# US 2019/0166937 A1 · Belt strap including alternating link segments

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- Number: US 2019/0166937 A1
- Document ID: US20190166937A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/828,861
- Filed: 2017-12-01
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01
- Inventors: William T. Renner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190166937A1

## CPC

- A41F 9/002: {Free belts}
- A44C 5/025: {with links threaded on a band}
- A44C 5/102: {with links made of one piece with integral connecting means}
- A41F: GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
- A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS

## Abstract

A belt is configured to be worn around a waistline of a pair of pants. The belt includes a belt buckle located at a first terminal end of the belt, a belt strap end segment including at least two adjoined link sections at a second terminal end of the belt, and a belt strap middle portion extending between the belt buckle and the belt strap end segment and including a plurality of binary, repeating, alternating belt strap component segments of two varieties, a first variety including a plurality of stacked, unconnected link sections and second variety including a plurality of stacked, adjoined link sections.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A belt configured to be worn around a waistline of a pair of pants, comprising:
a belt buckle located at a first terminal end of the belt;
a belt strap end segment comprising at least two adjoined link sections at a second terminal end of the belt; and
a belt strap middle portion extending between the belt buckle and the belt strap end segment and comprising a plurality of binary, repeating, alternating belt strap segments of two varieties, a first variety comprising a plurality of stacked, unconnected link sections and second variety comprising a plurality of stacked, adjoined link sections.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The belt of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of identical link sections; and
wherein the plurality of stacked, unconnected link sections comprise a first portion of the plurality of identical link sections; and
wherein the plurality of stacked, adjoined link sections comprise a second portion of the plurality of identical link sections.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The belt of claim 2, wherein each of the identical link sections comprise a bent piece of metal including two joined tabs, a first hole oriented in a first direction, and a second hole oriented in a second direction;
wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The belt of claim 1, wherein the alternating belt strap component segments are connected together with connecting loops.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The belt of claim 1, wherein each of the segments comprising the plurality of stacked, adjoined link sections comprises a plurality of individual link sections joined together.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The belt of claim 1, wherein each of the segments comprising the plurality of stacked, adjoined link sections comprises a plurality of individual metal link sections welded together.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The belt of claim 1, wherein the belt strap end segment comprises at least one free link section.

### Claim 8

A belt configured to be worn around a waistline of a pair of pants, comprising:
a belt buckle located at a first terminal end of the belt;
a belt strap end segment comprising at four adjoined metal link sections and one free metal link section at a second terminal end of the belt; and
a belt strap middle portion extending between the belt buckle and the belt strap end segment and comprising a plurality of binary, repeating, alternating belt strap segments of two varieties, a first variety comprising a plurality of stacked, unconnected metal link sections and second variety comprising a plurality of stacked, adjoined welded-together metal link sections.