Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
  • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
  • A41F1/02—Buttonholes; Eyelets for buttonholes
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
  • A44B1/00—Buttons
  • A44B1/18—Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
  • A44B5/00—Sleeve-links
• • 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.
  • Y10T24/31—Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector
  • Y10T24/314—Elastic connector
• • 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.
  • Y10T24/36—Button with fastener
  • Y10T24/3632—Link
  • Y10T24/3636—Extendably connected
• • 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.
  • Y10T24/36—Button with fastener
  • Y10T24/3689—Thread or wire through apertured button
• • 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.
  • Y10T24/36—Button with fastener
  • Y10T24/3691—Eye shank type button

Definitions

• the present disclosure relates to the field of clothes and garments. More particularly, it relates to garment fastening systems.
• the cuffs of shirts usually have two buttons to adjust to the diameter of the wrist and allow the necessary space for a wristwatch on both hands: however, those with a larger or more muscular wrist and arm are often in a situation where the shirt is stuck at the wrist and cannot follow the movement of the person. For example, if a person lifts its upper arm (typical position in a metro or bus), the shirt or clothing will be stuck at the wrist and will not scroll down, which can cause tearing of the shirt and/or irritation to the person's skin.
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a button member adapted to be inserted into a buttonhole of a garment, the button member comprising a pair of opposed walls and a side wall disposed therebetween, the button member defining an aperture extending from a portion of one of the opposed walls and a portion of the side wall, the button member consisting essentially of a single piece;
• a resilient member extending through the aperture and connected to the button member, the resilient member being adapted to be connected to a button of the garment, the resilient member having at least a portion connected to an internal portion of the button member and having at least a portion extending outside the button member.
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a button member adapted to be inserted into a buttonhole of a garment, the button member comprising a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall disposed therebetween, the button member defining an aperture extending from a portion of the rear wall and a portion of the side wall, and an internal chamber in communication with the aperture;
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a button member adapted to be inserted into a buttonhole of a garment, the button member comprising a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall disposed therebetween, the button member having a single aperture defined on the rear wall and a single internal chamber in communication with the aperture, the button member consisting essentially of a single piece; and a resilient member extending through the aperture and having two opposite ends that are connected to the internal chamber thereby defining a loop at least partially extending outside the button member and adapted to receive a button of the garment,
• the rear wall being convex fpr facilitating a pivotal movement of the resilient member.
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a garment fastening system comprising:
• a button member adapted to be inserted into a buttonhole of a garment, the button member comprising a pair of opposed walls and a side wall disposed therebetween, the button member defining an aperture that is extending from a portion of one of the opposed walls and a portion of the side wall;
• a resilient member connected to the button member and adapted to be connected to a button of the garment, the resilient member being connected to an internal portion of the button member and extending outside the button member through the aperture.
• Such garment fastening systems are effective for providing a required level of flexibility and comfort to a person without altering the external look of a garment and/or the person.
• Such systems allow to have an adjustable internal circumference defined by the garment when being in a fastened position.
• a garment fastening system can be used wherever flexibility is needed, and can still be substantially invisible to the eye and more particularly when the resilient member is a rest position and/or when the person wears for example a shirt having a collar with such a system as well as a tie.
• fastening garment systems can be efficient to provide flexibility to the clothes or garments and that can be applied manually by the person wearing the clothing or garment.
• Such garment fastening systems can be used with various types of shirts or sweaters. In fact, they be applied to various types and sizes of garments so has to increase an internal circumference defined by the garment when being in a fastened position.
• These garment fastening systems provides a simple and cheap solution to provide more flexibility and more comfort to a user. They can also be used to easily and rapidly modify the size of a collar, waist or a cuff without having recourse to a seamstress or a couturier. For example, a user can thus easily modify the size of a collar, a waist or a cuff even if this user does not have the specific skills of a couturier or a seamstress.
• a method for manufacturing a garment fastening system as defined in the present disclosure comprising:
• insertion of the glue can be made at any time during the method.
• a method for manufacturing a garment fastening system as defined in the present disclosure comprising:
• insertion of the glue can be made at any time during the method.
• a method for manufacturing a garment fastening system as defined in the present disclosure comprising :
• insertion of the glue can be made at any time during the method.
• Figure 1 is an exploded side view representing an example of a garment fastening system according to the present disclosure, in which the button member and the resilient member have been separated from one another for illustrative purposes;
• Figure 2 is a front view of the garment fastening system of Figure 1 , in which the resilient member has been omitted for illustrative purposes;
• Figure 3 is a top view of the garment fastening system of Figure 1 ;
• Figure 4 is cross-section view of the garment fastening system according of Figure 1 taken along the lines 4-4, in which the resilient member has been omitted for illustrative purposes;
• Figures 5 is a side view of the garment fastening system of Figure 1 in which the resilient member has been inserted in the button member, the resilient member is shown in a rear position (or raised position) and the dotted lines represent the resilient member in a front position;
• Figure 6 is an exploded side view representing another example of a garment fastening system according to the present disclosure, in which the button member and the resilient member have been separated from one another for illustrative purposes;
• Figure 7 is a top view of the garment fastening system of Figure 6;
• Figure 8 is cross-section view of the garment fastening system according of Figure 6 taken along the lines 8-8, in which the resilient member has been added for illustrative purposes.
