Fastener for garment drawstrings, laces, and the like

A garment drawstring fastening system comprising:

• a pair of pants of said garment having a fastening drawstring;
• said drawstring having first and second end portions extending out from said pants;
• a disk having a pair of spaced, central gripping and/or locking holes, each of said first and second end portions of said fastening drawstring extending through only one of said central gripping and/or locking holes;
• said pair of spaced central gripping and/or locking holes each having a sufficiently narrow diameter and having a sufficiently high coefficient of friction to prevent loosening of the drawstring inserted therethrough;
• a pair of locking peripheral slits each extending inwardly from an outer periphery of said disk and terminating without communication with either of said central gripping and/or locking holes, said slits penetrating said disc completely and having spaced sidewalls parallel to each other over a full length thereof;
• each said end portion of said drawstring being pulled taut through its respective central hole, making a right angle bend, and folded over through one of said slits;
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• said slits being sufficiently narrow with sidewalls of said slits having a sufficiently high coefficient of friction, and said right angle bends, to prevent loosening of said drawstring while in service of being worn or otherwise used without use of a knot.

A fastener for and in combination with a drawstring having two free ends, comprising:

• a disk with a pair of spaced gripping locking holes in a central region, each said gripping, locking hole being significantly smaller than a relaxed crossectional diameter of said drawstring;
• said pair of spaced gripping and/or locking holes each having a sufficiently high coefficient of friction to prevent loosening of the drawstring inserted therethrough;
• a pair of locking slits each penetrating said disk completely having spaced sidewalls parallel to each other over a full length thereof extending inward from an outer periphery of said disk;
• said locking slits each having closed ends spaced from and terminating without communication with said gripping and/or locking holes;
• said drawstrings making right angle bends extending from said gripping and/or locking hoes to said slits;
• a coefficient of friction of disk material, width of said slits, flexibility of said disk material, and said right angle bends being sufficient to prevent loosening of said drawstring when in service without use of a knot;
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• said free ends each passing separately through one of said pair of locking holes.