IP Library Granted Patent US 11,259,582
Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,582 · App. 16/669,661 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Clothing accessory for holding folds or roll-ups or pull-ups in clothes worn by wearer

Inventor: Eliahu Efrat (Lexington, MA)
A41D27/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,259,582
App. No.
16/669,661
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothing accessory for holding folds/pull-ups/roll-ups in wearable clothes worn by clothing wearer. The clothing accessory having a single loop body that includes a top arm portion and a case arm portion. The top arm portion include a flat and straight configuration. The base arm portion includes a partially straight configuration, and a partially inclined configuration extending from the partially straight configuration and bends towards the top arm portion. The single loop body include a curved profile that seamlessly joins the top arm portion and the base arm portion to each other. The single loop body also include a tongue portion and a jaw profile. The tongue portion may extend from the partially inclined configuration from the base arm portion. The jaw profile extend upwardly from an underside of the top arm portion to engage with the tongue portion along a proximal end portion of the top arm portion.

Claims (41)

1. A clothing accessory for holding folds and/or roll-ups and or pull-ups in wearable clothes worn by clothing wearers, the clothing accessory comprising:

a single loop body having:

a top arm portion having flat and straight configuration;

a base arm portion having a partially straight and a partially inclined configuration, the partially inclined configuration extending from the partially straight configuration, the partially inclined configuration bent towards the top arm portion;

a curved profile joining the top arm portion and the base arm portion;

a tongue portion extending from the partially inclined configuration from a proximal end portion of the base arm portion; and

a jaw profile extending upwardly from an underside of the top arm portion to engage with the tongue portion along a proximal end portion of the top arm portion, wherein the jaw profile comprises:

a bottom portion that extends upwardly from the underside of the top arm portion; and

a top portion at a free end of the jaw profile,

wherein the bottom portion comprises a thickness greater than a thickness of the top portion

wherein the single loop body of the clothing accessory is clipped into the wearable clothes worn by the clothing wearers, holding folded, rolled-up and/or pulled-up clothes portion within a space between the top arm portion and the base arm portion, and

wherein the tongue portion is engaged with the jaw profile such that a fabric of the wearable cloth worn by the clothing wearers lies between the tongue portion and the jaw profile, and that the tongue portion and the jaw profile safely grip the fabric of the wearable clothes worn by the clothing wearers below the rolled-up and/or pulled-up clothes portion to hold back the rolled-up and/or pulled-up clothes portion from dropping back down.

2. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single loop body is of a flexible material to allow to-and-fro bending and opening movement to clip the wearable clothes.

3. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single loop body is of a thin metallic body.

4. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single loop body is of a flexible plastic body.

5. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the single loop body comprises a constant thickness along its entire length.

6. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the jaw profile, from the bottom portion, extends upwardly in a slanted orientation from the underside of the top arm portion.

7. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the jaw profile comprises a barb portion at the top portion along the free end of the jaw profile to engage with the tongue portion.

8. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the partially straight and the tongue portion of the base arm portion is parallel to the top arm portion.

9. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 further comprising one or more characters or designs or graphics on an upper side of the top arm portion.

10. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an item coupled along an upper side of the top arm portion.

11. The clothing accessory as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the item is coupled to the clothing accessory along the upper side of the top arm portion by one of a glue, weld, rivets and pins.

12. A method for making a clothing accessory, the method comprising:

obtaining a single loop body having a flexibility, to allow to-and-fro bending and opening movement to clip clothes, wherein the single loop body comprises:

a top arm portion having flat and straight configuration;

a base arm portion having a partially straight and a partially inclined configuration, the partially inclined configuration extending from the partially straight configuration, the partially inclined configuration bent towards the top arm portion;

a curved profile joining the top arm portion and the base arm portion;

a tongue portion;

obtaining a jaw profile extending upwardly from an underside of the top arm portion to engage with the tongue portion along a proximal end portion of the top arm portion, wherein the jaw profile comprises:

a bottom portion that extends upwardly from the underside of the top arm portion; and

a top portion at a free end of the jaw profile,

wherein the bottom portion comprises a thickness greater than a thickness of the top portion.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein obtaining the single loop body having the flexibility comprises:

molding a material including a plastic into the single loop body.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein obtaining the single loop body having the flexibility comprises:

molding a material including a metal into the single loop body.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein obtaining the single loop body having the flexibility comprises:

bending a material including a thin metal strip of constant thickness and having a flexibility, into the single loop body.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising forming one or more characters or designs or graphics on the single loop body.

17. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising coupling an item on the single loop body.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the item is coupled to the single loop body by one of a glue, weld, rivets and pins.

Continuity (1)
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