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EP1444913A1
EP1444913A1 EP04004597A EP04004597A EP1444913A1 EP 1444913 A1 EP1444913 A1 EP 1444913A1 EP 04004597 A EP04004597 A EP 04004597A EP 04004597 A EP04004597 A EP 04004597A EP 1444913 A1 EP1444913 A1 EP 1444913A1
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tape
fastener
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Gerhard Fildan
Karl Wanzenböck
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Fildan Accessories Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C3/00—Brassieres
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A41F1/006—Brassiére fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F15/00—Shoulder or like straps
    • A41F15/002—Shoulder or like straps separable or adjustable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0029—Press-button fasteners made of plastics

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  • Our present invention relates to a button fastener, especially for brassieres and, more particularly, to a fastener which can be used to attach a strap or the like to a garment, such as a brassiere, utilizing a press-fit between male and female members.
  • the invention also relates to a flexible fastener for garments and especially bathing suits and lingerie, particularly for use as a back strap fastener and to a method of making same.
  • hook and loop fasteners have aesthetic disadvantages
  • eyelet type fasteners may require stitching of fabric pieces or fastener parts to the garment.
  • Most fasteners provided heretofore have been relatively complex, time-consuming in application to the garment or unsatisfactory from the point of view of laundering and manipulation by the user.
  • the object of the present invention to provide an improved garment fastener which can be connected and disconnected easily, is capable of withstanding repeated laundering and poses no danger to other delicate garments in the wash, and is aesthetic in appearance in all stages.
  • a fastener for two parts of a garment e.g. a strap and a brassiere body, and having respective fastener parts attached to the two parts of the garment to be joined together.
  • one of these parts is a ring which is formed with an opening and is composed of two sections, one on each side of the fabric piece carrying the fastener part and welded together through the fabric so that the fabric is exposed through the opening.
  • the other fastener part forms a press button with the first fastener part and preferably has a formation complementary to the formation on either of the two sections of the ring and can be press-fitted onto it.
  • the formations are respectively a male formation and a female formation.
  • the female formation can be an inwardly-extending overhang surrounding the opening in the respective ring section while the male formation can be a generally cylindrical collar boss or rib having an outward bulge engageable behind the overhang.
  • the outer configuration of the male member can correspond to that of the female members so that when the two parts of the fastener are joined together, they appear identical from front and back.
  • the male member can engage in the female fastener part at either one of its sections, i.e. on one side of the fabric or the other and in that case the fastener may be reversible and the garment carrying the fastener can be reversible.
  • the fact that the fabric of the garment is exposed through the openings in both the male and female fastener parts has been found to contribute to the overall aesthetics of the fastener which has a press button configuration and in which the female fastener part can form a decorative element for the body of the garment even if no strap is applied.
  • one of the sections of the female part of the fastener can be provided with a plurality of spaced-apart pins which are pointed and can pierce the fabric when the two parts of the female fastener are pressed together and joined by welding to one another and to the fabric.
  • the other sections of the female fastener parts may have a plurality of recesses or depressions dimensioned to receive the projections.
  • the male fastener part can be connected to the strap by a pair of shield-shaped plates which straddle the strap and are welded thereto. It has been found to be advantageous to form the male fastener part with a laterally-projecting lug which is connected to the aforementioned plates.
  • the lug can be provided with pins engageable in holes in the plates or holes can be provided in the lug through which pins of one or both of the plates can extend. For aesthetic reasons, it is desirable to have the pins connecting the plates together and/or to the lug project from a side of one of the plates. In this case, one of the plates can be provided with the pins which pass through holes in the lug and in the other plate.
  • the invention also encompasses the garment provided with such a fastener, especially a brassiere.
  • a body of the brassiere is provided with the female fastener and the male fastener can engage in this female fastener from either side and can be carried by the strap.
  • the fastener of the invention has been found to be particularly effective with reversible garments, especially reversible undergarments such as brassieres.
  • a brassiere according to the invention, can be fabricated from molded cups entirely by a welding process, i.e. without stitched seams, and such that the fabrics on the opposite sides of the brassiere have different colors so that either of these colors or fabrics may be the outer fabric and the other the inner fabric of the brassiere, depending upon how the garment is reversed.
  • one of the annuluses of the female fastener may be of one color while the other annulus is of another color to match the fabric or side of the brassiere to which the respective annulus is welded.
  • the male fastener part is attached to the strap by welding and the female fastener part has its annuluses or rings also attached by welding, not only is the garment itself fabricated by a welding process free from stitching but the reversible fastener can be applied also entirely by welding operations.
  • the opposite sides of the male fastener part may be of different colors corresponding to the colors of the annuluses or rings of the female fastener part so that the male fastener part, upon reversible of the garment, need only be turned over to provide a match between the visible portions of the two fastener parts.
  • both sides can have prongs each pointing toward the other.
  • the prongs preferably have cylindrical shanks and conical pointed tips.
  • FIG. 1 shows half of a brassiere 10 having a cup 11 and a back strap 12.
  • a shoulder strap 13 can be connected to the brassiere by a pair of press-button fasteners represented at 14 and 15, respectively.
  • the fastener 15 comprises male and female members 16 and 17 attached to the strap 13 and to the brassiere body 10, respectively, and interconnected at a button 18 of circular shape.
  • the cylindrical boss 19 of the male member 16 can be seen within the hole formed by the ring 20 of the female member.
  • the male and female members are both carried via lugs 21 and 22 by pairs of shield-shaped plates 23 and 24, welded to the strap 13 and to the cup fabric, respectively.
  • the press-button fastener 25-28 differs from that shown at 15 in that the female member is formed from two ring-shaped sections, one of which is visible at 25 in FIG. 1.
  • a similarly-shaped circular ring fastener part is provided on the opposite side of the strap 12 of the body of the brassiere and is not visible in FIG. 1.
  • the male member 26, however, is engageable in the opening on either of these two annuluses and thus can be affixed to the female fastener part on either side of the strap 12. In either case, a fabric portion 27 is visible through the opening of the female member and will be visible through the opening 28 of the male member when the latter is pressed onto the female member.
  • the female member of the fastener is identified at 30 in FIG. 5 and is formed as two halves or sections 31 and 32 straddling the fabric 33 of the garment.
  • the external appearances of the two halves are identical and thus each has an opening 34 surrounded by a thin ridge 35 separated by a groove 36 from a thicker bead 37.
  • the ring half 31 has been shown in FIG. 3 and the complementary half 32 has been illustrated in FIG. 4. From FIGS. 3 and 4 it will be apparent that each of the female fastener sections has a flat surface 38 or 39 adapted to lie against the fabric 33 while the section 31 has angularly-equispaced pointed pins 40 adapted to pierce the fabric and engage in corresponding recesses 42 formed in the member 32.
  • the two sections are joined together as shown in FIG. 6 with the projections 40 in the recesses 42 and the sections thermally or ultrasonically welded together and to the fabric 33 sandwiched between them but not visible in FIGS. 5, 6 or 7.
  • the narrow ribs 35 of the two sections form overhanging edges 43 and 44 which engage behind a bulge 45 in the cylindrical rib 46 projecting from the flat surface 47 of the male member of the fastener.
  • the opposite side is seen in FIG. 8 and has a narrow rib 51 separated by a groove 52 from a wider bead 53 similar to that of the sections 31 and 32 shown in FIGS. 3-7 so that the appearance remains generally the same whether the male and female members are connected or the female member is seen alone.
  • the fabric piece 27 can be viewed through the openings in the male and female members.
  • the male member is in addition formed with a lateral lug 54 which can have holes receiving pins 57 of a plate 58 projecting through these holes and through holes in another shield-shaped plate 59.
  • the pins 57 are visible in FIGS. 10 and 11 as well and the plates 58 and 59 can be seen to have projections 60 which grip the strap 13 when the latter is sandwiched between the plates and is welded thereto.
  • the plates 58 and 59 are not only welded to the strap 13 but to one another and to the lug 54 via the pins 57.
  • the welding here as well can be ultrasonic or thermal or a combination of the two.
  • the parts of the fastener can be injection molded from synthetic resin material and the plates 58 and 59 can have a different color from that of the male fastener portion and/or the female fastener portion and, while all of the parts can be of a matte finish, various textures or finishes can be provided.
  • the brassiere body 10 can be fabricated entirely by welding processes, the cups 11 of the brassiere being molded.
  • the opposite sides of the brassiere 10, shown by different shading in FIG. 1 may be of different colors and hence the ring of the female fastener part applied to one side of the garment can be of a different color from the ring applied to the opposite side.
  • the male fastener part may be of different colors on opposite sides as well so that, like the garment, the strap can be reversed to ensure a match between the respective side of the male fastener part and the ring of the female fastener part which it engages.
  • each of the male and female fastener parts are of two colors to match the two colors of the garment.
  • the fastener 110 on the body side of the garment and the fastener 120 on the side of the garment to be attached thereto and adapted to be turned away from the body can such comprise a pair of annular members 111 and 112 or 121 and 122 which are flat, disk-shaped and are each provided with a set of prongs 130 turned toward the prongs of the other fastener element so that the prongs penetrate into the fabric. While only the element 121 has a central hole 123 through which the fabric is visible, it will be understood that, like the structures of the press button of FIG. 1, the fabric can be visible through each of the elements and each of he elements can be annular.
