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US 5,604,960 AGranted
Magnetic garment closure system and method for producing same
OwnerElaine M. Goodinventor
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A closure system for a garment of any type, also useful to join two garments, including cooperating magnet assemblies, interdimensionally fixed to opposing closure surfaces of the garment, that securely and removably join the closure surfaces by the attractive action of the magnets. The magnet assemblies are laminates, each laminate produced from a support layer to which is added an adhesive layer. One or more magnets are positioned on the adhesive layer to align and retain them in place. Finally, a cover layer is added over the one or more magnets, and shaped to the magnet(s) to form the laminate that is the magnet assembly. A garment is securely joined when a magnet assembly is aligned with a cooperating magnet assembly, that is, one magnetically opposable, and the magnets attract each other. A garment is opened when the magnet assemblies on the opposing closure surfaces are disengaged from each other by peelably disengaging them.
A closure system for a garment comprising cooperating magnet assemblies interdimensionally fixed on opposing closure surfaces of the garment and magnetically opposable to each other, said cooperating magnet assemblies serving to securely and removably join said opposing closure surfaces, wherein said cooperating magnet assemblies each comprise:
A garment including two opposing closure surfaces comprising a closure system having a magnet assembly on each of the two opposing closure surfaces, said magnet assemblies being cooperating and magnetically opposable and serving to securely and removably join said opposing closure surfaces, wherein said cooperating magnet assemblies each comprise:
A system to join two objects comprising a first magnet assembly fixed on one object and a second magnet assembly fixed on the other object, said first magnet assembly cooperating with said second magnetic assembly to securely and removably join said two objects, wherein said cooperating magnet assemblies are magnetically opposable and each comprises:
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