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US 5,276,923 AGranted
Shirt hold-down device
OwnerAnn Coheninventor
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Abstract
A central elastomeric web, having concave sides to accommodate an individual's groin area, includes the central web to provide a plurality of tether webs extending longitudinally beyond the central web, with each tether web including a latch fastener for securement to a perimeter portion of an individual's shirt in use.
Claims1
A shirt hold-down device, comprising,
- a central elastomeric web, having a first end spaced from a second end, a concave first side and a concave second side, and
- a first tether web and a second tether web fixedly mounted to the first end in a parallel relationship, and a third tether web and a fourth tether web in a parallel relationship mounted to the second end, with a first latch fastener mounted to the first tether web, a second latch fastener mounted to the second tether web, a third latch fastener mounted to the third tether web, and a fourth latch fastener mounted to the fourth tether web, and
- each latch fastener includes a mounting loop in spaced adjacency to the central web, with the mounting loop having a pivot axle, the pivot axle including a pivot leg, and a first loop leg and a second loop leg arranged in a parallel coextensive relationship directed from the mounting loop, and an arresting loop mounted to the first loop leg and the second loop leg, with an uninterrupted opening directed and extending between the pivot axle, the first loop leg, the second loop leg, and the arresting leg, with the pivot leg having a pivot leg free end spaced from the pivot axle, and the pivot leg free end including a resilient support boss, the resilient support boss including a first head of a first diameter mounted to a first side of the pivot leg, and the support boss further including a second resilient head of a second diameter less than the first diameter mounted to a second side of the pivot leg, wherein the pivot leg, the first latch head, and the second latch head are arranged for reception through the uninterrupted opening, and
- a fifth tether web orthogonally oriented relative to the third tether web intersecting the third tether web adjacent the second side, with a sixth tether web orthogonally intersecting the fourth tether web adjacent the second side, with the fifth tether web having a fifth latch fastener, and the sixth tether web including a sixth latch fastener.
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