  • the hole 123 has an inwardly projecting rib 124 which can engage an outwardly projecting bulge 113 on the boss 114 forming the male member.
  • member 112 is shown in greater detail and the array of prongs 130 thereof is shown to be six angularly equispaced prongs lying along a circle.
  • the member 112 is here a flat disk.
  • Member 121 differs in that it has the hole 123 which forms the female member but is also a generally flat disk.
  • the members 111 and 121 are somewhat rounded and can be embossed with, say, a star and comet pattern at 115 as shown in FIG. 12b.
  • Each of the prongs 130 has a cylindrical or slightly tapered shank 131 and a pointed tip 132 which can be conical (FIG. 12).
  • the configuration of the press button shown allows it to be flatter than metal parts and since the parts are made by injection molding, no prestamping is required.
  • the outside shape can be round as shown but also can be a square, triangular or even a flower shape.
  • the fastener can comprise a female fastener member 210 and a male fastener member 211, adapted to be mounted on the separable parts of a swimsuit back or a brassiere back and to be connected together.
  • the female fastener member includes a flexible carrier tape 212 which may be composed of a synthetic resin, especially transparent polyurethane which can be stitched or ultrasonically welded to the respective part of the backstrap by a flange 213.
  • the carrier tape 212 is formed with three rows of eyelets 214, each row consisting of two eyelets positioned to be engaged by the press buttons 215 carried by a similar transparent carrier tape 216 of the male fastener member 211.
  • each eyelet 214 can be composed of a ring-shaped male member 217 and a female member 218 which are pressed together through a hole in the tape 212 and are ultrasonically welded together.
  • the male ring-shaped element 217 has been shown in greater detail in FIGS. 25 and 26 and comprises a flange 219 which is formed with a cylindrical stud 220 fitting into the stud 221 of the female member 218 which has a corresponding flange 222 (see FIG. 13).
  • the outer surface 223 of the stud 220 and the inner surface of the stud 221 are tapered as shown in FIG. 25 so that the two parts can be pressed together with a snug fit.
  • the flange 219 can be formed with a ridge 224 engageable in a respective groove 225 surrounding the hole 226 in the carrier tape 212 (see FIGS. 30 through 32).
  • Such grooves 225 are provided on both sides of the tape 212 around the hole.
  • holes 227 and annular grooves 228 are provided on the tape 16 of the male fastener member (see FIGS. 33 and 34).
  • the press button 215 also can comprise ring-shaped elements 230 and 231 (FIG. 14), the ring-shaped element 230 having a projection 232 which is split at 233 and is formed with bulges 234 engageable in and behind a constriction 235 formed in the eyelet in which the press button is fitted (see FIG. 13).
  • a large diameter boss 236 of element 230 has a tapered surface 238 complementary to that of the element 231 so that the male and female elements 230 and 231 can be pressed together so that their flanges 239 and 240 (FIG. 35), respectively, have their ridges 241 and 242 engaged in the grooves 228 (FIG. 33) of the tape 216.
  • the engaging surfaces of the element 217 and 231 of the eyelet 214 and the press button 215 may be complementarily contoured at 243 so that the overall height of the engaged members is as small as possible.
  • each fastener member may be of the same or different colors and can be composed of polyoxymethylene.
  • the female fastener members 210.1, 210.2 and 210.3 may have 1, 2 or 3 eyelets 214.1, 214.2 or 214.3 which can be selectively engaged by the single press-button 215.1 of the male fastener member 211.1 to allow adjustment of the strap.
  • the number of rows of eyelets 214.3 of the female member 210.3 of 210.4 may vary as can be seen by a comparison of FIGS. 20 to 22, using a single pair of press-button elements 215.3 on the tape of the male fastener member 211.3.
  • FIGS. 27 to 29 show in principle the way in which the fasteners can be formed.
  • the elements of the coupling members to be disposed on opposite sides of a tape 212.5 are injection molded on a common trunk 250 with break away locations or thin points 251.
  • the trunk 250 is then bent at 252 to lie on opposite sides of the tape 212.5 and the male and female elements of the press button (FIG. 27) or the eyelet (FIG. 28) can be pressed together and ultrasonically welded together in the preformed holes of the tape 212.5.
  • the handles 253 the trunk 250 is then torn away at the weakened points 251, leaving the eyelets or press buttons in place.
  • the flanges 339 of the male member 315 and 317 of the female member 314 can be provided with teeth 300 adapted to bite into a soft plastic film when the latter is used as a carrier.

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