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US 2013/0074247 A1Published application
Belt
OwnerSarah Jane GERNESinventor
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Abstract
A belt to secure a covering to a person's upper body is described. The belt can include an elastic part to provide a force to secure the covering, e.g., a towel, to the wearer and a fastener to complete a ring and keep the elastic part under tension to provide the required force to support the covering. The fastener can be at the first and second ends of the elongate belt. The elastic part can be intermediate the ends. The elastic part can extend into the ends. The belt can include a softer material attached to a supportive, back band.
Claims18
A belt to support a torso covering comprising:
- an elongate body including an elastic part, the body having an at rest length less than the circumference of a circumference of a wearer's chest, the body to removeably secure a torso covering to a wearer;
- a first end part affixed to the body, the first end part including a first fastener part;
- and
- a second end part affixed to the body, the second end part including a second fastener part to removeably connect to the first fastener part.
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A method of supporting a towel on a person comprising:
- wrapping towel around the chest;
- encircling the chest with an elongate, elastic belt at a top of the towel;
- stretching the elastic belt to align a first end over a second end;
- and
- engaging a fastener to removeably affix the belt on the towel over the wearer's body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.