Abstract: A cord closure having a housing with an open end, a surrounding side wall and a closed end which forms a cavity for receiving a plunger. The plunger has a body with a throughhole alignable with holes formed through opposing sides of the housing and a stem extending from a shoulder portion of the body with a resilient retaining member on a distal end portion of the stem. A bias spring is disposed about the stem of the plunger and is releasably retained in compression on the plunger between the shoulder portion of the body and the resilient retaining member. At least a portion of the body and the stem of the plunger are reciprocally disposable in the cavity so that the throughhole of the plunger is alignable with the hole formed through opposing sides of the housing to permit threading of a cord through the aligned holes of the cord closure without the bias spring urging the plunger away from the housing.

Abstract: A two-piece adjustable waistband assembly includes a track member and a latch member. The track member is sewable to the underlying part of a waistband, and the latch member is sewable to the overlying part of the waistband and is adapted for receiving the track member. The latch member is formed with a pawl which is resiliently biased into rectangularly-shaped slots formed within the track member, thereby detachably interengaging the latch member with the track member. The latch member may be lifted at its one end so as to cause disengagement of the pawl from the recesses so as to permit movement of the latch member along the length of the track member.