• the button member can have general shape of a disc.
• one of the opposed walls can be convex.
• the button member can comprise a peripheral edge disposed between the one of the opposed walls and the side wall, the portion of the one of the opposed walls and the portion of side wall being adjacent to the peripheral edge.
• the resilient member can be an elastic member.
• the aperture can be dimensioned for allowing a pivotal movement towards the side wall and towards the one of the opposite wall.
• the aperture can be dimensioned for allowing a pivotal movement of the resilient member from a first position whereat the resilient member abuts the portion of the one of the opposite walls to a second position whereat the resilient member abuts the portion of the side wall.
• the systems of the present disclosure can be provided with a pair of opposed walls comprising a front wall and a rear wall, the aperture being defined between a portion of the rear wall and a portion of the side wall.
• the front wall can be substantially flat.
• the aperture can have a first portion defined on the one of the opposed walls and a second portion defined on the side wall, the first portion having a greater surface area than a surface area of the second portion.
• the aperture can have a surface area and wherein more than 60 %, 70 %, or 80 % of the surface area is defined on the one of the opposed walls.
• a diameter of the internal portion or chamber can be about 2.05 to about 2.55 or about 2.1 to about 2.5 times greater than a diameter of the resilient member.
• the button member can have a general disc shape and the general disc shape defines a single circumference.
• the internal portion can be an internal chamber defined inside the button member, the internal chamber being in communication with the aperture.
• the resilient member can have two opposite ends connected to the internal portion thereby defining a loop adapted to receive a button of the garment.
• the resilient member can have an elastic having a general cylindrical shape.
• the aperture can be dimensioned for allowing a pivotal movement towards the side wall and towards the rear wall.
• the aperture can be dimensioned for allowing a pivotal movement of the resilient member from a rear position whereat the resilient member abuts the portion of the rear wall to a front position whereat the resilient member abuts the portion of the side wall.
• the aperture can have a first portion defined on the rear wall and a second portion defined on the side wall, the first portion having a greater surface area than a surface area of the second portion.
• the button member can be a single piece button member.
• the button member can be made of a polymeric material.
• the glue can be inserted after pivoting the resilient member into the first position (for example rear position).
• glue can be applied when the resilient member is at the rear position and at least a portion of the glue can be applied on a portion of the resilient member that is distant from the front wall when the resilient member is in the first position (for example rear position) and that abuts the front wall when the resilient member is at the second position (for example front position).
• the resilient member can then be pivoted into the second position (for example front position).
• the garment fastening system comprise a button member 12 and a resilient member 14.
• the button member 12 comprises two opposed walls (for example, a rear wall 16 and a front wall 18).
• the button member 12 also comprises a side wall 20 as well as two peripheral edges disposed between the side wall and the opposed walls.
• the peripheral edge can be edges such as 22 (rear peripheral edge) and 24 (front peripheral edge).
• the button member 12 is also provided with an aperture 26 that is in communication with an internal chamber 28.
• the aperture 26 and the internal chamber 28 are adapted to receive opposed ends 30 of the resilient member 14.
• the aperture 26 and the internal chamber 28 can be dimensioned so as to optionally tightly receive or engage the resilient member 14.
• the resilient member 14 can be connected to the button member 12 by various manners such as by mean of an adhesive, sewed, fused, etc.
• the opposed ends 30 can be glued into the internal chamber 28.
• the diameter of the internal chamber 28 can be about 2.05 to about 2.55 or about 2.1 to about 2.5 times greater than the diameter of the resilient member 14.
• the button member 12 can have a disc shape. It can also have another shape such a parallelepiped, a cylindrical or elongated shape, a triangular shape etc.
• at least one of the opposed walls can be convex (for example, the rear wall 16). It was found that such a convex wall facilitate insertion of the button member 12 into a buttonhole.
• at least one of the opposed walls can be substantially flat (for example, the front wall 18).
• the button member can have the general shape of a disc.
• the resilient member 14 when the resilient member 14 is connected to the button member 12 (for example when the opposed ends 30 of the resilient 14 are inserted into the internal chamber 28, the resilient member can pivot from a rear position (full lines) to a front position (see the doted lines). In fact, when the resilient member 14 is in the rear position, the latter abuts against a portion 34 of the rear wall 16. Moreover, when the resilient member 14 is in the front position, the latter abuts against a portion of the front wall 18.
