IP Library Granted Patent US 9,339,071
Granted Patent B2
US 9,339,071 · App. 14/577,867 · Granted May 17, 2016

Shirt-stay suspenders

Inventor: Sal Herman (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
A41F17/00A41F3/02A41F11/00A41F13/00A41F3/04
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Patent No.
US 9,339,071
App. No.
14/577,867
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Suspender devices for maintaining in place a shirt or other upper garment for a wearer. The suspender devices having an elongated strap member with an upper end having fastener members thereon for attachment to a shirt or other upper garment, and with a lower end having a foot loop for being positioned around the wearer's foot or footwear.

Claims (20)

1. A wearable suspender device configured and adapted for attachment between the lower edge of an adult wearer's upper garment and a foot of the wearer, the wearable suspender device comprising:

a first elongated strap member having an upper end, a lower end and a first surface and a second surface;

said first elongated strap member having a length sufficient to extend from the waist area of the wearer to the bottom of the wearer's feet;

a second V-shaped strap member positioned at said upper end of said first elongated strap member; said V-shaped strap member having two ends and a central portion;

said first surface of said first elongated strap member having a plurality of small loop members extending over said first surface, said loop members being loops of a hook-and-loop type fastener material;

a hook member secured adjacent the lower end of said first surface; said hook member having a plurality of small hook members thereon, said hook member comprising a piece of material with a plurality of small hook members thereon, said hook members being small hooks of a hook-and-loop type fastener material;

fastener members attached to each of said ends of said V-shaped strap member for attachment to the lower edge of the wearer's upper garment;

wherein said lower end of said first elongated strap member forms a first loop for positioning on a foot of the wearer;

wherein said hook member on said elongated strap member is selectively secured to said small loop members at any position along said first surface; and

a second loop member positioned on said first elongated strap member adjacent said lower end; wherein said second loop member assists in securing said first loop for positioning on a foot of the wearer.

2. The suspenders as described in claim 1 wherein said fastener members are clip-type fastener members.

3. A wearable suspender device configured and adapted for attachment between the lower edge of an adult wearer's upper garment and the wearer's foot or footwear, said wearable suspender device comprising a pair of separate suspender members, each separate suspender member comprising:

a first elongated strap member having an upper end, a lower end and a first surface and a second surface;

said first elongated strap member having a length sufficient to extend from the waist area of the wearer to the bottom of the wearer's feet;

a second V-shaped strap member positioned at said upper end of said first elongated strap member; said V-shaped strap member having two ends and a central portion said first surface of said first elongated strap member having a plurality of small loop members extending over said first surface, said loop members being loops of a hook-and-loop type fastener material;

a hook member secured adjacent the lower end of said first surface; said hook member having a plurality of small hook members thereon, said hook member comprising a piece of material with a plurality of small hook members thereon, said hook members being small hooks of a hook-and-loop type fastener material;

fastener members attached to each of said ends of said V-shaped strap member for attachment to the lower edge of the wearer's upper garment;

wherein said lower end of said first elongated strap member forms a first loop for positioning on a foot of the wearer;

wherein said hook member on said elongated strap member is selectively secured to said small loop members at any position along said first surface; and

a second loop member positioned on said first elongated strap member adjacent said lower end; wherein said second loop member assists in securing said first loop for positioning on a foot of the wearer.

Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 14029228 · Sep 17, 2013
Continuation 13900284 · May 22, 2013
Continuation In Part 13631160 · Sep 28, 2012
Continuation 13198469 · Aug 4, 2011
Continuation In Part 12872014 · Aug 31, 2010
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