SHIRT CUFF EXPANDER

摘要

A shirt cuff expander for facilitating the expansion of a shirt cuff. The shirt cuff expander comprises a first and second end connected by a connecting member. The connecting member may be a band-like member having first and second ends and may optionally include an elastic portion. The cuff expander first end may have a button attached to it as its fastening mechanism or another type of obstruction that prevents the extender from slipping through a button-hole. The second end may have, a similar obstruction to prevent slippage through a button-hole or may have a button-hole stitched into its second end. This arrangement allows the first and second ends to be fastened to a button cuff or a link cuff or any other type of shirt cuff. This allows the expander and shirt cuff to transition easily between the traditional closed, first position in which the two ends of the shirt cuff are axially aligned with each other and the open, second position, in which the two ends of the shirt cuff are laterally displaced from one another. This versatility allows for the shirt sleeves to be pushed up or pulled down quickly and easily. The optional elastic portion may also help retain the shirt sleeves in the raised position.

主权项

1. A cuff expander for shirt cuffs, the cuffs having a first end with a button-hole therethrough and a second end having either a button-hole therethrough or a button attached thereto, the cuff expander comprising:
an expandible assembly having first and second end portions; a first fastener at the assembly first end portion, the first fastener designed to fasten to a button-hole and the assembly second end portion having either a second fastener designed to fasten to a button-hole or having a button-hole extending therethrough, wherein the assembly first end portion may attach to the cuff first end and the assembly second end portion may attach to the cuff second end; a connection member connecting the first and second end portions of the expandible assembly, and the expandible assembly having a first position in which the first and second end portions of the expandible assembly are retained together, causing the first and second cuff ends to be substantially in contact with one another and a second position in which the first and second end portions of the expandible assembly are separated, allowing the first and second cuff ends to be laterally displaced from one another.