Closure
AssigneePrym Intimates Group Ltd.
InventorHans PIRKER
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Abstract
A closure made up of two closure parts for the detachable connection of a brassiere or similar article of clothing, namely, a closure which can be easily produced and which ensures improved handling during the hooking and unhooking of the hook-and-eye connection, especially also in the case of closure parts which are quite thin. To improve the ability to grip the article of clothing, the base tape of the closure part provided with hooks or eyes has an embossing introduced into the surface on one side.
Claims17
A closure comprising:
- two closure parts for connecting and disconnecting two side parts of a brassiere or similar article of clothing, the closure parts including a first closure part with hooks and a second closure part with eyes for a detachable hook-and-eye connection;
- wherein the first closure part is a single-layer or multi-layer base tape, which has a rear side with at least one hook, and a front side;
- wherein the second closure part is a single-layer or multi-layer base tape, which has a front side with at least one eye, and a rear side,
- wherein to improve gripability, the base tape of the first closure part has an embossing introduced on the front side and/or the base tape of the second closure part has an embossing introduced on the rear side.
A method for producing a closure part provided with hooks or eyes for a detachable hook-and-eye connection, comprising the steps of:
- feeding a textile layer containing fibers which can be activated by heat and/or pressure to an embossing machine and introducing embossings at regular intervals into the layer using the embossing machine;
- cutting off pieces of a desired size from the embossed textile layer and selectively trimming the embossed textile pieces with a cutting device;
- attaching at least one hook to a textile piece or attaching at least one eye to a textile piece;
- folding the pieces and/or applying another textile layer, so that a base of the hook or a base of the eye is covered, as a result of which a two-layer or multi-layer base tape is obtained;
- and
- joining the layers of the base tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.