of the neckband and the protruded portion of the outer fold of the neckband may be a triangular shape. Thereby, an area of the protruded portion becomes small so that it is inconspicuout, Moreover, it becomes sedate in view of design. [0015] According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a shirt having neck size adjusting function in which the uppermost button is attached directly to an elastic material being capable of expanding and contracting or is attached to the moving cloth by stitching the moving cloth on a leading end of the elastic material, and an other end of the elastic material is stitched on the rear cloth of the neckband. [0016] A rubber plate, a rubber tape, a net rubber tape, a power net or the like can be used as the "elastic material". Thus, in case the uppermost button is urged by the elastic material in such a direction as the neckline is tightened while the uppermost button is hooked on the normal buttonhole and in case of using a member having a strong tensile force is used such as the rubber plate or the rubber tape, even if opposite ends of the neck are picked and released with both hands so as to let the air enter into the neckline, it returns to an original tight position by an urging force of the elastic material when a wearer releases his or her hold. [0017] Moreover, in case of using a member having a weak tensile force such as a net rubber tape, if the wearer feels the neckline becoming tight and if he or she picks the opposite ends of the neck by both hands so as to move the uppermost button to a desired position and loosen the neckline, the uppermost button does not return to its original position due to a friction with a buttonholed portion of the second buttonhole since the urging force of the elastic material is weak. The uppermost button returns to the original position while taking time and in a motion as if it does not move. Therefore, the wearer can keep the neckline comfortable for a while. Thus, even in case the wearer must stay in one position for a long time in attending a funeral or the like, the wearer can keep the neckline comfortable without conspicuous action. [0018] Thus, the neckline of the shirt including the dress shirt can be adjusted to a desired length without a conspicuous action. The neckline can be returned immediately to its original tight position or keep a state of being loose for a while by selecting the urging force of the elastic material. There is no imprint or fading effect generated on the neck by a fitting part or the like. No fitting part or the like goes up and is seen from outside. Moreover, it becomes a shirt having neck size adjusting function that can be easily sewn, that does not deteriorate its appearance and that is excellent in design even if the neckline is spread widely without a tie knotted thereon. [0019] It may be such that a vertical tape is attached to the rear cloth of the inner fold of the neckband and a horizontal tape is sewed on a rear side of the elastic material or the moving cloth while being passed under the vertical tape so as to move horizontally, thereby regulating a sway in a vertical direction of the elastic material or the moving cloth. Thereby, the elastic material or the moving cloth does not sway up and down but can move smoothly when it moves along the neckline. Accordingly, the neckline can be loosened at once and there is no fear that somebody notices such action. [0020] Thus, the neckline of the shirt including the dress shirt can be adjusted to a desired length without a conspicuous action. It can be worn comfortably for many hours. Moreover, it becomes a shirt having neck size adjusting function that can be easily sewn, that does not deteriorate its appearance and that is excellent in design even if the neckline is spread widely without a tie knotted thereon. [0021] A horizontal tape may have opposite ends, which are spaced at an interval corresponding to a length of the second buttonhole, stitched on the rear cloth of the inner fold of the neckband under the elastic material or the moving cloth at positions corresponding to the second buttonhole, and the vertical tape may have an upper end and a lower end sewn on a rear side of the elastic material or the moving cloth while being passed through a spaced part defined between the opposite ends of the horizontal tape. Thereby, the elastic material or the moving cloth does not sway up and down but can move smoothly when it moves along the neckline. Accordingly, the neckline can be loosened at once and there is no fear that somebody notices such action. [0022] Thus, the neckline of the shirt including the dress shirt can be adjusted to a desired length without a conspicuous action. 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