Button clip, especially for a strapless brassiere
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
A button clip, especially for the attachment of a strap to a strapless brassiere, has a pair of tongues which can be clamped against the strapless brassiere by the movement of a slider therealong. The slider has the configuration of a button with a hole in its center through which a tongue surface is visible. The tongues are attached to the strap by a pair of plates.
Claims22
A garment comprising a strapless brassiere, at least one strap connecting two parts of said strapless brassiere;
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- respective button clips connected between said straps and said strapless brassiere, each of said button clips comprising:
- a pair of elongated resilient tongues formed at one end as surfaces engageable with said brassiere and having an opposite end;
- a pair of plates affixed to said tongues at said opposite ends, adapted to straddle said strap and adapted to be affixed to said strap;
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- a slider on said tongues between said ends and movable therealong to press said surfaces against fabric of said brassiere, said slider having the configuration of a button.
A button clip for attaching a strap to a garment comprising:
- a pair of elongated resilient tongues formed at one end as surfaces engageable with a garment and having an opposite end;
- a pair of plates affixed to said tongues at said opposite ends, adapted to straddle said strap and adapted to be affixed to said strap;
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- a slider on said tongues between said ends and movable therealong to press said surfaces against fabric on said garment, said slider having the configuration of a button, said slider being of annular configuration and being formed on at least one side with an opening through which a surface of a respective one of said tongues is visible.
A button clip for attaching a strap to a garment comprising:
- a pair of elongated resilient tongues formed at one end as surfaces engageable with a garment and having an opposite end;
- a pair of plates affixed to said tongues at said opposite ends, adapted to straddle said strap and adapted to be affixed to said strap;
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- a slider on said tongues between said ends and movable therealong to press said surfaces against fabric on said garment, said slider having the configuration of a button, said tongues being composed of a relatively soft material and said slider of a relatively hard material.
A button clip for attaching a strap to a garment comprising:
- a pair of elongated resilient tongues formed at one end as surfaces engageable with a garment and having an opposite end;
- a pair of plates affixed to said tongues at said opposite ends, adapted to straddle said strap and adapted to be affixed to said strap;
- a slider on said tongues between said ends and movable therealong to press said surfaces against fabric on said garment, said slider having the configuration of a button;
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- a detent formation on one of said tongues engageable in an opening in said slider upon movement of said slider toward said one ends of said tongues for retaining said tongues in engagement with said fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.