US3076463A

US3076463A - Adjustable fastener

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Publication number: US3076463A
Application number: US859777A
Authority: US
Inventors: Vorsteher Paul
Original assignee: PAUL W WERNER VORSTEHER MIEDERINDUSTRIE U GUMMIWEBWAREN
Current assignee: PAUL W WERNER VORSTEHER MIEDERINDUSTRIE U GUMMIWEBWAREN
Priority date: 1958-12-22
Filing date: 1959-12-15
Publication date: 1963-02-05
Anticipated expiration: 1980-02-05

Description

Feb. 5, 1963 P. VORSTEHER ADJUSTABLE FASTENER' Filed Dec. 15/1959 United States Patent Ofifice 3,076,463 ADJUSTABLE FASTENER Paul Vorsteher, Vienna, Austria, assignor to Paul W. erner Vorsteher Miederindustrie u. Gnmmiwebwaren, Vienna, Austria Filed Dec. 15, 1959, Ser. No. 859,777 Claims priority, application Austria Dec. 22, 1958 7 Claims. (Cl. 128-501) are integrally woven thus forming pockets lying side by Above all the for engagement by said bars or projections,

ner known per se on its left end may be connected to the On the right end of the strap 1 an engagement with the back-piece-14 of the brassiere woven line 2. If the bars 3 arranged transversally to the woven line 2 are given a suitable dimension, almost completely closed pockets can be provided yielding a corresponding stiffening, see also 2 the bars 3 side of the woven lines 2;

embodiment according to FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 represents the hook 6 with the engaging part and the holding hoop 12. The holding hoop 12 has a 3,076,463 Patented Feb. 5, 1963 being elastic. The top 11 being propped against the woven edge 10 grants a good hold. The invention is not limited to sewing, sticking,

claim:

1. A connecting arrangement, particularly for releasably securing a brassiere to the body of a person, said a first member;

a strap like second member of flexible material, said secand so on).

claim 1 wherein said woven into the maside of said second member, said open end permitting access to the interior thereof; and a hook shaped coupling device having an attaching portion secured to said first member and finger means, said attaching portion comprising an internally toothed hoop receiving the end portion of said first member whereby the teeth of said hoop prevent shirring of said first member, and said finger means being extendable into said pocket so as to bear against said connecting means and to prevent movement of said members in a direction away from each other and substantially perpendicular to said connecting means, the length of said finger means being at least equal to said predetermined length of said pocket so that the free end of the finger means may extend into close proximity of the closed end of said pocket, one of said means having an edge formed with at least one projection spaced in inserted position of said finger means a predetermined disstance from the closed end of said pocket and the other of said means having an edge formed with at least one corresponding recess spaced in inserted position of said finger means said predetermined distance from the closed end of the pocket so as to receive said projection when the finger means is inserted into said pocket whereby said second member is held against shirring on said finger means in the direction of said connecting means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION l Patent N00 3 O'6,,463 February 5 1963,

Paul Vorsteher It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered petent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.

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3 and 4 name of assignee for 'n'Paul W0 Werner Vorsteher Miederindustrie u. Gummiwelowaren",

each Occurrence read Paul u Werner Vorsteher Mieder industrie uo Gummiwebwaren EDWIN Lo REYNOLDS ERNEST we swIDER Attesting Officer A C t ng Commissioner Of Patents

Claims

1. A CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR RELEASABLY SECURING A BRASSIERE TO THE BODY OF A PERSON, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST MEMBER; A STRAP LIKE SECOND MEMBER OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID SECOND MEMBER COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO PANELS AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CONNECTING MEANS SECURING SAID PANELS TO EACH OTHER SO THAT SAID PANELS FORM AT LEAST ONE POCKET OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND HAVING A CLOSED END AT ONE LATERAL SIDE AND AN OPEN END AT THE OTHER LATERAL SIDE OF SAID SECOND MEMBER, SAID OPEN END PERMITTING ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR THEREOF AND A HOOK SHAPED COUPLING DEVICE HAVING AN ATTACHING PORTION SECURED TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND FINGER MEANS EXTENDABLE INTO SAID POCKET SO AS TO BEAR AGAINST SAID CONNECTING MEANS AND TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CONNECTING MEANS, THE LENGTH OF SAID FINGER MEANS BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO SAID PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SAID POCKET SO THAT THE FREE END OF THE FINGER MEANS MAY EXTEND INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE CLOSED END OF SAID POCKET, ONE OF SAID MEANS FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION AND THE OTHER OF SAID MEANS HAVING AN EDGE FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE CORRESPONDING RECESS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID PROJECTION WHEN THE FINGER MEANS IS INSERTED INTO SAID POCKET WHEREBY SAID SECOND MEMBER IS HELD AGAINST SHIRRING ON SAID FINGER MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS.