Front closure for a brassiere
OwnerGerhard Fildaninventor
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Abstract
A front closure for a brassiere has male and female parts which have frame portions through which fabric parts of the respective cups can pass for attaching these cup portions to the closure members. The male member has a bar received in a trough or channel of the female member and is locked in place releasably by a partial rotation of the male member about the axis of the bar. The bar can be inserted at least in part transversely to the channel or trough when the plane of the male member is transverse to the plane of the female member.
Claims22
A closure for a garment comprising:
- a one-piece molded male closure member having an elongated first frame formed from a pair of parallel limbs connected by bights at opposite ends and surrounding an elongated slot whereby a first garment part is adapted to be looped around one of said limbs through said slot, a bar spaced from and parallel to the other of said limbs, and a pair of webs spaced inwardly from opposite ends of said bar and from one another connecting said bar with said other of said limbs, said first frame, said bar and said webs lying in a first plane;
- a one-piece molded female closure member having an elongated second frame formed from a pair of parallel limbs connected by bights at opposite ends and surrounding an elongated slot whereby a second garment part is adapted to be looped around one of said limbs of said second frame and through said slot thereof, a trough formed on the other of said limbs of said second frame, lying in a second plane therewith and adapted to receive said bar in a position of said male member such that said first plane is substantially transverse to said second plane, said troughs having cutouts accommodating said webs upon;
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- detent means on at least one of said closure members between said webs and said cutouts for resiliently retaining said closure members in their coplanar positions.
A front-closing brassiere, comprising a brassiere garment having two fabric cup portions and a front closure detachably connecting said cup portions, said front closure including:
- a one-piece molded male closure member having an elongated first frame formed from a pair of parallel limbs connected by bights at opposite ends and surrounding an elongated slot whereby a one of said cup portions is looped around one of said limbs through said slot, a bar spaced from and parallel to the other of said limbs, and a pair of webs spaced inwardly from opposite ends of said bar and from one another connecting said bar with said other of said limbs, said first frame, said bar and said webs lying in a first plane;
- a one-piece molded female closure member having an elongated second frame formed from a pair of parallel limbs connected by bights at opposite ends and surrounding an elongated slot whereby the other of said cup portions is looped around one of said limbs of said second frame and through said slot thereof, a trough formed on the other of said limbs of said second frame, lying in a second plane therewith and adapted to receive said bar in a position of said male member such that said first plane is substantially transverse to said second plane, said troughs having cutouts accommodating said webs upon;
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- detent means on at least one of said closure members between said webs and said cutouts for resiliently retaining said closure members in their coplanar positions.
A front closure for a brassiere comprising:
- a female member having an aesthetic front face and a rear face provided with a channel overhung by opposite flanks;
- a male member having a frame portion connectable to a fabric portion of one cup of a brassiere and a bar removably receivable in said channel, said bar having a width accommodated between said flanks in a position of said frame portion transverse to said female member and lodged beneath said flanks upon rotation of said frame portion about an axis of said bar into substantial coplanarity with said female member;
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- means for affixing said female member to a fabric portion of another cup of said brassiere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.