US3191603A - Adjustable garment - Google Patents

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US3191603A
US3191603A US306986A US30698663A US3191603A US 3191603 A US3191603 A US 3191603A US 306986 A US306986 A US 306986A US 30698663 A US30698663 A US 30698663A US 3191603 A US3191603 A US 3191603A
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Nicholas A Marino
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Sears Roebuck and Co
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Priority to CH1385863A priority patent/CH421868A/de
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A41F1/006—Brassiére fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C3/00—Brassieres
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B18/00—Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B2300/00—Details of shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A41B2300/30—Closures
    • A41B2300/32—Closures using hook and loop-type fasteners

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  • My invention relates to adjustable garments, and is particularly concerned with, but not limited to, brassieres specially designed for adolescent girls as well as for pregnant women.
  • My invention contemplates the utilization of a recently developed material sold under the trademark Velcro, a fabric available in the form of a tape including a series of minute hooks extending normally from the base of the tape, said hooks being formed of resilient filamentary material, usually of a synthetic plastic, and engageable in a looped fabric such as baize, felt or the like.
  • Velcro a fabric available in the form of a tape including a series of minute hooks extending normally from the base of the tape, said hooks being formed of resilient filamentary material, usually of a synthetic plastic, and engageable in a looped fabric such as baize, felt or the like.
  • Such a fastener provides an infinite number of adjustments, permitting repeated repositioning to accommodate steady and substantial growth in the body, as well as to adjust for shrinkage, etc., in the garment.
  • Velcro type of material has heretofore been suggested as closure means for normally loose-fitting garments of various kinds, such as coats.
  • my first attempts to use such material in a brassiere were not satisfactory for withstanding the stresses required in such a garment.
  • a brassiere if it is properly to perform its function, must necessarily fit snugly on the body while withstanding constant strain from respiration.
  • a positive connection is required for the ends of the brassiere, such as standard hooks and eyes, as well as a positive adjustment element permitting an infinite number of adjustments to accommodate changes in body girth.
  • My invention contemplates an arrangement in a brassiere wherein one of the cooperating elements of a standard back closure, such as hooks and eyes, is attached to one of the elements of a Velcro unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the rear of a typical brassiere to which one form of my invention is applied;
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded fragmentary plan view on an enlarged scale of the terminal portions of the strap members of the brassiere shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view substantially along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3a is a magnified sectional detail showing the 7 character of one element of my invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing the back and FIG. 8 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 88 of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 1 I show here one form of brassiere 10 which may be considered more-or-less typical of the kind of garment to which my invention may advantageously be applied.
  • the brassiere has a pair of generally hemispherical cup members 12, 12 joined at the front of the brassiere by means of a fabric web portion 15.
  • strap members 18, 18 Also connected to the cup members 12, 12 adjacent the sides and back of the wearers body are strap members 18, 18. The free evtremities of these strap members have secured thereto a strap of elastic webbing 20, 20, of the type of elastic webbing commonly utilized in gar ters, etc.
  • Attached to end member 20, as by stitching 22, is a swatch of looped fabric indicated by the numeral 25, seen in detail in FIG. 3a, preferably a looped tricot of nylon or other synthetic continuous filament such as those known as Dacron or Antron.
  • Such fabric 25 preferably is characterized by a myriad of minute looped filaments extending from and integral with a base sheet G, and is presently marketed as Velcro tricot pile by Velcro Corporation, New York, NY.
  • the preferred foam is a polyurethane, although other suitable resins might be employed in lieu thereof.
  • a swatch 30 of Velcro fastening material comprising a plastic backing or sheet 31 from which extend perpendicularly a myriad of minute filamentary flexible hooklike elements 32, as seen greatly exaggerated in FIG. 3.
  • Said hooks like the backing sheet 31, are of synthetic resin, having a high degree of stiffness and resilience.
  • the Velcro material 30 is detachably secured by any suitable means, as by hooks and eyes 35, 37, to the terminal portion of strap 20'.
  • Velcro tape 30 provides an infinite number of adjustments, junction being effected by manual pressure.
  • Velcro hook elements 30 it is a simple matter for her to place Velcro hook elements 30 in proper longitudinal adjustment relative to fabric 25 to provide an optimum fit from the standpoint of appearances and comfort.
  • the hook and eye members 35 and 37 are engaged and the brassiere is then snugly positioned on the body, and may be quickly and easily applied to and removed from the body in the usual way, using the standard fasteners 35, 37.
  • the Velcro strap 30 will be repositioned from time to time to accommodate such not ordinarily be a daily requirement.
  • the brassiere (only the terminal portions of which are shown) will include straps 18, 18 similar to those of the previously described embodiment.
  • strap 18' is secured, as by stitching, a strip of elastic webbing 20' as in the previous embodiment, while to strap 18 there is similarly secured a laminated or composite strip 40, as seen in detail in FIGS. 6-8, inclusive.
  • Said composite strip comprises a plurality of elements as described herebel-ow, said elements being secured together, preferably by stitching, along the marginal portions thereof, as indicated at 42, and quilting 43.
  • Composite strip 40 includes on its outside (away from the body) a looped fabric 25 which, in general, may be substantially similar to the element 25 of the previous embodiment, with a base or supporting fabric G.
  • a sheet 47 On the opposite side of strip 40 (next to the body) is a sheet 47 which may be of any suitable textile material, preferably Woven, although it might be knitted, such as a tricot or the like, which for convenience I refer to as'of a substantially continuous filament, and preferably of a synthetic filament such as those known to the trade under the trademarks of Nylon, Orlon, etc., although cotton might be employed.
  • a relatively thin batt or pad 50 ofrandom filaments such as spun synthetic filaments of the character just described for sheet 47, overlaid by a gauze sheet G. It will be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7 that pad 50 is substantially thicker than looped fabric 25, forming a cushion therebehind.
  • suitable closure elements of standard type such as hooks or eyes 35, are carried by elastic strap 20' and cooperate with mating elements 37 carried by a strip 30 of Velcro hooks 32, as in the first embodiment.
  • the pad 50 serves as a cushioning element in a manner corresponding to foam 27 in the first embodiment.
  • the batt is highly effective, and this is especially true when the batt is formed of a synthetic filament, which filaments retain their spring or resilience in batt form over a long period of time, even after frequent laundermg.
  • the second terminal member is a laminated fabric comprising said strip on one side, a sheet on the opposite side formed of a continuous filament, and an intermediate pad of resilient material.

