Patent Application
20180255851
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of garments and more specifically relates to garment fasteners.
Clothing serves many functions from maintaining modesty in a hospital setting to a soldier's uniform in the armed services. They are made from a variety of textiles such as silk, cotton, denim, and the like. There are also clothing items that perform functions such as a fireman's suit, or a diver's suit. Currently, there is a great emphasis on fashion and flexibility in a single item of clothing.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,104,436 to Frank Ostolaza relates to a buckle. The described buckle includes a buckle by means of which the length of a hat band can be adjusted and which will retain its adjusted length.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known garment fastener art, the present disclosure provides a novel garment adjustment system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a garment adjustment system that is efficient and functionally fashionable in use.
An upper body garment adjustment system is disclosed herein. The upper body garment adjustment system includes an upper body garment, at least one adjustable belt having a flexible strap and a buckle configured to adjust the flexible strap, and a slit which may be configured to allow the size of the opening to increase and alternately decrease (as manipulated) via the flexible belt. The upper body garment has a left sleeve, a right sleeve, a neck-aperture, and a shirt-waist-aperture. The at least one adjustable belt may be irremovably integrated into the upper body garment, and may be used for decreasing and alternately increasing the size of an opening on the left sleeve, the right sleeve, the neck-aperture, and alternately the shirt-waist-aperture.
According to another embodiment, a lower body garment adjustment system is also disclosed herein. The lower body garment adjustment system includes a lower body garment, at least one adjustable belt having a flexible strap and a buckle configured to adjust the flexible strap, and a slit which may be configured to allow the size of the opening to increase and alternately decrease via the flexible belt. According to this embodiment, the lower body garment has a left leg, a right leg, and a pant-waist-aperture. The at least one adjustable belt may be irremovably integrated into the lower body garment, and may be used for decreasing and alternately increasing the size of an opening on the left leg, the right leg, and alternately the pant-waist-aperture.
According to another embodiment, a garment adjustment system is also disclosed herein. The garment adjustment system includes a flexible strap, a fastener; wherein the flexible strap and the fastener in functional combination are configured to tighten and alternately loosen the garment item about a user-wearer, as the flexible strap is moved in relation to the fastener, while the fastener may be used to restrict relative movement of the flexible strap.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a garment adjustment system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to garment fasteners and more particularly to a garment adjustment system as used to improve the look and functional-style of garments for a user-wearer.
Generally, mainstream styles of clothing may be combined into one and functional for adjustment using the present invention making it eye catching for more than one style of person.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
According to embodiments disclosed herein, the garment adjustment system 100 may be arranged as a kit 105. In particular, the garment adjustment system 100 may further include a set of instructions 155. The instructions 155 may detail functional relationships in relation to the structure of the garment adjustment system 100 (such that the garment adjustment system 100 can be used, maintained, or the like, in a preferred manner).
It should be noted that step 503 is an optional step and may not be implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use 500 are illustrated using dotted lines in
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
