EP2796063A1 - Embossed fastener - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a closure of two closure parts (10, 20) for releasably closing a brassiere or a similar garment which can be produced in a simple manner and ensures improved handling when opening and closing the hook-and-eye connection, in particular also with closure parts small thickness. To improve the grip, the base band (12, 22) of the closure part (10, 20) provided with hooks (11) or eyelets (21) has on one side (13, 24) an embossment introduced into the surface (15, 25) (16) (Fig.3).

Description

The invention relates to a closure of two closure parts for closing the two side parts of a brassiere or similar garments.

It is known to close the side panels of a brassiere or similar garments with a hook and eye connection. For this purpose, separate closure parts are usually produced, namely a first closure part with hook and a second closure part with eyelets. These closure parts are connected to the side parts of the garment and in this way a releasable halceness eyelet closure for the garment is achieved. So that such closures do not press through the outerwear, it is desirable that the closure parts have the smallest possible thickness. However, a small thickness of the closure will interfere with hooking and unhooking, i. when making and breaking the hook-and-eye connection, handling.

The object of the present invention is to provide a closure for releasably closing a brassiere or similar garment which can be produced in a simple manner and ensures improved handling when opening and closing the hook-and-eye connection, in particular even with closure parts lower Thickness.

This object is achieved with a closure with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are given in the dependent claims 2 to 8. A method for producing a hooked closure part for a releasable hook-and-eye connection is described in claims 9 to 14.

The closure according to the invention is a hook-and-loop fastener which consists of two closure parts, namely a first closure part with hooks and a second closure part with eyelets. The two closure members are each joined to a side panel of a brassiere or similar garment to provide a releasable hook and loop closure for that garment. The hooked closure member consists of a single-layer or multilayer baseband, which has at least one hook on its back, but preferably has two hooks to achieve the most uniform force application in the hook-eye connection. The eyeleted closure member consists of a single-layer or multilayer baseband, which has at least one eyelet on its front, but preferably has two eyelets in order to achieve a uniform force application in the hook-eyelet connection, more preferably several times two superimposed Eyelets to allow for adjustment of the garment wearer. In order to improve the grip in the connection formation of the hook-and-eye closure, namely when hooking the hooks into the eyelets or when unhooking the hooks of the first closure part from the eyelets of the second closure part, is advantageously on the front of the hooked Closure part provided in the surface of the front of this closure part imprint. In the same way, an embossment can also be introduced into the surface of the rear side of the eyeleted closure part. This embossment or even several embossments on the front of the hook closure part and / or the back of the eyelet closure part are pressed into at least one layer of the base tape. In one possible embodiment, the embossing is provided outside the area where the hooks are arranged on the rear side or the eyelets on the front side.

Such an impression enhancing the grip can have different contour lines, so that different ground plan shapes result for the embossing, for example oval, round, triangular, quadrangular or polygonal Floor plans. In an advantageous embodiment, an approximately oval ground plan shape is selected, since this is adapted to the shape of a fingertip during the closing or opening process of the hook-and-eye connection and can accommodate the fingertip approximately suitably. In addition, embossments with floor plans are conceivable, whose outlines show a free line. Such freely chosen outlines can lead to pictorial layouts and represent, for example, the outlines of a star, a flower, a heart or other desired image.

In addition, different patterns can be provided for the embossing within the contour lines. Thus, different reliefs can stand out from the base surface of the impression. The base area is the area of the imprint which is impressed deepest within the outlines. This base surface is located below the plane of the surface of the side of the base tape in which the embossment was made. The base surface represents, so to speak, the bottom of the indentation. Structures in the form of a relief rise from this base surface, which extend to the surface of the base band or also terminate below the plane of this surface. In particular, the structure of the relief can also be chosen such that in the center of the embossing the structure of the relief stands out only slightly from the base surface and the height of the relief increases in the direction of the contour lines of the embossment. Such a relief arranged within the contours may represent different patterns, uniform structures such as nub pattern, groove pattern, grid pattern, checkerboard pattern, honeycomb pattern, waffle pattern, but also ornaments, pictures or letters, such as a logo, possibly a company logo.

In the following, at least one method for producing a hooked closure part according to the invention for a releasable hook-and-eye connection shall be described, whereby in particular a hooked closure part with improved grip is obtained. In a similar way, an eyelet closure part can be achieved. For this purpose, a textile layer, for example in the form of a textile tape, selected which at least partially contains such synthetic fibers which are meltable by heat and / or pressure and / or permanently deformable. This may be any textile material with interwoven melted threads, for example threads of thermoplastic fibers. In a preferred embodiment, a textile material is selected which consists wholly or proportionately of a polyamide fiber material, preferably of nylon. From this textile material, which contains heat activatable fibers, a textile layer of an embossing device is fed and impressions are introduced into this textile layer by means of the embossing device. These impressions are provided at regular intervals. In band-shaped layers impressions are stamped in succession and in wider layers both behind each other and side by side in the situation. The distance between the impressions is selected so that the closure part to be achieved in each case receives the desired number of impressions. In a BH closure due to the small size of the respective closure part in comparison to the size of the Fingerlcuppen the wearer, which in Einhak- or Aushakvorgang, ie when connecting or loosening the hook-eye connection, are placed on the imprints, for each Closure part provided only one impression. Of course, the method also allows the introduction of several impressions. In order to achieve exactly one embossment per closure part, the distances for the embossments in the embossing process are set so that each subsequent section or each subsequent baseband preferably receives exactly one impression.

The textile material used for the baseband in this process contains heat-activatable fibers which allow the indentations to be introduced. For example, by means of a hot press or by means of an ultrasonic device, which can transform or melt by heat or pressure existing in the textile material synthetic fibers. So that the embossing in the textile layer receives a relief-like structure, a pattern template is used in this embossing process, which transfers the pattern to the textile layer during the embossing process.

From the textile embossed layer sections are separated by means of a cutting device. In this separation process, if necessary, also cutting the edges, in particular a rounding of corners.

Various known cutting devices can be used for the separation and cutting of the textile sections provided with an embossment, preferably an ultrasound device is used for this purpose. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the impressing, separating and cutting of the sections is carried out simultaneously by means of an ultrasound device.

At least one hook, preferably two hooks, is attached to the sections thus obtained. By folding the section, the hook feet can be covered or another textile layer is used to cover the hook feet, resulting in a two-ply base tape for the closure part.

The two layers of the base band are joined together and obtained the hook and an embossed closure part. The connection of the two layers of the base tape together is achieved in a known manner via an adhesive connection or via a welded connection.

The advantage of the closure according to the invention is that due to the embossing on the front of the hooked closure member and / or on the back of the eyelets provided with closure closure, the handling of this closure part, especially when opening or closing the hook-eyelet connection, essential improved, wherein the improved grip without additional layers to be applied or similar means is achieved and can be used for any type of hook fastener or eyelet closure member, and in particular for closure parts with a small thickness.

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die Vorderseite der Verschlussteile des erfindungsgemäßen Verschlusses;

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die Rückseiten der Verschlussteile des erfindungsgemäßen Verschlusses gemäß Fig. 1;

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einen Querschnitt durch das Haken-Verschlussteil gemäß Fig. 1;

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die Vorderseite eines weiteren Haken-Verschlussteils;

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die Vorderseite eines weiteren Haken-Verschlussteils;

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die Vorderseite eines weiteren Haken-Verschlussteils;

The invention is explained below with reference to the drawings and the embodiments. Show it:

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the front of the closure parts of the closure according to the invention;

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the backs of the closure parts of the closure according to the invention according to Fig. 1 ;

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a cross section through the hook fastener according to Fig. 1 ;

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the front of another hook fastener part;

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the front of another hook fastener part;

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the front of another hook fastener part;

The Fig. 1 to 3 show a closure according to the invention for the connection of side parts of a garment. Further modifications of a provided with hook 11 closure member 10 show the 4 to 6 , Like parts have been given the same reference numerals. The impressions 16 according to the invention are described in these examples only on the closure part 10 provided with hooks 11. In the same way, these can be provided only on the or on the provided with eyelets 21 closure member 20.

The in the Fig. 1 to 3 The closure according to the invention has two closure parts 10, 20, namely a first closure part 10 with hooks 11 on the back 14 and a second closure part 20 with eyelets 21 on the front side 23.

