[go: up one dir, main page]

CA1222354A - Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like - Google Patents

Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like

Info

Publication number
CA1222354A
CA1222354A CA000509078A CA509078A CA1222354A CA 1222354 A CA1222354 A CA 1222354A CA 000509078 A CA000509078 A CA 000509078A CA 509078 A CA509078 A CA 509078A CA 1222354 A CA1222354 A CA 1222354A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
protector
layer
adhesive
collar
cuff
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA000509078A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Jose Aggrey
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to CA000509078A priority Critical patent/CA1222354A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1222354A publication Critical patent/CA1222354A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41BSHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B7/00Cuffs
    • A41B7/12Protectors for cuffs
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41BSHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B3/00Collars
    • A41B3/18Protectors for collars

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Details Of Garments (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract:
The invention relates to protectors for the collars or cuffs of shirts, blouses or the like garments. The protector comprises a layer of non-woven textile material and a layer of a peelable adhesive which is used for at-taching the non-woven layer to the area of the collar or cuff to be protected. The non-woven layer and the adhe-sive layer are made sufficiently thin and transparent that the colour and possibly a distinctive pattern of the shirt or blouse fabric are visible through these layers so that the protector is not particularly noticeable when adhered to the collar or cuff.

Description

~%3~

Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like This invention relates to protectors for the collars and cufs of shirts, blouses and the like.
The idea of protecting the collar of a shirt against dirt and wear is already well known. For example, protec-S tors o~ this kind are disclosed in Canadian Patent 499,607 issued on February 2, 1954 to Powers, et. al.; U S. Patent
2,182,582 issu~d on December 5, 1939 to Cohen; U.SO Patent 3tO22,514 issued on February ~7, 1962 to Kaiser; and U.S.
Patent 4~008,494 issued on February 22, 1977 to Hicks.
The purpose of such pro~ectors is either to prolong the period of time over which the garment can be worn without the requirement ~or washing, or t~o avoid a per-manent grubby ring being formed around th~ inside of the collar, or to avoid fraying of the fabric of the collar.
Although the idea of providing collar protectors has been known for a long time, they are rarely used nowadays.
This is partly due to the fact that known protectors tend to be expensive, unsightly or uncomfortable and partly due to the fact that shirts are usually washed more frequently ~0 than was the case in the past and, moreover, detergents have improved. However, there is still a need to prevent the ~abric from developing a permanent g~ubby appearance and to prevent fraying of the fabric. This is particularly ' ~p A~
3~;~

true of shirts or blouses made of expensive and delicate materials, such as silk.
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a protector for the collars and/or cuf~s of shirts and blouses which overcomes these disadvantages.
According to the invention there is provided a pro-tector for a collar or cuff of a shirt, blouse or the like~ which comprises: a layer of a non-woven textile material shaped to rorrespond to an area of fabric of said collar or cuff subject to contact with the wearer's skin; and a layer of a peelable adhesive Qn a surface of said non-woven material to permit the protector to be removably attached to said area; said layer of non-woven material and said layer of adhesive being sufficiently thin and transparent that the colour and any distinctive pattern of said fabric is at least partially visible through the protector when adhered to said area.
The use of a non woven material ~or the protector has proved advantageous for a number of reasons. Such materials have a fairly open structure and thus are quite moisture absorbent, but on the other hand they can be made quite durable and wear-resistant. Such materials are also usually quite inexpensive and, when made of synthetic material~ are usually non-allergenic and compatible with the skin, i.e. they tend not to cause itching or scratch-ing of the skin. However, a main advantage is that, by using colourless synthetic fibres to form such material, a fairly transparent layer can be produced which, when contacted with a abric, tends to become "invisible", i.e~ the colour and pattern of the underlying fabric is visible through the non-woven layer and the protector is consequently not visible, or at least not immediately noticeable, when in position on a collar or cuff.
Since an adhesive is used to secure the non-woven material to the collar or cuff, the adhesive itself should be transparent or translucent when present as a thin layer.

23~

The protector of the invention is comfortable to use because it is soft to the touch and moisture-absorbent~
does not look unsightly because it blends in with the underlying fabric and is fairly inexpensive, thus making throw-away use possible. The protector, meanwhile, is sufficiently durable to prevent the underlying fabric from becoming soiled and subject to wearO
The preferred non-woven fabric for use in the pre-sent invention is made from colourless polyester fibres.
The fibres should be thick enough to make the fabric dur-able, but thin enough to make the fabric transparent or translucent.
Particularly preferred materials are spun bonded 100%
polyesters. These are made by thermally bonding randomly arranged continuous polyester filaments at their junc-tions. Such materials have high tensile strength and tear strength, non-raveling edges and good dimensional stability and transparency (or translucency). Moreover, the mater-ials contain no resins or sizings which could irritate the skin. The materials are soft, comfortable when worn next to the skin and have great porosity, particularly when the filaments are crimped prior to being bonded. An example of such a material is the one sold by the Dupont company under the trade mark REEMAY 2016 and having a weight of about 1.35 oz/yd and a thickness of about 9 mils, but other similar materials are equally suitable.
A preferred adhesive is a pressure-sensitive, col-ourless ~water-white), synthetic rubber adhesive. The adhesive layer is preferably porous, e.g. by making the layer discontinuous.
The adhesive layer is preferably protected prior to use of the protector by covering it with a release paper, e.g. a layer of waxed paper or paper treated with a sili-cone product~ The release paper can then be peeled off immediately before the protector is applied to the shirt or blouse collar or cuff.

