# US 2023/0263254 A1 · Fashion article or textile article with magnetically attachable patch element > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0263254 A1 - Document ID: US20230263254A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/012,527 - Filed: 2020-06-25 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-25 - Assignees: Next Generation Headwear GmbH - Applicants: Next Generation Headwear GmbH - Inventors: Robert BÖCK; Peter BRUNNER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230263254A1 ## CPC - A42B 1/248: Insignia, logos, emblems or the like - A41D 27/08: Trimmings; Ornaments - A44B 17/00: Press-button or snap fasteners - A44D 2203/00: Fastening by use of magnets - A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A44B: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C) - A44D: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES OR SLIDE FASTENERS, AND TO JEWELLERY, BRACELETS OR OTHER PERSONAL ADORNMENTS ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a fashion article or textile article, such as a cap 100, with a magnetically attachable and/or detachable patch element 200. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a patch element 200 magnetically attachable to the textile article or fashion article, such as the cap 100, and to a textile article or fashion article, such as the cap 100, configured to magnetically attach the magnetically attachable patch element 200. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A textile article or fashion article comprising: an outer face portion, and a magnetic attachment portion, the magnetic attachment portion being configured for detachable magnetic attachment of one or more magnetically attachable patch elements to the outer face portion of the article, each magnetically attachable patch element including a plurality of magnets arranged according to a respective pre-determined pattern, wherein the magnetic attachment portion includes plural magnet elements arranged according to a pre-determined pattern arrangement which includes one or more magnet patterns, each magnet pattern of the pattern arrangement of the magnetic attachment portion corresponding to a respective one of the pre-determined patterns of the one or more magnetically attachable patch elements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, characterized in that the magnetic attachment portion is configured for detachable magnetic attachment of a magnetically attachable patch element of a first type, the magnetically attachable patch element of the first type including a plurality of magnets arranged according to a respective first-type pattern, wherein the pattern arrangement of the magnetic attachment portion includes plural magnets arranged corresponding to the first-type pattern; and/or the magnetic attachment portion is configured for detachable magnetic attachment of a magnetically attachable patch element of a second type, the magnetically attachable patch element of the second type including a plurality of magnets arranged according to a respective second-type pattern, wherein the pattern arrangement of the magnetic attachment portion includes plural magnets arranged corresponding to the second-type pattern. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the magnets of the magnetic attachment portion is included in the first-type pattern and the second-type pattern. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The article according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one of the magnets of the magnetic attachment portion being included in the first-type pattern and the second-type pattern is arranged in a center portion of the pattern arrangement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that the first-type pattern and the second-type pattern are different. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that the magnetically attachable patch element of the first type and the magnetically attachable patch element of the second type have different shapes and/or different sizes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that: the first-type pattern has an arrangement of magnets in accordance with a size and/or shape of the magnetically attachable patch element of the first type, and/or the second-type pattern has an arrangement of magnets in accordance with a size and/or shape of the magnetically attachable patch element of the second type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The article according to claim 7, characterized in that: the magnetically attachable patch element of the first type has an angular shape including three or more corners and the first-type pattern has an arrangement of magnets in accordance with the angular shape of the magnetically attachable patch element of the first type and includes at least one magnet for each corner of the angular shape of the magnetically attachable patch element, and/or the magnetically attachable patch element of the second type has an angular shape including three or more corners and the second-type pattern has an arrangement of magnets in accordance with the angular shape of the magnetically attachable patch element of the second type and includes at least one magnet for each corner of the angular shape of the magnetically attachable patch element . ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that the first-type pattern has an arrangement of at least three magnets arranged around a center portion of the pattern arrangement, and/or the second-type pattern has an arrangement of at least three magnets arranged around a center portion of the pattern arrangement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that: two or more magnets of the magnetic attachment portion are included in the first-type pattern and not included in the second-type pattern, and/or two or more magnets of the magnetic attachment portion are included in the second-type pattern and not included in the first-type pattern. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The article according to claim 10, characterized in that the two or more magnets of the magnetic attachment portion included in the first-type pattern and not included in the second-type pattern have opposite polarity compared to the two or more magnets of the magnetic attachment portion included in the second-type pattern and not included in the first-type pattern. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The article according to claim 2, characterized in that: the magnets of the magnetically attachable patch element are held according to the pre-determined pattern between at least two foils, in particular at least two heat-pressed foils, the at least two foils being embedded between at least two layers of fabric; and/or the magnets of the magnetic attachment portion of the fashion article are held according to the pre-determined pattern arrangement between at least two foils, in particular at least two heat-pressed foils, the at least two foils being embedded between at least two layers of fabric. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, characterized in that the magnetic attachment portion is covered by at least one layer, in particular textile layer, of the outer face portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, further including the one or more magnetically attachable patch elements. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A magnetically attachable patch element including a front layer, in particular including fabric; a back layer, in particular including fabric; and a magnet patch layer arranged between the front and back layers, the magnet patch layer including a plurality of magnets arranged according to a respective pre-determined pattern, wherein the magnetically attachable patch element is configured for detachable magnetic attachment to an outer face portion of an article according to claim 1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Method of attaching a patch element to an article, in particular an article according to claim 1, the article including an outer face portion, and a magnetic attachment portion, the magnetic attachment portion being configured for detachable magnetic attachment of one or more magnetically attachable patch elements to the outer face portion of the article, each magnetically attachable patch element including a plurality of magnets arranged according to a respective pre-determined pattern, wherein the magnetic attachment portion includes plural magnet elements arranged according to a pre-determined pattern arrangement which includes one or more magnet patterns, each magnet pattern of the pattern arrangement of the magnetic attachment portion corresponding to a respective one of the pre-determined patterns of the one or more magnetically attachable patch elements, the method including: attaching one of the one or more patch elements to the outer face portion by aligning the patch element with a position of the magnetic attachment portion, engaging and/or aligning each magnet of the pre-determined pattern of the respective patch element with its corresponding magnet of the pre-determined pattern arrangement of the magnetic attachment portion.