SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GARMENT ACCESSORIZING
The present invention is directed to a system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. Preferred embodiments of the present invention include one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be shaped and/or shapeable to form one or more mounting surfaces for mounting the mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment and to provide one or more display components which may be viewable for accessorizing the garment. Some embodiments may include attachment components which facilitate mounting the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment. Attachment components may include friction pads, magnets, pressure-sensitive adhesive, and/or hooks. The one or more display components may be viewable to accessorize the garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. In some embodiments, the system may include one or more supplemental modules which may supplement mounting and/or accessorizing.
The present invention is generally directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus that may be shaped or shapeable in order that the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be easily mounted on a garment. Advantageously, embodiments of the present invention may be used, for example, to accessorize a garment or to provide other information without damaging the garment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONA garment typically is comprised of one or more components that are sized, shaped, or otherwise managed and connectable or connected to form a covering that may be worn over a surface of a body. Garments may be formed from one or more panels each of which may be generally planar in shape and made from one or more types of material or other components of varying size and shape. A garment may include one or more folds and one or more seams developed by joining one or more panels together. An edge may be a terminal boundary of one or more panels. To prevent fraying and overall to provide reinforcement, additional material may be added to an edge including through stitching.
The one or more components of a garment may be configured in various ways to provide protection, comfort, utility, and/or ornamentation. The components may also form or include an aperture. A buttonhole is one such aperture in one or more garment panels. The size and shape of the buttonhole is generally defined by one or more edges developed in the garment panel. In certain cases, the one or more edges may be reinforced by stitching. Another such aperture is that which is formed by a pocket. A garment pocket may be developed by attaching three sides of a smaller panel to a larger garment panel leaving one side edge of the panel unattached. The space between the pocket panel and the garment forms the aperture.
A garment, its features, and the material from which it is made produce a style, fashion, or look through color, pattern, and/or texture. However, wearers of garments at times apply, attach, affix, or otherwise wear belts, ties, scarves, jewelry, patches, and badges, or otherwise, that are intended to aid the functionality of and/or complement the appearance of the garments. Such an item associated or worn with a garment is often generically termed an “accessory”. The process of adding an accessory to a garment is termed “accessorizing”. The state of a garment with such an additional accessory is termed “accessorized”.
Garments, however, include one or more other components to facilitate the attachment of one or more accessories to the garment. For example, pants often include loops so that belts may be attached to the waist area of the pants. In another example, a shirt may include a collar which may keep a tie properly positioned in place around the neck of a wearer. Accessories are often affixed to a garment through hooks, pins, stitching, or other means that may be permanent and/or may cause some permanent damage to the garment. Many such accessories may also be complicated and expensive.
There exists a need for a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be easily accessorized. The present invention solves this need. Advantageously, certain embodiments of the present invention may be used to accessorize a garment without damaging the garment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention is directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be easily accessorized. In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, the system includes one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be shaped and/or shapeable to permit the apparatus to be mounted on the garment without causing damage to the garment and so that one or more display components are developed that may be viewable for accessorizing the garment and/or communicating information.
In certain preferred embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may have one or more surfaces each of which may have one or more color, pattern, and/or texture features. The one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped and/or shapeable to be mounted on the garment so that the one or more such surfaces are viewable as the one or more display components. In certain embodiments, the one or more display components may accessorize a garment and may communicate additional information through such color, pattern, and/or texture.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may include one or more attachment components that may facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on to a surface of a garment. Such attachment component may include one or more frictional surfaces, magnets, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and/or hooks. Such surface attachment of the apparatus may prevent the apparatus of the present invention from causing disruption to the construction of the garment when the apparatus is repeatedly applied to and removed from the surface of the garment.
Additional embodiments of the present invention may include one or more supplemental modules that may be attached or attachable to the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus. In some embodiments, the one or more supplemental modules may attach to one or more supplemental mounting components to facilitate the mounting of the one or more mounting surface of the mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment. In further embodiments, the one or more supplemental modules may have one or more supplemental display components to accessorize the garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture.
One object of the present invention is to provide a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be more easily mounted on a portion of a garment to provide one or more display components that may be viewable to accessorize the garment.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which advantageously may be releasably mounted on one or more surface portions of a garment for accessorizing the garment without damaging the garment.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus having an initial shape that may be further shapeable in one or more configurations to form a mounting shape such that the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be mounted on one of a plurality of portions of the surface of a garment.
The present invention, its attributes and advantages, may be further understood with reference to the detailed description of presently contemplated embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The preferred embodiments of the invention may be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and not to limit the invention, where like designations denote like elements, and in which:
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. The one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped and/or shapeable to develop one or more mounting surfaces for mounting the apparatus on one or more surface portions of a garment and one or more display components which may be viewable to accessorize the garment including as through color, pattern, and/or texture. In certain preferred embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be formed from materials that are pliable, malleable, or otherwise shapeable, such as by a user, so that the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be easily shaped as needed to facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on a garment. Such materials include metal or plastic. Accordingly, certain embodiments of the mountable accessorizing apparatus may have an initial shape that may be further shapeable to develop one or more mounting shapes having one or more mounting surfaces to facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on the one or more surface portions of a garment.