235~L
- 4 -In practice, it has proved difficult to coat adhesive onto a non-woven fabric. This problem can be solved by first coating the release paper with the adhesive and then contacting the exposed adhesive layer with the non-woven material. When the release paper is peeled oEf, the adhe-sive layer remains on the non-woven fabric because of the greater adhesion between the adhesive and the non-woven fabric than between the adhesive and the release paper.
If the adhesive is applied onto the release paper in the form of a mixture with a solvent, the solvent should be allowed to dry before the non-woven fabric is applied.
The shape of the protector should be made to cor-respond to the area of collar or cuff to be protected.
Moreover, it is a particularly preferred feature of the invention that the shape of the protector b~ made such that part of the protector overlaps the top edge of the collar or the outer edge of the cuff. These edges are ; particularly subject to wear, but a protector overlapping the~e edges is visible when the shirt or blouse is being worn. Howe~er, since the pro~ector of the invention tends to blend in with the underlying fabric, the protected edges are consequently not particularly noticeable.
Preferred emboiments o the invention are described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a protector according to the invention suitable for a collar;
Fig~ 2 is a cross-section of the protector of Fig. 1 taken on the line II-II;
FigO 3 is a perspective view of a shirt collar showing the protector in place;
Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the collar of Fig. 3 taken on the line IV-IV;
Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a protector suitable for a cuff; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation oE a cuf~ showing the ~2~235ii~

protector in place.
~ protector 10 suitable for a collar is shown in Figs.
1 and 2. The protector consists of a layer 11 of non-woven fabric attached by means o an adhesive layer 12 to a slightly larger backing or release paper 130 The non-woven fabric and layer 11 and the adhesive layer 12 are thin and transparent (or translucent) in the manner explained above. The release paper 13 serves to protect the adhesive layer 12 until the protector is put in use, whereupon the release paper is peeled off so that the non-woven fabric layer 11 can be adhered to a shirt coLlar 14, as shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 shows that the non-wo~en fabric layer 11 is adhered to the collar in such a manner that its lower edge 15 lies close to the bottom of the inner surface of the collar, and its upper edge 16 lies on the outer surface of the collar near the top. Thus a part 17 of the protector extends around the upper edge 18 of the collar, as best shown in Fig. 4. Thus the upper edge of the collar is protected from dirt and wear just like the inner surface of the collar.
Bec~use the protector (layers 11 and 12~ are trans-parent or translucent, the part of the protector which is visible in use (part 173 is not especially noticeable because the colour and pattern of the collar show through the protector to some extent.
Fig. 5 shows a similar protector 20 whicb is of a shape and size suitable for use as a cuff protector. The protec-tor 20 consists of the three layers just like the protector 10, i.e., a non-woven fabric layer 21, an adhesive layer (not shown) and a release paper 23 of slightly larger size.
Fig. 6 shows a protector 20 attached to a cuff 24 of a shirt or blouse, after removal of the release paper 23.
The protector covers virtually the entire inner surface of the cuff 24 to the position shown by broken line. The front edge 26 of the protector is attached to the outer ~2~

surface of the cuff adjacent to the front edge, so that a part 27 of the protector extends around the said ~ront edge. Thus both the inner surface and the front edge of the cu~f are protected from dirt and wearO
The protectors 10 and 20 may be worn for a few hours or, more normally a day, and may the~n be peeled off the shirt or blouse and discardedO Anot:her similar protector can then be attached to the collar or cuff, if desired, to provide the shirt or blouse with similar protection.
Since the protectors can be manufactured inexpen-sively, this "throw-away" use is not unduly costly.
Further, since the protectors are effective while also being comfortable and not unduly noticeable, their use is acceptable.
The non-woven abric layer should normally be made strong enough to resist separation of the fibres when the layer is peeled off the release paper or the fabric.
It will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that various modifications and alterations of the preferred embodi~ents described above are possible. All such ~odi-fications and al~erations form part of this invention to ~he extent that they fall within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (8)

