Belt adjustment system
View Patent ↗Disclosed are belt adjustment systems, particularly for wearing around a user's waist, that permit a continuum of belt loop sizes or a larger selection of belt loop sizes. The belt adjustment system includes an elongate belt member having a first end, a second end and a series of teeth positioned on an inner surface near the second end and a fixation member having first and second adjustment elements.
1. A belt system, comprising:
an elongate belt comprising a first end, a second end;
a buckle on a first end of the belt, the buckle adapted to mechanically engage with the second end of the belt to secure the belt in a looped configuration when the second end of the belt is looped into the buckle, wherein the buckle defines an interior chamber sized to contain a ball marker;
a ball marker inside the interior chamber of the buckle;
a front panel movably attached to the buckle such that the front panel moves between a closed position that conceals the ball marker inside the interior chamber and an open position that reveals the ball marker inside the interior chamber; and
a series of teeth on the belt, and wherein the buckle is adapted to mechanically engage with the series of teeth on the belt to secure the belt in a looped configuration.
2. A belt system as in claim 1 , further comprising an engagement structure movably positioned on the buckle, the engagement structure biased towards a position that engages the series of teeth on the belt when the belt is looped into the buckle.
3. A belt system as in claim 2 , further comprising a magnet that biases the engagement structure toward the series of teeth.
4. A belt system as in claim 2 , wherein the engagement structure is a pawl.
5. A belt system as in claim 1 , further comprising a magnet on the buckle, wherein the magnet secures the front panel in the closed position.
6. A belt system as in claim 1 , wherein the belt member includes a series of markings on an inner surface of the belt near the first end, wherein each printed marking corresponds to a clothing waist size.
7. A belt system as in claim 6 , wherein each marking identifies a location where the belt member should be cut to a predetermined waist size corresponding to a waist size identifier on the printed markings.
8. A belt system as in claim 1 , wherein the buckle includes a depression sized and shaped to receive the ball marker.
9. A belt system as in claim 8 , wherein the depression is round and flat.
10. A belt system as in claim 2 , wherein the series of teeth is at the second end of the belt.
11. A belt system as in claim 6 , wherein the markings are printed on the belt.
12. A belt system as in claim 1 , wherein front panel is rotatably attached to the buckle such that the front panel rotates between a closed position that conceals the ball marker inside the interior chamber and an open position that reveals the ball marker inside the interior chamber.
13. A belt system, comprising:
an elongate belt comprising a first end, a second end;
a buckle on a first end of the belt, the buckle adapted to mechanically engage with the second end of the belt to secure the belt in a looped configuration when the second end of the belt is looped into the buckle, wherein the buckle defines an interior chamber sized to contain a ball marker;
a ball marker inside the interior chamber of the buckle;
a front panel movably attached to the buckle such that the front panel moves between a closed position that conceals the ball marker inside the interior chamber and an open position that reveals the ball marker inside the interior chamber; and
an engagement structure movably positioned on the buckle, the engagement structure biased towards a position that engages a series of teeth on the belt when the belt is looped into the buckle.
14. A belt system as in claim 13 , further comprising a magnet that biases the engagement structure toward the series of teeth.
15. A belt system as in claim 13 , wherein the engagement structure is a pawl.
16. A belt system as in claim 13 , further comprising a magnet on the buckle, wherein the magnet secures the front panel in the closed position.
17. A belt system as in claim 13 , wherein the belt member includes a series of markings on an inner surface of the belt near the first end, wherein each marking corresponds to a clothing waist size.
18. A belt system as in claim 17 , wherein each marking identifies a location where the belt member should be cut to a predetermined waist size corresponding to a waist size identifier on the markings.
19. A belt system as in claim 13 , wherein the buckle includes a depression sized and shaped to receive the ball marker.
20. A belt system as in claim 19 , wherein the depression is round and flat.
21. A belt system as in claim 13 , wherein the series of teeth is at the second end of the belt.
22. A belt system as in claim 17 , wherein the markings are printed on the belt.
23. A belt system as in claim 13 , wherein front panel is rotatably attached to the buckle such that the front panel rotates between a closed position that conceals the ball marker inside the interior chamber and an open position that reveals the ball marker inside the interior chamber.