More specifically, the embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 illustrated in
The mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 embodiment shown in
In some embodiments of the present invention, one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 may include one or more attachment components to facilitate the mounting of the one or more accessorizing apparatus on the garment.
The one or more attachment components may include one or more frictional element, magnet elements, pressure-sensitive adhesive elements, and/or hook elements.
The embodiment of the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 illustrated in
In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable to be mounted on a pocket to develop one or more display components which may be viewable to accessorize the garment and/or communicate information.
Certain embodiments of the present invention may include one or more supplemental modules. In certain embodiments, the supplemental module may have one or more supplemental display components which may accessorize a garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. In other embodiments, the supplemental module may attach to one or more supplemental attachment components.
In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable such that a portion may be inserted within and/or adjacent to an aperture and mounted on an edge surface to provide one or more display components which may be viewable for accessorizing the garment 1201.
The embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus 101A shown in
In some embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 may include a gap 124 which may permit the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 to be adjustable in size and shape so that it may be insertable in an aperture 1118 of a garment 1201.
In some embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable to include or form an apparatus aperture 125 for receiving an object. Advantageously, the apparatus aperture 125 may reduce the damage that may be caused to the garment by the abrasion of the object with the garment. For example, a mountable accessorizing apparatus may be mounted on and/or adjacent to the edge surface of the buttonhole to lessen the likelihood that the edge surface of the buttonhole may be damaged from abrasion by the insertion of an object such as a flower into the buttonhole.
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In certain embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 may be configurable to permit an object may be inserted into an apparatus aperture 125 while the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 with supplemental module 121 is mounted on the garment 1201. In some embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 may be molded or formed with the supplemental module 121.
In certain alternative embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be torus-like shaped so that a user may mount the torus-like shaped apparatus on the edges defining an aperture of a garment to provide one or more display components with may be viewable for accessorizing the garment.
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In certain embodiments, an object may be inserted into an apparatus aperture 125 while the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus 101A with supplemental module 121 is mounted on the garment 1201. In some embodiments, the supplemental module 121 may attach to the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101A. In other embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus 101 may be molded or formed with the supplemental module 121.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention may be directed to a method or methods for accessorizing a garment including steps for shaping one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus and mounting the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus to provide one or more display components of the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be viewable.
While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown by way of example in the drawings and have been described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit the disclosure to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A system for accessorizing a garment, the system comprising: a mountable accessorizing apparatus formed from one or more pliable materials to permit said apparatus to be shaped to provide one or more mounting surfaces so that said mountable accessorizing apparatus may be mounted on the garment such that one or more display components may be viewable for accessorizing the garment.
2. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus may include one or more attachment components for facilitating mounting the mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment.
3. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is made from metal or plastic so that the mountable accessorizing apparatus is shapeable to mount on a garment.
4. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is sized and shaped to mount on a portion of a pocket.
5. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is sized and shaped to mount partially within a buttonhole for mounting the mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment to develop one or more display components.
6. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is sized and shaped to form a cylindrical-like shape for mounting on the garment to develop one or more display components.
7. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 6, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus includes a gap for mounting on the garment to develop one or more display components.
8. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is sized and shaped to form a torus-like shape for mounting on the garment to develop one or more display components.
9. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 7, wherein said mountable accessorizing apparatus is sized and shaped to form a disk-like shape for mounting on the garment to develop one or more display components.
10. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 1, wherein the system includes one or more supplemental modules.
11. The system for accessorizing the garment from claim 2, wherein said one or more supplemental modules attach to said mountable accessorizing apparatus by one or more supplemental attachment components.
12. A method for accessorizing a garment according to the present invention, wherein the method includes the steps of:
- shaping one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus to include one or more mounting surfaces for mounting on one or more portions of the garment; and
- mounting said mountable accessorizing apparatus on the one or more portions of the garment such that one or more display components are viewable to accessorize the garment.
13. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 12, wherein said one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus are made of pliable material.
14. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 13, wherein the pliable material is a pliable plastic.
15. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 13, wherein the pliable material is a pliable metal.
16. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 12, wherein said step for shaping may include said one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus that are prefabricated to be shaped for one or more portions of the garment.
17. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 12, wherein the method further includes a step for attaching one or more supplemental modules to said one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus.
18. The method for accessorizing the garment from claim 12, wherein the method further includes a step for removing said one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus from the portion of the garment.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 25, 2016
Publication Date: Aug 31, 2017
Inventor: Michael P. GIBBONS (Western Springs, IL)
Application Number: 15/053,706