Claims:
1. A protector for a collar or cuff of a shirt, blouse or the like, which comprises:
a layer of a non-woven textile material shaped to correspond to an area of fabric of said collar or cuff subject to contact with the wearer's skin; and a layer of a peelable adhesive on a surface of said non-woven material to permit the protector to be removably attached to said area;
said layer of non-woven material and said layer of adhesive being sufficiently thin and transparent that the colour and any distinctive pattern of said fabric is at least partially visible through the protector when adhered to said area.
2. A protector according to Claim 1 which is shaped to cover an inner surface of a collar having a top edge with part of said protector extending around said top edge.
3. A protector according to Claim 1 which is shaped to cover an inner surface of a cuff having a front edge with part of said protector extending around said front edge.
4. A protector according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 3 wherein the non-woven material is made from polyester fibres.
5. A protector according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 3 wherein the non-woven material is a spun-bonded polyester having a weight of about 1.35 oz/yd2 and a thickness of about 9 mils.
6. A protector according to Claim 1, Claim 2 or Claim 3 wherein the peelable adhesive is a pressure-sensitive, colourless, synthetic rubber adhesive.
7. A protector according to Claim 1, including a removable backing layer overlying said adhesive layer, said backing layer having a weaker adherence to the adhesive than the non-woven fabric.
8. A protector according to Claim 7 which is formed by first applying the adhesive layer to the backing layer, then applying the non-woven fabric layer to an exposed surface of the adhesive layer.
CA000509078A 1986-05-14 1986-05-14 Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like Expired CA1222354A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA000509078A CA1222354A (en) 1986-05-14 1986-05-14 Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA000509078A CA1222354A (en) 1986-05-14 1986-05-14 Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1222354A true CA1222354A (en) 1987-06-02

Family

ID=4133141

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA000509078A Expired CA1222354A (en) 1986-05-14 1986-05-14 Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CA (1) CA1222354A (en)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2645717A1 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-10-19 Vadsaria Vafi Method for designing and producing accessories made from self-adhesive cellulose wadding for shirts
US4989269A (en) * 1989-05-17 1991-02-05 Hiroshi Takasugi Shirt collar
US5711030A (en) * 1996-12-03 1998-01-27 Anderson; Carol Collar shield
FR2758947A1 (en) * 1997-02-06 1998-08-07 Guillemin Annette He Monchalin Collar protector for shirt or other garment
US6105166A (en) * 1998-06-19 2000-08-22 Thomas, Iii; Johnnie Collar guard system
FR3021845A1 (en) * 2014-06-06 2015-12-11 Marcel Merlin HYGIENIC PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR SINGLE USE FOR COLLARS AND CLOTHES OF GARMENTS

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2645717A1 (en) * 1989-04-18 1990-10-19 Vadsaria Vafi Method for designing and producing accessories made from self-adhesive cellulose wadding for shirts
US4989269A (en) * 1989-05-17 1991-02-05 Hiroshi Takasugi Shirt collar
US5711030A (en) * 1996-12-03 1998-01-27 Anderson; Carol Collar shield
FR2758947A1 (en) * 1997-02-06 1998-08-07 Guillemin Annette He Monchalin Collar protector for shirt or other garment
US6105166A (en) * 1998-06-19 2000-08-22 Thomas, Iii; Johnnie Collar guard system
FR3021845A1 (en) * 2014-06-06 2015-12-11 Marcel Merlin HYGIENIC PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR SINGLE USE FOR COLLARS AND CLOTHES OF GARMENTS

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US4660225A (en) Ornamental bib
US3588916A (en) Underarm shield
US4304006A (en) Coverall garment for toddlers
US4653119A (en) Clothing protector
US4450196A (en) Composite fusible interlining fabric and method
US6418561B1 (en) Article of thermal clothing for covering the underlying area at the gap between a coat sleeve and a glove
US7827618B2 (en) Single/multiple use liquid resistant protector
US3984876A (en) Article of clothing
US20080201815A1 (en) Baby burp cloth
US4663780A (en) Pad for absorption of body odor
US3200413A (en) Replaceable protecting means for collars
JPH0627361B2 (en) Self-adhesive apron
US5570471A (en) Garment shield
CA1222354A (en) Protector for the collars and cuffs of shirts, blouses and the like
US20080244804A1 (en) Garment protectors
US5101512A (en) Disposable water impermeable transparent personal body cover
JPS6312679A (en) Method for protection and water-proofness of gap part
WO2009002850A1 (en) Adhesive undergarment
US20030093850A1 (en) Protective collar guard
US2747193A (en) Discardable underarm garment shield
US5150660A (en) Fabric material and clothing apparel and apparel accessories made therefrom
US3077603A (en) Disposable garment shield
US20060010576A1 (en) Removable Garment Shield
US20040098785A1 (en) Perspiration absorbency product for shirts
CA2645926C (en) Anti-creep waist-clothing stay device and method of reinforcing crotch-adjacent inner-seam areas

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEX Expiry