Adjustable reversible belt with popular buckle

An adjustable belt system comprising:

• a garment configured to be worn by a wearer;
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• an adjustable belt designed to be worn around a waist section of the garment by the wearer, comprising:
• a belt strap made of a single-sided material or a two-sided reversible material, wherein the entire said belt strap is devoid of any adjusting holes such that fastening and adjustment of the belt strap between a free end portion thereof and an opposite, fixed end portion thereof occurs with a belt buckle, a locking belt clip and two fastening elements;
• the free end portion of the belt strap configured to be mobile through the belt buckle which is attached to a terminal portion of the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• the belt strap designed to be looped around a waist of the wearer with the free end portion overlapping the fixed end portion or vice versa, upon such looping, whereby the belt strap is configured to be arranged in a closed position;
• the belt buckle characterized by being devoid of any prong and having an open space extending therethrough configured to allow any desired amount of the free end portion of the belt strap to be threaded therethrough, comprising:
• a. a frame having a front side opposite a rear side, and an inner end at one lateral side opposite an outer end at a second lateral side, the open space of the belt buckle extending between the inner end at the one lateral side and the outer end at the second lateral side, the front side of the frame facing frontward with the adjustable belt being in the closed position, the rear side of the frame being opposite of the front side facing rearward, the inner end of the frame being secured to the terminal portion of the fixed end portion of the belt strap, and the outer end of the frame opposite the inner end of the frame configured to receive the free end portion of the belt strap from behind the rear side of the frame toward the inner end of the frame;
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• b. a retainer loop mounted on the rear side of the frame adjacent the outer end thereof, the retainer loop configured to receive therethrough the free end portion of the belt strap, the retainer loop comprising two spaced apart, parallel legs perpendicularly secured to the rear side of the frame of the belt buckle and a transverse cross bar joining the two spaced apart, parallel legs therebetween to form a loop structure defining a slot, the slot configured for receiving the free end portion of the belt strap therethrough;
• a first fastening element of the two fastening elements being affixed to the free end portion of the belt strap on a rear side of said single-sided material or on both sides of said two-sided reversible material, the first fastening element of the free end portion configured to pass through the open space of the belt buckle to reach the closed position of the belt strap;
• the locking belt clip insertable over the fixed end portion of the belt strap configured to engage one side of the free end portion of the belt strap that is overlapped with the fixed end portion of the belt strap in a locked position with friction, and configured to be manually slidable lengthwise by hand of the wearer along the belt strap as much as desired by the wearer for belt fastening, and to remain locked in place upon termination of said sliding, the locking belt clip comprising a first leaf facing front and a second leaf facing rear, said first and second leafs joined to each other at lower ends thereof and contacting each other but being separable at respective upper ends to enable insertion over the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• a second fastening element of the two fastening elements affixed to the locking belt clip on an outer surface of the first leaf, the second fastening element positioned and configured to mate with the first fastening element and to be detachably fastened thereonto upon alignment therewith by the locking belt clip through said manual sliding, whereby the adjustable belt is capable of being fastened following any desired overlapping length adjustment of the free end portion of the belt strap with the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• wherein the waist section of the garment is configured to have a belt attachment support structure of a waist band with surrounding sewn-on belt loops to hold the adjustable belt in place.

A method for assembling and disassembling an adjustable belt comprising:

• providing a belt strap made of a single-sided material or a two-sided reversible material, wherein the entire said belt strap is devoid of any adjusting holes such that fastening and adjustment of the belt strap between a free end portion thereof and an opposite, fixed end portion thereof occurs with a provided belt buckle, a locking belt clip and two fastening elements;
• securing the fixed end portion of the belt strap to the belt buckle;
• the free end portion of the belt strap configured to be mobile through the belt buckle which is attached to a terminal portion of the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• the belt strap designed to be looped around a wearer's waist with the free end portion overlapping the fixed end portion or vice versa, upon such looping, whereby the belt strap is configured to be arranged in a closed position;
• the belt buckle characterized by being devoid of any prong and having an open space extending therethrough configured to allow any desired amount of the free end portion of the belt strap to be threaded therethrough, comprising:
• a. a frame having a front side opposite a rear side, and an inner end at one lateral side opposite an outer end at a second lateral side, the open space of the belt buckle extending between the inner end at the one lateral side and the outer end at the second lateral side, the front side of the frame facing frontward with the adjustable belt being in the closed position, the rear side of the frame being opposite of the front side facing rearward, the inner end of the frame being secured to the terminal portion of the fixed end portion of the belt strap, and the outer end of the frame opposite the inner end of the frame configured to receive the free end portion of the belt strap from behind the rear side of the frame toward the inner end of the frame;
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• b. a retainer loop mounted on the rear side of the frame adjacent the outer end thereof, the retainer loop configured to receive therethrough the free end portion of the belt strap, the retainer loop comprising two spaced apart, parallel legs perpendicularly secured to the rear side of the frame of the belt buckle and a transverse cross bar joining the two spaced apart, parallel legs therebetween to form a loop structure defining a slot, the slot configured to receive the free end portion of the belt strap therethrough;
• affixing a first fastening element of the two fastening elements to the free end portion at a midpoint widthwise of the belt strap on a rear side of said single-sided material or on both sides of said two-sided reversible material, the first fastening element of the free end portion configured to pass through the open space of the belt buckle to reach the closed position of the belt strap;
• inserting the locking belt clip over the fixed end portion of the belt strap configured to engage one side of the free end portion of the belt strap that is overlapped with the fixed end portion of the belt strap in a locked position with friction, and configured to be manually slidable lengthwise by hand of the wearer along the belt strap as much as desired by the wearer for belt fastening, and to remain locked in place upon termination of said sliding, the locking belt clip comprising a first leaf facing front and a second leaf facing rear, said first and second leafs joined to each other at lower ends thereof and contacting each other but being separable at respective upper ends to enable insertion over the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
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• affixing a second fastening element of the two fastening elements to the locking belt clip at a center of an outer surface of the first leaf, the second fastening element positioned and configured to mate with the first fastening element and to be detachably fastened thereonto upon alignment therewith by the locking belt clip through said manual sliding, whereby the adjustable belt is capable of being fastened following any desired overlapping length adjustment of the free end portion of the belt strap with the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• threading the free end portion of the belt strap through the belt buckle toward the inner end of the frame from the rear side at the outer end of the frame via the retainer loop and then through the open space of the frame;
• extending the free end portion of the belt strap for a desired distance beyond the belt buckle and maintaining a parallel relation with the fixed end portion of the belt strap;
• adjustably sliding the locking belt clip along the fixed end portion of the belt strap by manual force by a hand of the wearer for the second fastening element to align with the first fastening element;
• fastening the first and second fastening elements together;
• separating the first and second fastening elements from each other;
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• retracting the free end portion of the belt strap out of the belt buckle.