The first closure part 10 consists of a two-ply base tape 12, best seen in Fig. 3 , On the front side 13 is an indentation 16, which is pressed into the surface 15 of the front side 13, best visible in Fig. 3 , This indentation 16 is located at a distance B from the outer edge 17, which points in the direction of the second closure part 20. This distance B of the indentation 16 is selected so that this distance B is greater than the distance A, namely the distance of the hooks 11 from this outer edge 17. In this way, the indentation 16 is located on the front side 13 of the closure part 10 adjacent to the hook 11 on the back 14 of the closure member 10. Such an adjacent arrangement of hook 11 and indentation 16 is not a prerequisite for an advantageous application of the closure. Particularly with thicker closure parts 10, ie multilayer base tapes 12, the embossment 16 can be at any desired location on the front side 13.

The first closure part 10 was manufactured in the following way. It was a textile, tape-like layer consisting of 100% nylon an embossing device, in this case an ultrasonic device supplied. In this ultrasonic device indentations 16 were introduced into the band-shaped, textile layer at regular intervals. From this textile, band-shaped layer with the impressions 16 arranged at intervals, sections having a length of 30 mm were cut off and at one edge, the later edge 17, the corners were rounded off by a corresponding blank. At the opposite narrow edge of the section, which has a width of 28 mm, two hooks 11 are mounted centrally at a distance of 10 mm, ie each hook 11 is located at a distance of 7mm from the longitudinal edge of the section. The fold is then folded into a two-ply base band 12. This fold results in a closed edge 18 opposite the edge 17 provided with the rounded corners. In this example, the section is folded such that the front face 13 has a length of 16 mm and the Rear 14 has a length of 14 mm. Subsequently, the two layers of the base tape 12 are connected to each other at the edge, indicated by the weld 19 in FIG. 2 , It is thus a closure part 10 has arisen, in which the hooks 11 are located at a distance A of 4 mm from the edge 17. The indentation 16 on the front side 13 is located at a distance B of 6 mm from the edge 17 and shows according to Fig. 1 a nub pattern as a relief 163, which stands out from the base surface 162. The outline 161 of the indentation 16 is adapted to the outline of a fingerprint, ie the outline 161 shows approximately an oval shape. How better the Fig. 3 can be seen, the indentation 16 is pressed into the surface 15 of the front side 13, ie, the base surface 162 is located below the plane of the surface 15, whereas the knobs, which form the relief 163, extend into the plane of the surface 15.

The second closure member 20 shown in this example consists of a base tape 22 which is located on the front side 23 and a soft pad 26 on the back 24. This closure member 20 can be peripherally connected to the edge of a side part of a garment, such as a brassiere , The connection takes place at the edge, which is opposite to the outer edge 27. At this edge there is an opening 28 between the base tape 22 and the base 26 in order to introduce the edge of a side part for connection to the closure part 20 here. The base tape 22 in this embodiment consists of several layers, a non-visible stiffening layer, to which the feet of the eyelets 21 are sewn, and four layers, each covering the feet of the eyelets 21, so that only the eyes of the eyelets 21 on the front 23rd of the baseband 20 are visible. These cover layers of the base tape 22 consist in this example to 100% nylon. The connection between the layers of the base tape 22 and the base 26 is made by gluing. The pad 26, which occupies the entire back surface 24 and forms a contact surface 25, in this example consists of 86% nylon and 14% microfiber spandex. The contact surface 25 represents the surface that comes into contact with the skin of the wearer of the garment and is therefore made of a soft material. It is at another Embodiments also possible in this contact surface - as described above - introduce indentations.

The 4 to 6 show further floor plans and reliefs 163 for an imprint 16. In the Fig. 4 has the indentation 16 a round outline 161. From the base surface 162 rises a rib-shaped relief 163, which extends into the plane of the surface 15 of the front side 13. Fig. 5 shows an approximately square outline 161 for the impression 16. From the base surface 162 rises a checkerboard-like relief 163. In the Fig. 6 another embodiment of an embossment 16 is shown. The outline 161 is approximately trapezoidal. From the base surface 162 rises a relief 163, which represents a letter. It becomes clear that most different line guides can be selected for the contour line 161 for an indentation 16, and likewise the shape and structuring of the relief 163, which stands out from the base surface 162, can be freely selected. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS 10 closing part 11 hook 12 baseband 13 Front of 10 14 Back of 10 15 surface 16 impressing 161 outline 162 footprint 163 relief 17 outer edge of 10 18 edge 19 Weld 20 closing part 21 eyelets 22 baseband 23 Front of 20 24 Back of 20 25 Touchpad 26 document 27 outer edge of 20 28 opening A Distance 11 B Distance 16