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NL300054D NL300054A (en:Method) 1962-11-14
BE639953D BE639953A (en:Method) 1962-11-14
US306986A US3191603A (en) 1962-11-14 1963-09-03 Adjustable garment
GB42713/63A GB984598A (en) 1962-11-14 1963-10-29 Adjustable garment
CH1385863A CH421868A (de) 1962-11-14 1963-11-12 Wäschestück, z. B. Büstenhalter
FR953447A FR1374148A (fr) 1962-11-14 1963-11-12 Perfectionnements apportés aux articles d'habillement ajustables
LU44804D LU44804A1 (en:Method) 1962-11-14 1963-11-13
ES0293470A ES293470A1 (es) 1962-11-14 1963-11-13 Mejoras introducidas en la fabricaciën de prendas adaptadas para ajustarse apretadamente al cuerpo

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US20070271684A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Maria Elisa Ramirez Detachable clip-on waistband extender
US20070271685A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Maria Elisa Ramirez Detachable clip-on waistband extender
US20150004877A1 (en) * 2012-02-17 2015-01-01 Thereasa Bailey Configurable bra
US9565881B2 (en) 2015-06-10 2017-02-14 Bruce A. Lockyer Band length altering device
USD819296S1 (en) 2017-05-31 2018-06-05 Gloria Incle Bra strap extension
US20180310640A1 (en) * 2017-05-01 2018-11-01 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
US20180310638A1 (en) * 2017-05-01 2018-11-01 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with adjustable low back
US10542784B2 (en) 2016-07-15 2020-01-28 Visceral Enterprises, Inc. Extender belts for pants and trousers
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US2602929A (en) * 1949-11-23 1952-07-15 Chasinov Samuel Intercoupling extension for brassieres
US2970597A (en) * 1959-05-05 1961-02-07 Jantzen Inc Body encircling garments

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US2970597A (en) * 1959-05-05 1961-02-07 Jantzen Inc Body encircling garments

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JPS5010422U (en:Method) * 1973-05-24 1975-02-03
US6123601A (en) * 1999-09-28 2000-09-26 Hildebrandt; Cynthia K. Bra arrangement
US20070271684A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Maria Elisa Ramirez Detachable clip-on waistband extender
US20070271685A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Maria Elisa Ramirez Detachable clip-on waistband extender
US20150004877A1 (en) * 2012-02-17 2015-01-01 Thereasa Bailey Configurable bra
US9173435B2 (en) * 2012-02-17 2015-11-03 Thereasa Bailey Configurable bra
US9565881B2 (en) 2015-06-10 2017-02-14 Bruce A. Lockyer Band length altering device
US10542784B2 (en) 2016-07-15 2020-01-28 Visceral Enterprises, Inc. Extender belts for pants and trousers
US20180310640A1 (en) * 2017-05-01 2018-11-01 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
US20180310638A1 (en) * 2017-05-01 2018-11-01 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with adjustable low back
US10881152B2 (en) * 2017-05-01 2021-01-05 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with adjustable low back
US10959465B2 (en) * 2017-05-01 2021-03-30 Spanx, Inc. Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
US12082627B2 (en) 2017-05-01 2024-09-10 Spanx, Llc Shaping garment with adjustable low back
US12133562B2 (en) 2017-05-01 2024-11-05 Spanx, Llc Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
US12144381B2 (en) 2017-05-01 2024-11-19 Spanx, Llc Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
USD819296S1 (en) 2017-05-31 2018-06-05 Gloria Incle Bra strap extension
US12419363B2 (en) 2024-08-05 2025-09-23 Spanx, Llc Shaping garment with adjustable low back

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