JP2003135108A - Waist size adjusting appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a waist size adjusting appliance which can finely adjust a waist size and which is durable and inexpensive. SOLUTION: The waist size adjusting appliance consists of a male hook body (1) fitted to one end of the open end of pants (p), etc., and a receiving body (2) fitted to the other end of the open end and engaged with the male hook body (1) detachably. The male hook body (1) consists of a slide guide member (10) forming a groove (100) in a longitudinal direction and a side hook member (11) forming a claw hook part (110) which is an engaging means with the receiving body (2). The slide guide member (10) has engagement protrusions (101) lined up at prescribed intervals at the bottom of the groove (100). The slide hook member (11) has an engaging claw (111) which is slid in the groove (100) and which can be engaged with the engagement protrusions (101).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a waist size adjusting tool which is mainly used by attaching to a waist band for adjusting a waist size of pants, a skirt or the like and is capable of adjusting these sizes within a certain range.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a waist portion of pants, a skirt or the like (hereinafter referred to as trousers or the like) is opened and closed at a meeting portion of a waist band for the convenience of putting on and taking off. In many cases, a male hook body having a tongue-shaped hook piece formed by folding back and a gate-shaped receiving body for hooking the hook piece are attached to the meeting portion, and by interlocking them, a predetermined It is designed to form a waist size.

[0003] In particular, the applicant of the present invention discloses that the size of the waist can be adjusted by Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-50913 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 1) and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-870.
As disclosed in 10 (hereinafter, referred to as Prior Art 2),
We have filed an application for a waist size adjuster that utilizes spring bias.

[0004]

Here, the prior art 1 is a basic constitution of a waist size adjusting tool using an elastic body, and the hook hook has a slide guide provided with a groove for accommodating the elastic body. A member and a slide hook member that slides on the slide guide member and has a hooking means for a receiving body are elastically controlled by the elastic body by mutual compression or tension. The prior art 2 is an improved invention of the above prior art 1, and is a waist size adjuster in which the slide guide member has a curved shape along the waist shape.

The waist size adjusters according to the prior arts 1 and 2 are very excellent in that the wearer does not have to operate them with his / her fingers, and according to the prior art 2, there is a feeling of discomfort. It is even better in that it does not cause accidental disengagement of the stop.

However, the waist size adjusters according to the prior arts 1 and 2 require the interposition of an elastic body such as a coil spring due to the nature of the waist size adjuster, and when the coil spring or the like is used for many years, it may come off due to an external impact. It could be broken or broken, and the durability could not be said to be sufficient.

Further, as described above, although the waist size is very convenient in that it is biased by a spring, it does not have a function of adjusting the waist size of pants or the like according to taste or need. Therefore, the pants and the like sometimes slipped down when worn.

Further, in manufacturing the waist size adjuster according to the prior arts 1 and 2, a coil spring or the like is required, and this must be manufactured and assembled, so that the manufacturing cost is high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to finely adjust the waist size as desired, the durability is extremely excellent, and the manufacturing cost is very low. It is an object of the present invention to provide an extremely useful waist size adjuster that can be used.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a male hook body attached to one end of an open end of pants or the like, and a male hook body attached to the other end of the open end is detachably engaged with the male hook body. In the waist size adjusting tool, the male hook body is a slide guide member having a groove formed in the longitudinal direction, and the receiver body is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the slide guide member. A slide hook member formed with a hook hook portion serving as a hooking means of the slide hook member, wherein the slide guide member has engaging projections arranged in rows at predetermined intervals at the bottom of the groove. Is a waist size adjusting tool, characterized in that an engaging claw that slides in the groove and is engageable with the engaging protrusion is formed,
This is a means for solving the problem.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the slide guide member has engaging projections arranged in rows at predetermined intervals at the bottom of the groove of the slide guide member, the slide hook member sliding in the groove, and Since the engaging claws that can be locked to the engaging projections are formed, the engaging claws have a sufficient length that enables them to be locked to the engaging projections provided on the groove bottom surface. As a result, the amount of bending of the engaging claw is ensured, the slide guide member and the slide hook member can be reliably locked and smoothly slid, and the fine adjustment of the waist size can be easily performed as desired.

