Collar and neckband construction for clerical garments

Claim 1

A CLERICAL VEST OF THE TYPE UTILIZING A MILITARY COLLAR, COMPRISING A NARROW NECKBAND FORMED OF SELF-SUSTAINING FLEXIBLE MATERIAL OF SUCH STIFFNESS AS TO NORMALLY ASSUME A CURVATURE LOOSELY CONFORMING TO THE CURVATURE OF THE NECK OF THE WEARER, SAID NARROW NECKBAND HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION ADAPTED TO EXTEND UNINTERRUPTEDLY AROUND THE FRONT OF THE NECK OF THE WEARER AND OPPOSITE END PORTIONS ADAPTED TO LIE AGAINST THE BACK PORTION OF THE WEARER''S NECK, A GARMENT PORTION ATTACHED TO THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID NARROW NECKBAND AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, SAID GARMENT PORTION BEING A DISCONTINUOUS LIMP PIECE OF CLOTH MATERIAL DEFINED BY TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE EDGES COVERING THE FRONT CHEST PORTION OF THE WEARER, A DETACHABLE SINGLEPLY COLLAR HAVING PLAIN UNINTERRUPTED LOWER AND UPPER EDGES, A PAIR OF DETACHABLE MILITARY NECKBAND PORTIONS, INTERENGAGING FASTENERS HAVING SEPARATE MALE AND FEMALE FASTENER ELEMENTS RESPECTIVELY SECURED OPPOSITELY ON THE NARROW NECKBAND AND THE MILITARY NECKBAND PORTIONS FOR SEPARABLY SECURING THE SAME TOGETHER IN A CERTAIN PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP, WITH THE DETACHABLE MILITARY NECKBAND PORTIONS OUTSIDE THE NARROW NECKBAND WITH RESPECT TO THE NECK OF THE WEARER, THE RESPECTIVE MILITARY NECKBAND PORTIONS HAVING ONE PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ENDS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND DETACHABLY SECURED BY SAID INTER-