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US 6,279,171 B1Granted
Decorative garment support
AssigneeCreative Mines LLC
InventorTheresa M. Brancato
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Abstract
Ornamental jewelry supports for garments, particularly for upper torso garments worn by women such as bras, bikini tops, halters, strapless dresses, and the like. The garment supports are adjustable along their length with adjusting mechanisms that do not result in unsightly overlap of the ornamental lengths of jewelry of the present garment supports. The adjustable ornamental garment supports can be readily moved from one garment to another and do not require puncturing the garment.
Claims69
An ornamental garment support for providing vertical support to an upper body garment comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass over a person's shoulder for attachment to a front portion and a rear portion of an upper body garment;
- a first selectively releasable clothing clasp connected to said first end of said length of jewelry for selectively and releasably attaching said length of jewelry to a garment;
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- a second releasable clothing clasp selectively and releasably attachable to a garment, said second clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, said second clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions, wherein said second end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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An ornamental garment support for providing vertical support to an upper body garment comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass over a person's shoulder for attachment to a front portion and a rear portion of an upper body garment;
- a first releasable clothing clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions and means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to a garment;
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- a second releasable clothing clasp selectively and releasably attachable to a garment, said second clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, said second clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions for adjusting the operative length of said strand, and means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to a garment wherein said second end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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An ornamental garment support for providing vertical support to an upper body garment comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass over a person's shoulder for attachment to a front portion and a rear portion of an upper body garment;
- a first releasable clothing clasp connected to said first end of a said length of jewelry for selectively and releasably attaching said first end of said length of jewelry to a garment;
- a second releasable clothing clasp connected to said second end of said length of jewelry for selectively and releasably attaching said second end of said length of jewelry to a garment;
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- a third releasable clothing clasp selectively and releasably attachable to a garment, said third clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, said third clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions, wherein said third end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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An ornamental garment support in combination with an upper body garment, said garment support providing vertical support to said garment, comprising:
- an upper body garment;
- an ornamental garment support comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass over a person's shoulder for attachment to a front portion and a rear portion of said upper body garment;
- a first selectively releasable clothing clasp connected to said first end of said length of jewelry and selectively and releasably attached to a first upper portion of said garment;
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- a second selectively releasable clothing clasp connected to a second upper portion of said garment, said second clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, and selectively and releasably connected to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions, wherein said second end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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An ornamental garment support for providing vertical support to an upper body garment comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass over a person's shoulder for attachment to a front portion and a side portion of an upper body garment;
- a first selectively releasable clothing clasp connected to said first end of said length of jewelry for selectively and releasably attaching said length of jewelry to a garment;
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- a second releasable clothing clasp selectively and releasably attachable to a garment, said second clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, said second clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions, wherein said second end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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An ornamental garment support for providing vertical support to an upper body garment comprising:
- a flexible, length of jewelry comprising a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate positions, said length of jewelry sufficiently long to pass around a person's neck for attachment to a first front portion and a second front portion of an upper body garment;
- a first selectively releasable clothing clasp connected to said first end of said length of jewelry for selectively and releasably attaching said length of jewelry to a garment;
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- a second releasable clothing clasp selectively and releasably attachable to a garment, said second clasp having an appearance comparable to a portion of said length of jewelry, said second clasp comprising means for selectively and releasably connecting said clasp to said length of jewelry at one of a plurality of intermediate positions, wherein said second end of said length of jewelry extends below said connecting means to avoid the visible appearance of a separate length of jewelry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.