Patents by Inventor Gerhard Fildan

Gerhard Fildan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LINGERIE STRAP SLIDE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20060230585
    Abstract: A lingerie strap and slide assembly has the central bar of the slide of set or recessed and formed with spikes to which the strap end is welded. The slide has its thickest portions at the centers of the transverse bars at which the central bar merges with the remainder of the slide. The strap passes around the central bar or directly through one of the slots to a ring and returns through that slot across the central bar and through the other slot in the slide to the shoulder of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Garment closure and method of making same
    Patent number: 7100250
    Abstract: Flexible strips of a garment closure are injection molded around skeletons of the more rigid fastener members which are held together by ligatures embedded in the strip material. The closure members are of the snap/hook-type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Strap fastener
    Publication number: 20060135039
    Abstract: A strap fastener for a brassiere is configured as an alligator clip and has a slider which engages the ends of the legs of the fastener onto the fabric of a strapless brassiere or the like. The head of the fastener may be welded to the strap for a loop through which the strap is passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Laminated brassiere wing
    Publication number: 20060094335
    Abstract: A brassiere is made by attaching prefabricated wings provided with back closures to front parts of the brassiere. The wings are laminated with at least two layers of fabric and may have cushion layers between the fabric layers, without stitched seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Laminated brassiere wing
    Publication number: 20060094336
    Abstract: A brassiere is made by attaching prefabricated wings provided with back closures to front parts of the brassiere. The wings are laminated with at least two layers of fabric and may have cushion layers between the fabric layers, without stitched seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Weld button for garments
    Patent number: 7013539
    Abstract: A weld button for garments, i.e. a button, snap or interlocking fastener has fastener halves on two parts of a garment which are releasably joined and in which each of the fastener halves is affixed to the garment by welding two parts of the respective fastening half together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Garment closure and method of making same
    Publication number: 20050251970
    Abstract: Flexible strips of a garment closure are injection molded around skeletons of the more rigid fastener members which are held together by ligatures embedded in the strip material. The closure members are of the snap/hook-type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Weld button for garments
    Publication number: 20050251971
    Abstract: A weld button for garments, i.e. a button, snap or interlocking fastener has fastener halves on two parts of a garment which are releasably joined and in which each of the fastener halves is affixed to the garment by welding two parts of the respective fastening half together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Reversible shoulder strap for a garment, especially a brassiere
    Publication number: 20050255791
    Abstract: A reversible adjustable shoulder strap which can be used with high versatility in a variety of strap patterns, for a brassiere, has a strip formed with injection mold male and female closure members which can mate with one another and are identical on either side of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Strap assembly for lingerie and brassieres
    Patent number: 6904648
    Abstract: A slide and slide assembly for lingerie and brassieres have the end of a strap bonded to the central bar of the slide at the same side as that at which the strap is threaded around the central bar of the slide to limit slippage of the slide relative to the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Strap assembly for lingerie and brassieres
    Publication number: 20040226147
    Abstract: A slide and slide assembly for lingerie and brassieres have the end of a strap bonded to the central bar of the slide at the same side as that at which the strap is threaded around the central bar of the slide to limit slippage of the slide relative to the strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: FILDAN ACCESSORIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
  • Brassiere with invisible front closure
    Patent number: 6793556
    Abstract: A front closure for a brassiere which is invisible in the connected state of the front flaps of the brassiere has two closure halves each with a semielliptical plate and one with an annular formation and the other with a lug snap fitted into the annular formation. Outwardly of the annular formation and the lug, the plates form sewing flanges which can be stitched through to attach fastener halves to the brassiere halves, e.g. with a zigzag stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Zip wire brassiere
    Patent number: 6575811
    Abstract: A push and zip wire system of a brassiere has an underwire head forming member on the underside of each cup which can slide into a channel on the respective cup receiving portion of the frame. The channel is formed at its end remote from the mind section of the frame with a strap docking arrangement enabling the shoulder strap to engage the underwire assembly directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Method of making brassiere fastener by injection molding on fabric tape
    Patent number: 6557232
    Abstract: A method of making snap type hook-and-eye fasteners for garments such as brassieres in which the fabric halves are injection molded on respective tapes, the tapes are covered with brushed fabric which is welded to the tapes along longitudinal welds having gaps in them. The tapes are cut across at the gaps leaving pockets into which parts of the garment can be introduced to secure the tapes on the garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Garment fastener especially for swimwear and lingerie
    Patent number: 6499201
    Abstract: A garment fastener, especially for lingerie and swimsuits has elongated loops on each fastener half from the outer bar of which an attachment flange extends. The attachment flange is a sewing flange and/or welding flange and the fabric strip passing through the slot of the loop is stitched and/or welded to the attachment flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Garment link
    Patent number: 6449818
    Abstract: A link having snap-fitted parts is provided with selected stones having different appearances to render the link highly versatile. The garment link, for brassieres, lingerie and the like, can use a perfume stone with laser-perforated capillaries communicating with a cavity from which scent may be released and which serves to draw a perfume liquid into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Lingerie closure
    Patent number: D475653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Reversible closure
    Patent number: D475946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Three-step adjustable closure
    Patent number: D476916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Button-type strap connector
    Patent number: D481330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck