US20140310924A1 - Stay Snapped Suspenders1 - Google Patents

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US20140310924A1
US20140310924A1 US13/864,460 US201313864460A US2014310924A1 US 20140310924 A1 US20140310924 A1 US 20140310924A1 US 201313864460 A US201313864460 A US 201313864460A US 2014310924 A1 US2014310924 A1 US 2014310924A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F3/00—Braces
    • A41F3/02—Strips, tongues, or the like, for attaching to the trousers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44684—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member with operator for moving biased engaging face
    • Y10T24/44692—Camming or wedging element
    • Y10T24/44701—Encircling sleeve type element

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  • the Stay Snapped Suspender 1 is an invention which addresses suspender clasps.
  • the USPT office classification is Class DO2 subclass 626. Suspenders often come loose when the wearer sits down especially in a vehicle. Many people think this is caused by the cloth pulling out from the suspender clasp. As witness to this the Holdup Suspender Company makes a clasp that has a spear that penetrates the cloth and Mars Suspender Company has a clasp that grips the cloth very hard. This is not what happens. Ask wearers how often they find the clasp closed when the suspenders have come loose. The clasp is nearly always open. I have a set of suspenders that I purchased from the Walmart. If I close the clasp on even a thin piece of cloth like a handkerchief it is very hard to pull loose by hand.
  • suspenders are frequently made with three plates hinged together.
  • the bottom and middle plates are toothed.
  • the top plate serves as a lever to force the middle toothed plate toward the bottom plate.
  • What happens when suspenders become loose when a wearer is moving across a surface such as a vehicle seat or sliding across a couch is that the free end of the top lever-plate is lifted by friction between the plate and the seat back or couch.
  • This invention redesigns the clasp by forming a side or sides of the middle plate turned upward and extending above the top plate on one or both sides, when the clasp is closed. This holds the top plate away from the surface the wearer is sliding across so as to prevent the surface from contacting the top plate and opening the clasp.
  • FIG. 1A Side view of standard suspender
  • FIG. 1B Front view of Stay Snapped Suspender 1
  • suspenders are frequently made with three plates hinged together [see FIG. 1A ].
  • the bottom and middle plates are toothed.
  • the top plate serves as a lever to force the middle toothed plate toward the bottom plate.
  • This invention redesigns the clasp by forming a side or sides of the middle plate turned upward and extending above the top plate on one or both sides, when the clasp is closed [see FIG. 1B ]. This holds the top plate away from the surface the wearer is sliding across so as to prevent the surface from contacting the top plate and opening the clasp.

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Abstract

This redesigned suspender clasp alleviates the problem of suspender clasps coming unfastened when the wearer slides across a surface such as a vehicle seat by extending the middle toothed plate upward beyond the top (lever) plate.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • Provisional Application number U.S. 61/690,179 as filed Jun. 21, 2012 with title Suspender buckle. Also related to Provisional Application number U.S. 61/744,586 as filed Oct. 01, 2012 with title Unknown
  • Statement Regarding Federally Sponsored Research or Development (not applicable) Reference to Sequence Listing, a Table or a Computer Program Listing Compact Discs Appendix (not applicable)
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • The Stay Snapped Suspender 1 is an invention which addresses suspender clasps. The USPT office classification is Class DO2 subclass 626. Suspenders often come loose when the wearer sits down especially in a vehicle. Many people think this is caused by the cloth pulling out from the suspender clasp. As witness to this the Holdup Suspender Company makes a clasp that has a spear that penetrates the cloth and Mars Suspender Company has a clasp that grips the cloth very hard. This is not what happens. Ask wearers how often they find the clasp closed when the suspenders have come loose. The clasp is nearly always open. I have a set of suspenders that I purchased from the Walmart. If I close the clasp on even a thin piece of cloth like a handkerchief it is very hard to pull loose by hand.
    • BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • Commonly used suspenders are frequently made with three plates hinged together. The bottom and middle plates are toothed. The top plate serves as a lever to force the middle toothed plate toward the bottom plate. What happens when suspenders become loose when a wearer is moving across a surface such as a vehicle seat or sliding across a couch is that the free end of the top lever-plate is lifted by friction between the plate and the seat back or couch. This invention redesigns the clasp by forming a side or sides of the middle plate turned upward and extending above the top plate on one or both sides, when the clasp is closed. This holds the top plate away from the surface the wearer is sliding across so as to prevent the surface from contacting the top plate and opening the clasp.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
  • FIG. 1A Side view of standard suspender
  • FIG. 1B Front view of Stay Snapped Suspender 1
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • Commonly used suspenders are frequently made with three plates hinged together [see FIG. 1A]. The bottom and middle plates are toothed. The top plate serves as a lever to force the middle toothed plate toward the bottom plate. What happens when suspenders become loosen when a wearer is moving across a surface such as a vehicle seat or sliding across a couch is that the free end of the top (lever) plate is lifted by friction between the plate and the seat back or couch. This invention redesigns the clasp by forming a side or sides of the middle plate turned upward and extending above the top plate on one or both sides, when the clasp is closed [see FIG. 1B]. This holds the top plate away from the surface the wearer is sliding across so as to prevent the surface from contacting the top plate and opening the clasp.

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1. A commonly used suspenders clasp, consisting of three plates hinged together, two of which are toothed, and the third of which (called the top plate) acts as a lever to push the middle, toothed plate onto the bottom toothed plate is altered by having the middle plate extended on one or both sides and turned upward so as to reach above the top plate. The turned upward portions are extended beyond the end of the top plate and curved slightly around the free corners of the top plate. This design results in the suspender clasps staying closed when the wearer slides across a surface.
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US1067835A (en) * 1910-08-06 1913-07-22 Gustav Norman Garter.
US1213392A (en) * 1916-07-17 1917-01-23 Mato Fitzmaurice Maloney Hat-holder.
US1392816A (en) * 1920-07-06 1921-10-04 Fred W Crocker Clasp
US1634532A (en) * 1923-08-06 1927-07-05 Denis E Bowe Clamp
US2104955A (en) * 1936-05-20 1938-01-11 Stark Ludwig Garment clasp
US2139481A (en) * 1938-05-13 1938-12-06 New York Clasp Corp Suspender holder
US2192738A (en) * 1938-06-13 1940-03-05 North And Judd Mfg Company Clasp
US2214524A (en) * 1938-12-16 1940-09-10 Hickok Mfg Co Inc Garment clasp
US2240460A (en) * 1939-06-06 1941-04-29 Connecticut Web And Buckle Com Garment holding clip
US2237731A (en) * 1939-12-16 1941-04-08 North & Judd Mfg Co Clasp
US2219991A (en) * 1940-03-11 1940-10-29 Hawie Mfg Co Clasp
US2251800A (en) * 1940-03-21 1941-08-05 Waterbury Buckle Company Garment clasp
US2382658A (en) * 1943-11-29 1945-08-14 Connecticut Web And Buckle Com Clasp
US2538509A (en) * 1949-03-23 1951-01-16 Fred R Dorner Adjustable spring clamp
US2837806A (en) * 1956-06-15 1958-06-10 Hawie Mfg Company Clip
US3767092A (en) * 1972-01-31 1973-10-23 Thomas Batts Inc J Garment clamping hanger with slidable locking clip
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US4141119A (en) * 1977-09-14 1979-02-27 Kohshoh Limited Plastic clip
US4463482A (en) * 1982-09-22 1984-08-07 The Hawie Mfg. Co. Fastener
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US6082600A (en) * 1997-03-08 2000-07-04 Angus; June Clipable article container
US5870803A (en) * 1997-12-31 1999-02-16 Jorst; Charlotte Kjoelbye Double-locking clasp for watch band
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20190274459A1 (en) * 2018-03-10 2019-09-12 Alex Lokeno Cuff clasp for multi-layered clothing

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