US20070033702A1

US20070033702A1 - Clothes having removable collar

Info

Publication number: US20070033702A1
Application number: US11/199,134
Authority: US
Inventors: Tai-Sheng Hsu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-08-09
Filing date: 2005-08-09
Publication date: 2007-02-15

Abstract

Clothes includes a removable collar. The clothes and the collar are prepared separately and are combined via a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener or a plurality of buttons. Since the collar is removable, one can replace only the stained collar without throwing away the entire clothes. In addition, the removable collar can achieve the variety and the diversity of clothes by simply changing the collar.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to clothes, and more particularly to clothes that has a removable collar, so as to allow substitutions.
Clothes play an extremely important role in our daily life. Ever since the advent of human culture, wearing clothes has become the common basic needs for human beings. In this modern age, the purpose of wearing clothes has gone far beyond the basic need of keeping warm. It is rather to show personal styles and tastes, and a matter of manner.
Let's take men's shirt, which is often accompanied with a formal and elegant suit, as an example. Once the inner side of the collar of the shirt is stained, it is difficult to be cleaned, particularly for the light colored shirts. Oftentimes, cleaning and rubbing the stained collar damages the collar. It is quite a pity to throw away the shirt with only a damaged collar.
Accordingly, the inventor of the present invention realized the drawbacks in the conventional art, and developed the present invention that can overcome the drawbacks described above.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is to provide clothes having a removable collar. The clothes and the collar are prepared separately and are combined via a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener or a plurality of buttons. Since the collar is removable, one can replace only the stained collar without throwing away the entire clothes.
The present invention is also to provide clothes having removable collar, so as to achieve the variety and the diversity of clothes by simply changing the collar.
In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the clothes of the present invention includes a clothes body having a neck opening, and a collar including a collar portion folded outward, and a neck opening portion covered under the collar portion. The neck opening portion corresponds the neck opening of the clothes body. The neck opening of the clothes body is situated between the collar portion and the neck opening portion of the collar. In addition, a connection means is disposed between the inner side of the neck opening and the neck opening portion. The connection means can be a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener, or a plurality of buttons.
In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides a collar. The collar includes a collar portion folded outward, and a neck opening portion covered under the inner side of the collar portion. One side of the neck opening portion adjacent the collar portion includes a chain of zipper, or one side of the hook-and-loop fastener disposed thereon.
In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides clothes that incorporates with the collar described above, which includes a neck opening. The neck opening corresponds the neck opening portion. The inner side of the neck opening includes the other chain of zipper, or the other side of the hook-and-loop fastener disposed thereon.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a decomposition diagram, in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a combination diagram, in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates a decomposition diagram, in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to better understanding the features and technical contents of the present invention, the present invention is hereinafter described in detail by incorporating with the accompanying drawings. However, the accompanying drawings are only for the convenience of illustration and description, no limitation is intended thereto.
Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a decomposition diagram and a combination diagram in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention are illustrated. As shown, clothes having a removable collar of the present invention include a clothes body 1 and a collar 2. The clothes body 1 and the collar 2 are separately prepared.
The clothes body 1 can be a regular man's shirt without a collar. The clothes boy 1 includes a neck opening 10. The collar 2 is separately prepared. The cloth pattern of the collar 2 can be different from that of the clothes body 1. The collar 2 includes a collar portion 20 folded outward, and a neck opening portion 21 covered under the collar portion 20. The neck opening portion 21 incorporates the neck portion 10 of the clothes body 1. In this manner, the inner side of the neck opening 10 of the clothes body 1 is connected with the neck opening portion 21 of the collar 2 via a connection means such as a zipper 3 or a hook-and-loop fastener 4 (as shown in FIG. 3), thereby combining the clothes body 1 and the collar 2. In addition, the neck opening 10 of the clothes body 1 is situated between the collar portion 20 and the neck opening portion 20 of the collar 2. Consequently, the zipper 3 or the hook-and-loop fastener 4 is prevented from exposing outside.
Referring again to FIG. 1, the connection means is a zipper 3. One chain 30 of the zipper 30 is sewed on the neck opening portion 21 of the collar 2 adjacent the collar portion 20. The other chain 31 of the zipper 3 is sewed on the inner side of the neck opening 10 of the clothes body 1.
Referring to FIG. 3, the connection means is the hook-and-loop fastener 4. One side of the fastener 40 (such as the hook side) is sewed on the neck opening portion 21 of the collar 2; while the other side of the fastener 1 (such as the loop side) is sewed on the inner side of the neck opening 10 of the clothes body 1. In addition, the connection means can also be a plurality of buttons. Thus, the clothes having a removable collar are obtained.
Therefore, the present invention provides clothes having a removable collar. The collar of the clothes can easily be removed for cleaning thereof, or be replaced when being damaged. Furthermore, the pattern or color of the collar can be different from that of the clothes. In this manner, a huge variety and diversity of clothes can be achieved by simply changing the collar thereof.
In summary, the present invention indeed satisfies the patentability requirements of the patent law, a grant of letters patent therefor is thus respectfully requested.
Since, any person having ordinary skill in the art may readily find various equivalent alterations or modifications in light of the features as disclosed above, it is appreciated that the scope of the present invention is defined in the following claims. Therefore, all such equivalent alterations or modifications without departing from the subject matter as set forth in the following claims is considered within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Clothes having a removable collar, comprising:

a clothes body including a neck opening; and

a collar including a collar portion folded outward, and a neck opening portion covered under the collar portion, the neck opening portion corresponding the neck opening of the clothes body,

wherein the neck opening of the clothes body is situated between the collar portion and the neck opening portion of the collar, and a connection means is disposed between the inner side of the neck opening and the neck opening portion.

2. The clothes as recited in claim 1, wherein connection means includes a zipper.

3. The clothes as recited in claim 1, wherein the connection means includes a hoop-and-loop fastener.

4. The clothes as recited in claim 1, wherein the connection means includes a plurality of buttons.

5. Clothes, comprising:

a collar portion folded outward; and

a neck opening portion covered under the collar portion,

wherein one side of the collar portion adjacent the neck opening portion comprises a side chain of a zipper.

6. The clothes as recited in claim 5, further comprising a neck opening, the neck opening corresponding the neck opening portion of the collar, wherein another side chain of the zipper is disposed on the inner side of the neck opening.

7. Clothes, comprising:

a collar portion folded outward; and

a neck opening portion covered under the collar portion,

wherein one side of the collar portion adjacent the neck opening portion comprises one side of a hook-and-loop fastener.

8. The clothes as recited in claim 7, comprising a neck opening, the neck opening corresponding the neck opening portion of the collar, wherein another side of the hook-and-loop fastener is disposed on the inner side of the neck opening.