• the aperture 26 extends from the rear wall 16 to the side wall 20.
• the aperture 26 thus defines a first surface area on the rear wall 16 and defines a second surface area on the side wall 20.
• the first surface area can be greater than the second surface area.
• a major portion or a main portion of the aperture extends on the rear wall 16.
• more than 60%, 70% or 80% of the aperture can be defined on one of the opposed walls, for example, on the rear wall 16.
• the button member 12 can have a diameter that is similar to the general diameter of standard buttons on the market such as about 6 to about 15 mm or about 10 to about 12 mm.
• the button member 12 can also have the same general dimensions than standard buttons.
• the thickness can be about 2 to about 5 mm or about 2 to about 4 mm.
• a user desirous of having more comfort and desirous of fastening his or her garment in a manner which is less rigid or less tight or in a more comfortable manner can simply introduce an existing button of his garment into a space 32 defined by the resilient member 14 (loop).
• the resilient member 14 can be made of various elastic or resilient materials such as polymers.
• the resilient member 14 can have various shapes such as a general cylindrical shape or a general parallelepiped shape, etc.
• the resilient member 14 can also be of various lengths in order to adjust the size of the space 32. Therefore, various sizes of fastening garment can be made either with respect to the size of the button member as well as with respect to the size (length of the resilient member) of the space 32.
• the fastening garment system 10 allows for expanding, thereby avoiding uncomfortable situations to the user as previously described. In brief, some elasticity and flexibility is provided to the garment.
• the design allows for avoiding a situation in which the fastening garment system 10 will be involuntarily unfastened and as well as a situation in which the button member 12 will extend, into the existing buttonhole of the garment, at an odd angle or an angle in which the button member is inclined as compared to the general state of a button in a buttonhole of a garment i.e. the front wall of the button being substantially parallel to the garment and to the buttonhole.
• the button member 12 can be a single piece button member. This considerably simplifies the production process of such a fastening garment system. It can also lower the costs. The same also applies to the resilient member 14.
• the garment fastening system 10 can be manufactured as follows.
• the resilient member 14 can be introduced into the internal chamber 28 and then, the resilient member can be pivoted into a first position whereat it abuts the portion 34 of the rear wall 16.
• glue can be applied into the internal chamber 28 so as to glue or connect together the resilient member 14 and the button member 12 (for example chamber 28.)
• the glue was applied when the resilient member 14 was standing in a rear position as shown in Figure 5 (abutting against the portion 34 of the rear wall 16) and that a portion of the glue was applied on a portion 38, the obtained button member 12 had even less tendency to tilt or to extend at a visual odd angle with respect to the garment.
• the button member 12 had also less tendency to unfasten from the buttonhole.
• the resilient member 14 when inserting the resilient member 14 into the button member 12, the latter can be disposed in such a manner that the wall 18 is substantially horizontally extending.
• the glue when the glue is inserted into the chamber or through the aperture 26, a portion of the glue can be applied on the portion 38 that does not contact or abut the wall 18 or the portion 36 when the resilient member is in the rear position (raised position). Then, the resilient member 14 can be brought back into or pivoted into the front position.
• the wall 18 When applying the glue, the wall 18 can also be substantially horizontally extending.
• FIG. 6 to 8 show a garment fastening system 110 having a button member 112 and the resilient member 114.
• the button member 112 comprises two opposed walls (for example, a rear wall 116 and a front wall 118).
• the button member 112 also comprises a side wall 120 as well as two peripheral edges 122 (rear peripheral edge) and 124 (front peripheral edge).
• the button member 112 is also provided with a single aperture 126 that is in communication with an internal chamber 128.
• the chamber 128 and the aperture 126 are adapted to receive opposed ends 130 of the resilient member 114.
• the aperture 126 and the internal chamber 128 can be dimensioned so as to optionally tightly receive or engage the resilient member 114.
• the aperture 126 and the chamber 128 are disposed at the center of the button member 112.
• the resilient member 114 can be connected to the button member 112 by various manners as previously discussed for the garment fastening system 112.
• the resilient member defines a loop that generates the space 32 into which the existing button of a garment can be inserted.
• the garment fastening system 110 can thus be used in a manner that is similar to the garment fastening system 10 previously described. It has been observed that due to the fact that the rear wall 116 is convex, it was possible to substantially eliminate (not in a manner as efficient as the system 10, but at a certain level) situations in which, when receiving an existing button at one end and inserted into a buttonhole at the other end, it extends at an odd angle or an angle in which the button member is inclined as compared to the general state of a button in a buttonhole of a garment i.e. the front wall of the button being substantially parallel to the garment and to the buttonhole. It was observed that such a convex wall allows the resilient member to pivot according to a certain angle that will substantially eliminate such undesirable situations.

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