Further, in the present invention, the waist size adjuster having the above-mentioned structure is formed, and the waist size is adjusted without using the elastic body such as the coil spring. It is possible to make the durability very excellent without causing any breakage.

Further, according to the present invention, since the number of constituent parts of the male hook body can be only two parts, that is, the slide hook member and the slide guide member, the raw material cost can be reduced and the assembling work can be facilitated. It can be done together,
Manufacturing costs can be significantly reduced.

Further, since the slide guide member (10) is curved so as to have a curved shape along the waist, the slide guide member (10) is warped so as to reach both longitudinal ends of the slide guide member, so that the engagement protrusions arranged in a row are provided. Will be arranged in a curved shape, and fine adjustment of the waist size can be made more effective.

Further, in the constitution of the slide hook member (11), the flat portion (113) is press-molded at the central portion thereof by press molding.
An engaging claw (111) that slides in the groove (100) and can be locked to the engaging protrusion (101) is formed.
By forming the curved side tongue which is curved in a U shape with the center line in the longitudinal direction of 3) as a fold curve as the hook hook portion (110) into which the receiving body can be fitted, It is possible to detachably lock the male hook body and to have a finely adjustable sliding function of the male hook body, which does not cause an increase in the number of parts and is extremely compact and has a highly functional male hook body. A waist size adjuster can be provided.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a perspective view showing a waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an exploded state of the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a slide hook member in the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment. AA enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG.
Is a perspective view showing a waist size adjuster according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a reference view showing a use state of the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the waist size adjusting tool according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a male hook body made of brass, which can be engaged with and disengaged from each other and are integrally manufactured by press molding. As shown in FIG. 5, the male hook body (1) is composed of the (1) and the receiving body (2), and the male hook body (1) is on the inner surface side of the outer side cloth (p1) of the pants (p), and the receiving body is the underbody part. They are attached to the outer side of the inner fabric (p2), respectively.

The male hook body (1) comprises a slide guide member (10) and a slide hook member (11) which slides on the slide guide member (10), and the receiving body (2) is ,
It is composed of a fixing plate (21) serving as a fixing means to the cloth and a receiving claw (20).

Here, the slide guide member (10) constituting the male hook body (1) has a length of about 27 mm and a width of about 12 mm, and the overall shape of the slide guide member (10) is a user's shape. Groove so that it has a curved shape along the waist of
Two guide edges (102) extending in the longitudinal direction are formed so as to have a shape in which the both ends of the (100) are warped.
Grooves (100) are formed between (102), and mounting claws (10 mm) having a length of about 5 mm are provided at both ends of the grooves (100) as a mounting means for the cloth.
3) ... (103) has a structure in which two of each are hung.

The bottom of the groove (100) has a depth of 2 m.
The engaging projections (101) ... (101) each having a width of m are extruded at a pitch of 3.5 mm so that six engaging projections are arranged. The engaging projections (101) ... (101) do not always lock the engaging claws (111) completely, but have a rounded shape by extrusion of press molding, so that the male hook body ( When the slide hook member (11) is slid with a finger in a state where the (1) and the receiving body (2) are removed, the engaging claw (111) gets over the engaging protrusion (101). It is supposed to be possible.

On the other hand, the slide hook member (11) that slides with respect to the slide guide member (10) has a holding end portion (112) (112) for holding the guide edge (102) of the slide guide member (10). ) Is formed on both side ends of the flat plate portion (113), and the center portion of the flat plate portion (113) is slid in the groove (100) by press molding and the engaging protrusion (101).
An engaging claw (111) that can be locked against is formed, and
A curved side tongue formed by bending the flat portion (113) in a U-shape with a longitudinal center line as a folding curve is formed as a hook-and-hook portion (110) into which a receiving body can be fitted.

