Garment extender

A garment extender usable with a garment having a garment slide fastener, the garment slide fastener having a pair of substantially elongated stringer tapes supporting each a row of teeth extending longitudinally therealong, the garment slide fastener also having a slider movable along the rows of teeth in a reciprocating movement for selectively attaching the teeth of both rows to each other when moved in a closing direction and selectively detaching the teeth of both rows from each other when moved in an opening direction opposed to the closing direction, the garment extender comprising:

• a body defining substantially opposed body first and second side edges and opposed body top and bottom edges extending each between the body first and second side edges;
• a plurality of attachments each provided at one of the body first and second side edges, each of the attachments defining a channel defining a channel axis extending substantially parallel to one of the body first and second side edges at which the attachment is provided, each of the attachments also defining a slit leading laterally into the channel along the whole channel, the slit being configured and sized to allow the attachments to slide along the stringer tapes;
• wherein, with the attachments operatively secured to the garment slide fastener, the slit of each attachment receives thereinto a received portion of one of the stringer tapes therebetween and the channel of the attachment receives thereinto the teeth that are supported by the stringer tape adjacent the received portion, the attachments being slidable along the stringer tapes so that the garment extender is mountable the garment and removable therefrom by sliding the attachments along the stinger tapes.