US20090007316A1 - Garment Fastener - Google Patents

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US20090007316A1
US20090007316A1 US12/065,330 US6533006A US2009007316A1 US 20090007316 A1 US20090007316 A1 US 20090007316A1 US 6533006 A US6533006 A US 6533006A US 2009007316 A1 US2009007316 A1 US 2009007316A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F9/00—Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts
    • A41F9/002—Free belts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F9/00—Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F9/00—Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts
    • A41F9/02—Expansible or adjustable belts or girdles ; Adjustable fasteners comprising a track and a slide member
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/006—Attachment of buckle to strap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts

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  • This invention refers to a garment tightening device used to secure a garment to the waist of the user, such as trousers, skirt, trouser-skirt, jacket, etc. in order to suitably stabilize the garment to the body of the user.
  • the purpose of this invention is to make the garment itself participate in its own tightening around the body, which confers the tightening device a broad range of design possibilities and practical uses, fulfilling a double function; on one hand to secure the garment and on the other as an aesthetic complement to the clothes of a person.
  • the invention is therefore an accessory for garments.
  • braces constitute a means of securing by suspension that is completely different from the invention, while the belt acts as a tightening device that completely surrounds the waist of the user and closes over itself with a broad range of hooking systems.
  • the belt uses the classic, non-movable, belt loops to secure the garment, which considerably conditions their configuration, which practically does not allow designers to extend their imagination beyond the configuration of the buckle or closing element, as the body of the belt involves a strip of suitable width to pass through said belt loops.
  • the belt In the case of a garment design without belt loops, the belt cannot be used, or at least cannot be used as an element to hold the garment.
  • the tightening device proposes to resolve the aforementioned problem in a fully satisfactory way, eliminating all limitations of a conventional belt and based on a different functional philosophy, so that the tightening device does not entirely surround the waist of the user, as in the case of classical belts; instead it affects the garment only partially, which may be minimal, with the garment cooperating in its own tightening, as stated above.
  • the tightening device consists of a central body, which constitutes the support of the decorative element of the device and may be one or more parts and obtained in any material considered suitable, central part that may be of any appropriate length, always less than the perimeter of the user's waist, and that at the ends extend in respective tying or hooking elements, such as strips, strings, etc. preferably elastic and in any case flexible, capable of easily passing through belt loops or foldable over themselves under the central part in order to be tied together after the latter, with the necessary tension to achieve the tightening effect, or closing one over the other by any other mean.
  • the effect achieved instead of the classic perimeter strangulation of the belt over the waist of the user, consists in approximating two more or less distanced belt loops from two points of the garment, in order to reduce the effective perimeter of the garment and achieve its suitable adaptation to the body.
  • said tying or hooking elements i.e.: ribbons, strings, strips, etc
  • ribbons, strings, strips, etc can be secured by their ends by tying, but can also be equipped at the ends by any conventional and suitable closing system, such as magnets, Velcro®, slide fastener, elastic, buckle, etc.
  • central part may be divided into two halves, linked together through any closing system, so that the tightening and closing of the device is performed at the central part.
  • FIG. 1 Shows, based on a schematic elevation representation, a tightening device for garments performed in accordance with the purpose of this invention, including a partial representation of the garment it is applicable to.
  • FIG. 2 Shows, also in a frontal elevation drawing, the waist tightening device above duly mounted on a garment.
  • FIG. 3 Shows a representation similar to FIG. 2 , but with a different design for the tightening device.
  • FIG. 4 Shows a variation of the tightening device, in which the central part is divided into two intercoupling halves and that use different means of securing to belt loops.
  • FIG. 5 Shows an assembly of the combination represented in the figure above.
  • FIG. 6 Shows a representation similar to FIG. 1 , but where the garment does not include any belt loops; instead the tightening device is secured through suitably located orifices in the garment.
  • FIG. 7 Shows an assembly of the combination represented in the figure above.
  • FIG. 8 Shows a tightening device similar to FIG. 3 , which instead of being mounted on the front part of the trousers is over a front-side part.
  • the garment tightening device described consists of a central part ( 1 ), such as for example, and in this case with an approximate length of half the user's waist, and which shall adapt to the front part, as shown in FIG. 2 ; the central part is finished ( 1 ) in end hooks ( 2 ) for the respective laces ( 3 ), destined to pass through belt loops ( 4 ) suitable for the trousers ( 5 ), and to fall back behind the central part ( 1 ), securing one with the other through a knot ( 6 ) that can be hidden or made visible such as the case of FIG. 2 .
  • the belt loops ( 4 ) of the trousers nearest to the frontal opening result inoperative, and can pass or not through these on the central part ( 1 ), securing it on the lateral belt loops, ( 4 ′), because of the central part ( 1 ), but obviously the belt loops shall be used when said central part is considerably shorter ( 4 ), such as in the example of FIG. 3 , where size and configuration of the central part ( 1 ) are completely different.
  • the central part is divided into two parts ( 1 - 1 ′) interconnected through any coupling system ( 7 ) and that said central part ( 1 - 1 ′) lacks laces ( 3 ) or any other tying element; the central part ( 1 - 1 ′) including lateral extensions and folded back ( 8 ) determining of securing openings ( 9 ) capable of coupling to belt loops ( 4 ) of the trouser, as shown in figure ( 5 ).
  • the belt loops ( 4 ) are not determining, i.e. that the trouser or garment in question may not have them; however this is not an obstacle for using the invented tightening device; as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 , the trouser or garment ( 5 ) may include, in substitution of belt loops ( 4 ), orifices ( 10 ) for passing laces ( 3 ) or for passing the tying or hooking element chosen at the time.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show a central part ( 1 ) with a design that is completely different to the aforementioned cases, which evidences the tightening device is an excellent scenario for decoration and aesthetics in addition to fulfilling its supporting function.
  • the tightening device appears located on the front of the garment, its position may vary around the perimeter of the user's waist, as already stated and shown in FIG. 8 , where said device is established between two belt loops ( 4 - 4 ′) on one side of the trousers ( 5 ), with the possibility of using two belt loops on the rear, leaving the central body also in that area, with no further limitation than the user's criteria, which also provides great versatility of use for the device.

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ES200502173A ES2278517B1 (es) 2005-09-06 2005-09-06 Ceñidor para prendas de vestir.
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PCT/ES2006/000487 WO2007028841A1 (es) 2005-09-06 2006-08-20 Ceñidor para prendas de vestir
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US20100162468A1 (en) * 2008-12-30 2010-07-01 Hanson William J Mini belt and method using the same
US7937776B1 (en) * 2007-06-11 2011-05-10 Anderson Shannon L Short belt for pants
US20110179554A1 (en) * 2010-01-26 2011-07-28 Marni Bumsted Low profile concealed belt
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US9427036B2 (en) * 2014-12-11 2016-08-30 Lia Key Adjustable fashion belt
US10299524B2 (en) 2017-01-04 2019-05-28 Hylete, Inc. Garment having a drawstring closure assembly
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US8561215B2 (en) 2007-01-29 2013-10-22 Juan Antonio Escudero Muñoz Clothes tightening device
US8393016B2 (en) * 2007-02-22 2013-03-12 Isabelt Ltd. Discreet elastic belt
US20080289084A1 (en) * 2007-02-22 2008-11-27 Isabelt Ltd. Discreet elastic belt
US7937776B1 (en) * 2007-06-11 2011-05-10 Anderson Shannon L Short belt for pants
US20100162468A1 (en) * 2008-12-30 2010-07-01 Hanson William J Mini belt and method using the same
US20110179554A1 (en) * 2010-01-26 2011-07-28 Marni Bumsted Low profile concealed belt
US20110191945A1 (en) * 2010-02-09 2011-08-11 Rodriguez Pablo P Clothing Accessory
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