<SUBMISSION>
<ACCESSION-NUMBER>0000910680-06-000462
<TYPE>4
<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>1
<PERIOD>20060523
<FILING-DATE>20060525
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20060525
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>JACLYN INC
<CIK>0000052969
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3100
<IRS-NUMBER>221432053
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0630
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2018689400
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>5801 JEFFERSON STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>GINSBURG ALLAN
<CIK>0001052473
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-05863
<FILM-NUMBER>06866483
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O JACLYN INC
<STREET2>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2127046393
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>JACLYN INC
<STREET2>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>f4ginsburga052406_ex.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-05-23</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000052969</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>JACLYN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JLN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001052473</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GINSBURG ALLAN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>JACLYN INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>635 59TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07093</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.1 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>128254</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.1 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>49123</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option to buy</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>8.47</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-05-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>17500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-05-23</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2011-05-22</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>17500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>17500</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Indirect shares include 29,884 shares held as custodian for the Reporting Person's children and 10,769 shares held his wife.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Indirect shares exclude 1,984 shares owned by a charitable foundation as to which the Reporting Person acts as co-trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Indirect shares include 8,470 shares held in an individual retirement account.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Not applicable.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jaclyn Hartstein, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
