Dress shirt

Abstract

A dress shirt in one embodiment featuring a torso portion in a resiliently deformable material comprising a front portion and a back portion, the front portion features closures with at least two snaps as closures on the bottommost portion, the back portion features an elasticized hem and two darts, and wherein the lower region of the torso is at least partially tapered and is long enough to cover a sufficient portion of the intended wearer's buttocks in order that the resilient deformability of the fabric comprising the lower region causes the lower region to adhere to the intended wearer's buttocks so as to prevent the torso portion from substantially shifting out of position when the dress shirt is worn.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A shirt constructed to be worn by a person of a predetermined size category comprising: a fabric with a first and second holes for the person's first and second arms to pass through and a third hole for the person's neck to pass through, said first, second and third holes positioned to conform with the size category of the person and further where the lower region of the shirt is dimensioned so that the shirt, when worn by the person of the predetermined size category, is sufficiently long that that the bottom hem resides below the posterior of the person and the fabric at the region below the posterior having an elasticity high enough to causes the shirt to hug the buttocks of said person in the posterior region while fabric in the region of the waste having an elasticity low enough to not cause the fabric to collect together in the waist region of the person when the shirt is worn. 
     
     
         2 . The shirt of  claim 1  where the shirt is dimensioned to have a first taper from the chest down to the waist of at least 10% and no more than 31% and a second taper the waist to the bottom hem that is more than that of the first taper. 
     
     
         3 . The shirt of  claim 2  where the second taper is at least 16% and no more than 35%. 
     
     
         4 . The shirt of  claim 1  where the bottom of the shirt extends between approximately 1 inch and 4 inches past the posterior when a shirt of a given size category is worn by a person corresponding to that size category. 
     
     
         5 . The shirt of  claim 1  further comprising:
 A vertical opening extending from the front of the neck hole down to and including the front of the bottom hem, said opening having a first and second side; 
 At least one closure device in the region of the bottom hem that when the shirt is worn by the person, attaches the first side of the opening to the second side of the opening. 
 
     
     
         6 . The shirt of  claims 1 - 5  further comprising an elastic bottom hem dimensioned to maintain tension along the longitudinal axis of the hem when the shirt is worn. 
     
     
         7 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the elastic hem has a minimum stretch of elastic hem sweep of 40% with the ability of the hem to recover back to its relaxed dimension. 
     
     
         8 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the elastic hem width is between approximately ¼″ and approximately 1″. 
     
     
         9 . The shirt of  claim 7  where the elastic is sewn into the hem from side seam to side seam at a stitch per inch of 17-20. 
     
     
         10 . The shirt of  claim 6  further comprising:
 At least one closure device in proximity to the elastic hem capable of spontaneously opening when the two sides of the opening are pulled apart from each other above a pre-determined force. 
 
     
     
         11 . The shirt of  claim 10  where the closure device is no higher than 1″ up from bottom hem. 
     
     
         12 . The shirt of  claims 1 - 5  where the fabric is a woven stretch cotton poplin comprised of 96% cotton and 4% of a resiliently deformable material, such as Lycra®. 
     
     
         13 . The shirt of  claim 12  where the deformable material is Lycra®. 
     
     
         14 . The shirt of  claims 1 - 5  where the fabric has a modulus of a range between approximately 0.32 and 0.675 lbf in the vertical direction and a modulus in the horizontal direction between 0.227 and 0.473 lbf with a resulting elongation of 165%+/−25%, or in the range of 123% to 206% in the vertical and an elongation of 185%+/−25%, or in the range of 138% to 231% in the horizontal direction. 
     
     
         15 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the fabric is a woven stretch cotton poplin comprised of 96% cotton and 4% of a resiliently deformable material. 
     
     
         16 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the deformable material is Lycra®. 
     
     
         17 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the fabric has a modulus of a range between approximately 0.32 and 0.675 lbf in the vertical direction and a modulus in the horizontal direction between 0.227 and 0.473 lbf with a resulting elongation of 165%+/−25%, or in the range of 123% to 206% in the vertical and an elongation of 185%+/−25%, or in the rage of 138% to 231% in the horizontal direction. 
     
     
         18 . The shirt of  claim 6  where the fabric is a knit fabric comprised of at least 4% but not more than 10% of a deformable fiber. 
     
     
         19 . The shirt of  claim 16  where the deformable fiber is spandex. 
     
     
         20 . The shirt of  claim 16  where the fabric has a recovery after 1 minute of approximately 85% or more. 
     
     
         21 . The shirt of  claims 1 - 5  where the fabric has a recovery after 1 minute of approximately 85% or more. 
     
     
         22 . The shirt of  claim 21  where the fabric is a woven or knit fabrics using at least 4% and not more than approximately 10% of the deformable fiber, for example, Spandex™ or a fiber similar to it in elasticity. 
     
     
         23 . The shirt of  claim 22  where the fabric exhibits a modulus of a range between approximately 0.32 and 0.675 pounds of force (lbf) in the vertical direction and a modulus in the horizontal direction between 0.227 and 0.473 lbf with a resulting elongation of 165%+/−25%, or in the range of 123% to 206% in the vertical and an elongation of 185%+/−25%, or in the rage of 138% to 231% in the horizontal direction.