Patents Assigned to Viable Products, LLC
  • Attachment device for clothing items
    Patent number: 5918318
    Abstract: An attachment device for releasably securing first and second clothing items comprises a first tab and a second tab each including mating hook and loop fastening elements which are mounted to respective clothing items in an orientation wherein the hook and loop fastening elements of the first tab engage and releasably connect to the hook and loop fastening elements of the second tab such that forces tending to separate the first and second clothing items during laundering result in the application of a shear force to the connected tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Viable Products, LLC
    Inventor: Hanns Franklin Jones