Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – Shoulder strap arrangements and connecting features
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-15
2001-02-13
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3741)
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
Shoulder strap arrangements and connecting features
C450S001000, C450S007000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186863
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a string adjuster used for lingerie, and more particularly, to a string adjuster in brassiere and body suit put on a woman's upper body.
2. Description of the Related Art
As shown in
FIG. 1
, brassiere
10
has a pair of cups
11
arranged side by side for wrapping a woman's breasts, both ends of the cups
11
extending in a predetermined length to be fastened on her back. Body suit
20
is in the one-piece form to resiliently wrap generally from the hypogastric region to the breast. It is a matter of individual preference, but commonly, the brassiere
10
is worn directly on the body, and then, the body suit
20
is worn over the brassiere
10
.
The brassiere
10
and the body suit
20
worn one over the other on the woman's upper body have a pair of shoulder strings, which are placed on both shoulders to prevent the brassiere and the body suit from slipping down. Seeing a structure of the typical string adjuster, as shown in
FIG. 2
, two shoulder strings
30
and
30
′ are respectively connected to loops of the brassiere
10
and the body suit
20
through string adjusters R and R′ of a ring shape at both sides of the front part of the brassiere
10
and the body suit
20
.
However, because the brassiere
10
and the body suit
20
have respectively the shoulder strings
30
and
30
′ and the string adjusters R and R′, two strings
30
and
30
′ lie one upon the other when a user wears the brassiere
10
and the body suit
20
. At this time, pressure is increased and presses the user's shoulders severely, thereby causing pain in the shoulders. Especially, women who have big breasts feel the pain more severely.
Furthermore, in the location where two string adjusters R and R′ are overlapped, four strings are overlapped. Therefore, the location of the string adjusters is remarkably projected though the user puts on a blouse over the body suit, thereby making the user's appearance unseemly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a string adjuster in brassiere and body suit, which connects the brassiere and the body suit together with only one string to prevent pressure on shoulders and to prevent the connected portion from severely projecting.
To accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a string adjuster comprising a fixing hole which is formed at the upper portion thereof and fixed at a front end of a string adjusting portion and first and second hooked holes which are formed under the fixing hole and have an open end for hooking loops of the brassiere and the body suit.
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patent: 4204300 (1980-05-01), Fildan
patent: 4953233 (1990-09-01), Moshier
patent: 5060348 (1991-10-01), Moshier
patent: 5848454 (1998-12-01), Kojima
patent: 5899791 (1999-05-01), Fildan
Hale Gloria M.
Jacobson Price Holman & Stern PLLC
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