Improvements in Coat-collars

16,061. Matheson, R. T. Dec. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Collars, coat and like.-Collars for overcoats &c. are adapted to be converted from an ordinary turn-down into a military shape without altering the line of fold of the material. The collar consists of inner and outer members. The outer one 12 has a substantially crescentshaped fold 14 between the ordinary fold of the material and the line of its attachment to the neck of the coat 10. The inner member is in two parts. One, 17, is secured at its lower edge to the neck of the coat the other, 18, is stitched along both edges to the inner side of the outer member 12. The two parts of the inner member are united by a piece of material 16 folded longitudinally substantially in a crescent-shape. These extra folds extend between the lapels. The latter are not connected to the collar, and form with its ends notches which extend downwardly and outwardly along the neck line of the coat to points which, when the collar is raised to give the military pattern, may be brought together in front of the neck. The notches extend thence outwardly at an angle with the neckline. Figs. 4 and 5 show sections through the collar when assuming the ordinary and military shapes respectively.