Claims
- 1. A garment fastener comprising:a first fastener part secured to fabric of a garment and comprising a pair of annular fastener sections on opposite sides of the fabric; a second fastener part having a pair of annular fastener sections on opposite sides of a support; and complementary male and female formations on one of said fastener sections of each of said fastener parts for releasable engagement by press-button action but engage the second fastener part with the first fastener part, at least one of said fastener sections of each fastener part being formed with a multiplicity of prongs in a circular array surrounding said formations, penetrating the respective fabric and support and fused to the other fastener section of the respective fastener part.
- 2. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein at least some of said fastener sections are of circular configuration.
- 3. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said fastener sections is of a noncircular configuration.
- 4. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said fastener sections is a ring and a fabric to which the respective part is attached is visible through the ring.
- 5. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein the male and female formations are respectively an annular boss having an outer bulge and an inwardly-extending edge of an opening of the respective part.
- 6. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein all of said sections are circular.
- 7. The garment fastener defined in claim 1 wherein each of said prongs has a substantially cylindrical shank and a point at an end of said shank.
- 8. A garment fastener comprising:a strap; a first fastener part comprised of an annular fastener section on one side of said strap having a multiplicity of prongs in a circular array engaged in and ultrasonically fused on another fastener section on an opposite side of said strap; a second fastener part comprising a pair of annular fastener sections on opposite sides of a fabric, at least one of the sections of said second fastener part having a circular array of a multiplicity of prongs penetrating said fabric and ultrasonically fused to the other section of the second fastener part; and complementary male and female formations on one of the sections of each of said parts for releasable engageable by press-button action to engage the second fastener part with the first fastener part, the arrays of prongs surrounding said formations.
- 9. The garment fastener defined in claim 8 wherein said prongs has a substantially cylindrical shank and a point at an end of said shank.
- 10. A garment fastener comprising a first fastener part secured to fabric of a garment and comprising a pair of fastener sections on opposite sides of the fabric;a second fastener part having a pair of fastener sections on opposite sides of a support, one of the fasteners sections of said first fastener part being formed with a head and one of the fastener sections of the second fastener part being formed with an opening receiving said head and formed with an outwardly diverging mouth enabling said head to be selectively press fitted into said opening and inserted transversely into said opening, the sections of at least one of said parts having prongs extending toward the other section of said one of said fastener parts for penetration into fabric and enabling the sections of said one of said fastener parts to be welded together.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 09/578,060 filed May 24, 2000 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,298,527 of Oct. 9, 2001).
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