Belt loop connector
AssigneeSamtech Corporation
InventorsFrances M. Rodgers, Tamra B. Perry
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a garment system comprising an upper body garment comprising an interior surface and a first set of connectors positioned on the interior surface. The system further comprises a lower body garment comprising a second set of connectors positioned on a surface of the lower body garment. The first set of connectors and the second set of connectors are vertically aligned when a wearer wears the upper body garment and the lower body garment at the same time, and each connector of the second set of connectors is configured to releasably engage and interconnect with a connector of the first set of connectors to attach the upper body garment to the lower body garment.
Claims20
A garment system comprising:
- a first piece of body garment comprising a first type of connector;
- and
- a second piece of body garment comprising a second type of connector configured to releasably engage and interconnect with the first type of connector to attach the first piece of body garment to the second piece of body garment;
- wherein the second type of connector includes a one-piece continuous member foldable at about a center to define a pair of opposite segments;
- wherein a first segment of the pair includes a first area with a first type of fastening material and a second area without the first type of fastening material;
- wherein a second segment of the pair includes a third area with a second type of fastening material and a fourth area without the second type of fastening material;
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- wherein a size of the first area with the first type of fastening material is substantially similar to a size of the third area with the second type of fastening material, such that, when the second type of connector engages and interconnects with the first type of connector, the second area without the first type of fastening material and the fourth area without the second type of fastening material provide space for receiving and retaining the first type of connector, and the first area with the first type of fastening material engages and fastens to an entirety of the third area with the second type of fastening material.
An article of clothing comprising:
- a first body garment comprising a first connector;
- and
- a second body garment comprising a second connector configured to releasably engage and interconnect with the first connector to attach the first body garment to the second body garment;
- wherein the second connector includes a one-piece continuous member foldable at about a center to define a pair of opposite segments;
- wherein a first segment of the pair includes a first area with a first fastening material and a second area without the first fastening material;
- wherein a second segment of the pair includes a third area with a second fastening material and a fourth area without the second fastening material;
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- wherein a size of the first area with the first fastening material is substantially similar to a size of the third area with the second fastening material, such that, when the second connector engages and interconnects with the first connector, the second area without the first fastening material and the fourth area without the second fastening material provide space for receiving and retaining the first connector, and the first area with the first fastening material engages and fastens to an entirety of the third area with the second fastening material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.