Claims (14)

Closure of two closure parts for opening and closing the two side parts of a brassiere or similar. Garment, - with a first closure part (10) with hooks (11) and with a second closure part (20) with eyelets (21) for a detachable hook-and-eye connection, - wherein the closure part (10) provided with hooks (11) consists of a single-layer or multi-layered base strip (12) which has at least one hook (11) on its rear side (14), - wherein the eyelet (21) provided closure member (20) consists of a single-layer or multilayer baseband (22) having on its front side (23) at least one eyelet (21),
characterized, - that the Vcrbesserung the grip provided the base tape (12) of the hook (11) the closure part (10) on its front side (13) introduced a in the surface (15) of the front (13) indentation (16) and / or the baseband (22) of the eyelet (21) provided closure member (20) on its rear side (24) in the contact surface (25) of the back (24) introduced imprint has. Closure according to claim 1, characterized in that the base band (12, 22) of the closure part (10, 20) provided with hooks (11) or eyelets (21) consists of a textile material which at least partly contains such synthetic fibers passing through Heat or pressure are permanently deformable. Closure according to claim 2, characterized in that the base band (12, 22) of the closure part (10, 20) provided with hooks (11) or eyelets (21) consists entirely of a polyamide fiber material, preferably nylon. Closure according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the embossment (16) on the front side (13) of the base tape (12) is introduced outside the region where on the back (14) the hooks (11) are provided, so that the hooks (11) or the fastening of the hooks (11) on the base band (12) is not impaired. Closure according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that two hooks (11) are provided on the closure part (10), which at the same distance (A) from an outer, in the direction of the second closure part (20) facing edge (17) the embossment (16) is provided on the front side (13) of the base tape (12) in a region which extends at a distance (B) from this outer edge (17 ) of the base tape (12), wherein the distance (B) of the indentation (16) is greater than the distance (A) of the hook (11). Closure according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the indentation (16) may have different contour lines (161), so that different ground plan shapes for the indentation (16) result, for example, oval, round, three, four or polygonal layouts and floor plans with free lines. Closure according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the indentation (16) may have different patterns within the contour lines (161), for example, from the base surface (162) of the indentation (16), which below the plane of the surface (15) of the base band (12), reliefs (163) stand out, for example uniform structures, ornaments, pictures or letters. A closure according to claim 7, characterized in that the reliefs (163) projecting from the base surface (162) of the indentation (16) are a nub pattern or a groove pattern or a grid pattern or a Checkerboard pattern or a honeycomb pattern or a waffle pattern or a logo show, preferably a pimple pattern. A method of making a hooked or eyelet closure for a releasable hook and loop connection, comprising the steps of: Feeding a textile layer containing fibers which can be activated by heat and / or pressure to an embossing device and introducing embossments at regular intervals into this layer by means of the embossing device, Separating parts of the desired size from the embossed, textile layer and optionally cutting the embossed textile sections by means of a cutting device, Attaching at least one, preferably two, hooks to a textile section or attaching at least one, preferably several, eyelets to a textile section, Folding the sections and / or placing another textile layer so that the hook feet or the loop feet are covered, resulting in a two-layer or multi-layer base strip, - Connect the layers of the baseband. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that the introduction of the indentations by means of a hot pressing device or by means of an ultrasonic device, wherein a template transfers the respective structure of the impression on the textile layer. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that the distances between the indentations are chosen so that each subsequent section or each subsequent baseband receives exactly one impression. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that the separating and cutting the provided with an embossment, the textile pieces is effected by means of an ultrasonic device. A method according to claim 12, characterized in that by means of an ultrasonic device at the same time the embossing and the separation and the cutting of the cuts done. A method according to claim 9, characterized in that the two layers of the base tape are connected to each other via an adhesive connection or via a welded joint.

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