Button fastener
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
A garment fastener, especially for brassieres, with a press-button action and configuration, utilizes a pair of circular members welded to the garment and through which the fabric is visible and a circular member attached to the strap and forming a press connection with either of the two circular members attached to the fabric.
Claims20
A garment fastener comprising:
- a first fastener part secured to fabric of a garment and comprising a pair of annular fastener sections on opposite sides of the fabric and through which the fabric is visible on each side;
- a second fastener part having an annular member engageable with either of said sections and through which the fabric is visible from the side on which said second fastener part is engaged with the respective section;
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- complementary male and female formations on said second fastener part and on said sections, respectively, for releasable engagement by press-button action to engage the second fastener part with the first fastener part.
A brassiere comprising a brassiere body formed of fabric and having a garment fastener for detachably connecting a strap thereto, said garment fastener comprising a first fastener part secured to the fabric and comprised of a pair of circular fastener sections on opposite sides of the fabric and through which the fabric is visible on each side, said strap being provided with a second fastener part having a circular member engageable with either of said sections and through which the fabric is visible from the side on which said second fastener part is engaged with the respective sections, each of said sections having an edge projecting inwardly around a respective opening, said member having a circular collar engageable in either of the openings of said sections and formed with an outer bulge engageable behind the respective edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.