Flexible support stay
AssigneeHiggins Supply Company, Inc.
InventorGeorge W. Ackley, Jr.
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Abstract
A flexible and protective support stay is disclosed. The support stay has insert tabs with rounded edges at both ends to reduce snags when inserting the stay into a garment. The flexibility of the stay is provided by a sinuous member that is independently flexible in two directions. This design enables the stay to flex and move with the wearer of the garment. Because the stay is made as an integrally formed plastic article, the probability that the device will shear and expose the wearer to sharp edges is significantly reduced.
Claims24
A support stay for an article of clothing, comprising:
- an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, the body having a plurality of crests on a first side of the longitudinal axis separated by acute angles having vertices on the second side of the longitudinal axis and a plurality of troughs on the second side of the longitudinal axis separated by acute angles having vertices on the first side of the longitudinal axis.
A support stay for an article of clothing, comprising:
- an elongated body having first and second ends, and first and second generally parallel edges, and a longitudinal axis, disposed midway between the edges;
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- a spaced apart plurality of notches formed along each of the first and second generally parallel edges and extending from one edge past the longitudinal axis towards the other edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.