Patent Application
20180338585
The present invention is applicable to the fashion, apparel, and textile industry sectors, specifically in clothing, fashion accessories, and garments as well as home, business and commercial textiles.
The invention works with fashion and apparel items such as shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, jackets, wraps, turtlenecks, dresses, skirts, pants, shorts, beach wraps, sarongs, shawls, wrap skirts, wrap dresses, yoga wear, along with scarves, gloves, hats and hat bands, cloth hair bands and wraps for adult, child and pets products. With the home, business and commercial textile products, a more fortified version of the apparel invention design is made since these textile materials would be expected to be thicker, but the same idea here applies here for table clothes, curtains, table clothes and runners, etc.
The invention is a removable fastener. It allows the user to expand the presentation and functionality of fashion, apparel and home/business textile items.
It's provides unlimited individual style, function and decorative choices.
The main object of the invention is to facilitate the ability to decorate, brand, gather, hold together, as well as tailor clothing articles and textile pieces, without costly and permanent alterations.
This invention works with a series of two or three components. The two components needed to work most functions, and then the 3rd component sometimes added for further functionality, that interlock with a gentle, yet firm connection without piercing apparel or textile material. Please note that some fabrics may be too thick, bulky or sensitive to use with said device. Never force component connections.
The said invention needed to be something the user could use and adjust on the go with their various apparel and textile products, especially with many of the new thinner, stretchier fabric blends on the market.
The said invention has the ability of all the varied functions listed at all times, just depending on how many device parts are used and how.
A daily problem suffered by many people is how to use existing wardrobe and home/business textile items in more aesthetically pleasing ways while also adding even more functionality to existing apparel pieces for busy and varied lifestyles, as well as for home, business and commercial textile items.
This said device came from the need to create something that could replace the use of safety pins or clips that many of us have to use daily as inadequate solutions, as well as unfortunately at the same time, quite often damaging clothing and textile material with holes, snags or rust stains. It is even more bothersome when these temporary solutions are not completely functional or aesthetically pleasing. Thus the creation of said device was needed, not finding any other viable solutions in today's marketplace.
The main object of the invention is to facilitate more gentle, non-damaging applications on apparel and textiles, which are also non permanent or attached. The disadvantages of current devices like safety pins are that they look messy and can make holes, snags and even create rust spots over time. Other devices like shirt or jacket closures use metal or plastic teeth gripping and pulling material which also gives a more messy appearance and can harm material over time. That leaves only the common permanent options like snaps, buttons, button holes, rivets and grommets that are sew or fixed onto the material permanently, leaving no options for quick and flexible adjustments.
The present invention solves, among others, the disadvantages described above in a fully satisfactory manner in each and every aspect discussed.
This is a non-penetrating patent. This is a non-permanently fixed device. No sewing required or any fixed snaps, buttons, button holes, rivets or grommets.
This invention works with a series of interconnecting components, 2 components needed to work most functions, and then a 3rd component sometimes added for further functionality.
The interlocking, connection portions of component 1 and 2, and component 2 and 3 and how and with what they are made of, is a big part of this invention and keeping it light weight is key. Component 1 can be made out of many materials like plastic, wood, metal, stone, rubber, shell, bamboo, coconut shell, etc. Component 1 can be any shape, color, material, design or theme and can vary in sizes from small to large and would likely be double sided to aid even more in merchandising. Component 2 is most likely made from plastic, resin, silicone or polymer material, but other options do work also. Component 2 should be a neutral or matching color of component 1 so it is not seen through the material when used. Plus, component 2 can come in contact with skin when engaged, so need to consider materials that are hygienic and hypoallergenic. The said invention is quick and easy to apply, use and adjust. The invention is versatile and more gentle on your fabrics due to not using pins or clamps, and not having to fixed devices sew or attached.
The user can easily connect and disconnect, “pop on and off”, adjust and change the look and function of the apparel, clothing or textile items anywhere, anytime using the said invention. It's provides multiple individual style and decorative choices for adult, child and pet apparel as well as home, business and commercial textiles.
This invention gives the user the ability to embellish and brand apparel and textile items. The said invention can be used as a single unit like on a t-shirt or dress embellishing your clothes or one could use multiple units at the same time on textiles, like creating a set of faux buttons, faux clasps, etc. It's purely an aesthetic function when used in this manner, giving you the ability to present your clothing or textiles in different, creative ways. It takes a plain garment piece and gives it more of a designer appearance. This also give the user the ability to brand or label textile pieces, include publicity, distinctive symbols or brand names, etc. Also, the said invention can have material or company information listed on it for samples at trade shows with the printed information right on the Component 1 piece that is seen from the outside of garment or textile piece that are fast and easy to take on and off, non-permanent.
This invention gives the user the ability to join, gather and hold a single or multiple pieces of material of apparel and textiles items. With t-shirts, instead of pulling over to the side and tying a knot or using a shirt clip, you can pull over and gather material and then attach said invention. With clothing like jackets, wraps or scarves that have no existing buttons or snaps sewn onto the fabric already, or if they do, maybe not be in the right location you'd prefer, this said invention allows you to hold two separate pieces of material together securely in a quick and easy fashion. Just place component 1 on the top of the apparel piece or overlapped pieces and position the component 2 underneath and then depress component 1 until they connect. This takes the place of having to sew fixed snaps or buttons permanently on the material to do the same function, and also not have to use any pins or clamps with teeth that can quite often damage the material. This invention expands your existing wardrobe by giving you the ability of using your same clothing articles in many, different ways. It allows you to also put apparel pieces together in pairs or sets for travel or storage. As for home, business and commercial textile, this would be a more fortified, thicker version, possibly made out of stronger material like metal, but the same idea here applies for table clothes that can often have extra material that can be hazardous for tripping or just overall looks messy if they are oversized. As well as with some other textiles, such as sheer curtains that could be used to gather to one side without any fixed tiebacks attached to the wall or maybe you want to gather them in the middle for something more decorative, as well as gathering table clothes and table runners materials, etc.
This said invention gives the user the ability to tailor and accentuate various apparel pieces and textiles, making them appear and feel more fitted and well cut, without costly, time consuming, permanent alterations. The invention can gather, hold and hide excess material with the engagement a third component. It can function and give the look of a belt buckle at times, but without the belt strap. This would work well with a loose fitting dress that you wanted to accentuate or draw in to minimize with the use of the said invention in the back of the dress at waist level or off to one side of the hip in the front of the dress.
The use of recycled, earth friendly materials would used for all component parts of the said invention.
To complete the description being made and in order to aid a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is incorporated forming an integral part of this Patent where, for purposes of illustration and in a non-limiting sense various preferred embodiments of the invention in an oval shape, one of many shapes that said invention can take, are shown as follows:
In view of the drawings described above, one can describe more than one distinct embodiment of the invention a device for embellishment, labeling, branding, holding, joining and gathering one or more pieces of apparel or textiles in use or in storage and a tailoring function for apparel or textile in a non-penetrating application.
This application is a continuation of PCT Application No. US 62/342,705 filed May 27, 2016. Notice To File Missing Parts Of Nonprovisional Application letter request dated Jun. 7, 2017 for application Ser. No. 15/607,436—Filed May 27, 2017.