Guide edge (1) of the slide guide member (10)
02) (102) to the holding end (1) of the slide hook member (11).
12) After passing through (112), by deforming the ends of the guide edges (102) (102) to form the retaining portions (104) (104),
The male hook body (1) is completed.

Here, the engaging claw (111) has such a length that it can be engaged with the engaging protrusions (101) ... (101) provided on the bottom surface of the groove (100). A sufficient amount of bending of the engaging claws (111) is maintained, and the engaging protrusions (101) ... (101)
Combined with the rounded shape of the slide guide member (1
When the slide hook member (11) is slid with respect to 0) with a finger, smooth sliding and reliable locking are ensured.

Further, when the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment of the present invention is normally worn, the abdominal pressure acts substantially perpendicularly to the upper surface of the hook portion, so that the slide hook member (11) slide guides. Since it is pressed against the member (10), the slide hook member (11) does not slide carelessly.

With the above construction, when adjusting the waist size of the pants (p) and the like, the male hook body (1)
It can be adjusted by sliding the slide hook member (11).

Further, in the first embodiment, as described above, the engaging protrusions (101) ... (101) having a depth of 2 mm are 3.5 m.
It has a structure in which 6 pieces are arranged by extrusion molding at an m pitch, and accordingly, a gap of about 2 mm is formed between each of the engaging protrusions (101) and (101), while 0.8 mm is formed.
By engaging the engaging claws (111) with a certain thickness into this gap and locking them, a play is formed between the engaging protrusions (101) and (101) within a range of about 1.2 mm. Has been done.

By forming the play, even if a load is applied to the slide hook by a slight motion of the wearer, the slide hook is prevented from accidentally sliding in the enlargement direction.

On the other hand, in the waist size adjuster according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, compared with the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment, the size of play at the time of locking is shortened,
The waist size can be adjusted with a finer pitch. According to the second embodiment, compared to the first embodiment, the adjustment can be performed in a more stepless manner.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first and second embodiments, but the number, size, pitch, etc. of the engaging projections (101) can be appropriately changed and set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a male hook body of a waist size adjuster according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged AA cross-sectional view of the slide hook member in the waist size adjuster according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a waist size adjuster according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a reference view showing a usage state of the waist size adjuster according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Male hook body (10) Slide guide member (100) groove (101) Engagement protrusion (102) Guide edge (103) Mounting claw (104) Locking part (11) Slide hook member (110) Hook hook (111) Engaging claw (112) Hold end (113) Flat plate part (2) Receptor (20) Retaining pawl (21) Fixed plate (p) Trousers

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A male hook body (1) attached to one end of an open end portion of pants (p) and the like, and a male hook body (1) attached to the other end of the open end portion and detachably attached to the male hook body (1). Retaining body (2)
In the waist size adjuster consisting of, the male hook body (1) is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the slide guide member (10) having a groove (100) formed in the longitudinal direction, and the slide guide member (10). And a slide hook member having a hook (110) serving as a hooking means with the receiving body (2).
(11), and the slide guide member (10), at the bottom of the groove (100), has engaging projections (101) arranged in a row at predetermined intervals, the slide hook member (11) Slides in the groove (100),
Also, an engaging claw (111) that can be locked to the engaging protrusion (101)
A waist size adjuster characterized by being formed. 2. The slide guide member (10) according to claim 1, wherein the slide guide member has a curved shape extending along both ends of the slide guide member so as to be curved along the waist. Waist size adjustment tool. 3. The slide hook member (11) includes a flat plate portion (11).
An engaging claw (111) that can slide in the groove (100) and can be locked to the engaging protrusion (101) is formed in the center of 3) by press molding, and further, a flat plate. It is characterized in that a curved side tongue which is formed by curving in a U shape with the longitudinal center line of the portion (113) as a folding curve is formed as the hook and hook portion (110) into which the receiving body can be fitted. The waist size adjuster according to claim 1 or 2.