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).

  • Strap-hook for lingerie such as brassieres
    Patent number: 5899791
    Abstract: A hook closure for lingerie has an arcuate base from which a hook bar and an eye bar extend, the eye bar being provided with a slot defined between a thin and thick limb. A thick sewing flange projects away from the slot and enables the closure to be stitched to the fabric of a strapping passing to the eye and thereby limits shifting of the closure relative to the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Decorative link for underwire brassiere cups
    Patent number: 5816889
    Abstract: A brassiere has a pair of fabric brassiere cups each provided with respective underwire cups extending through a fabric channel beneath the respective cup. The two cups are interconnected at the front of the brassiere by a decorative link composed of a molded synthetic resin and having a pair of sewing flanges each stitched through to the fabric of the cup. The underwires terminate at the respective sewing flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Partial-Release front closure for an uplift brassiere
    Patent number: 5784765
    Abstract: A front closure for a brassiere, particularly a brassiere of the uplift type in which the male and female members are engaged with a resilient finger on the female member adapted to be held by first and second detents permitting relaxation of the closure without full separation but also permitting full separation for brassiere opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Overall buckle
    Patent number: 5621953
    Abstract: An overall buckle in which the swingable flap has a detent locking the flap in its closed position so that inadvertent opening is prevented. The teeth of the flap cooperate with counterteeth on the frame so that transversely, the strap has an undulating pattern when clamped. The strap passes through the buckle in an undulating pattern as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Nonslip slide buckle
    Patent number: 5590443
    Abstract: A nonslip slide or buckle has elongated teeth projecting along edges of openings defined between the outer limbs and the central limb and through which straps are looped for lingerie or corsetry, thereby preventing slippage of the buckle relative to the straps or vice versa without allowing snagging of outer garment fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Garment hanger with waistband and strap clips
    Patent number: 5573151
    Abstract: A hanger is provided in which the molded hooks for engagement with the waistband and the straps of undergarments or bathing suits are formed with a continuous rib from one free end to another. The hook is interchangeably mounted on the bar via a tongue arrangement providing a snap connection to the bar and the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Garment closure
    Patent number: 5485658
    Abstract: A hook-type closure has a stirrup on a plate member which fits in a window of an eye member and passes over a tongue projecting into the window and flanked by a pair of detents past which the stirrup is forced and which retain the stirrup against inadvertent release from the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Jeweled garment link and method of making same
    Patent number: 5419160
    Abstract: A decorative garment link for lingerie, swimsuits or the like is formed by anchoring a row of ornamental stones between two lateral walls of an elongated base from which a pair of strap-receiving loops project laterally. The lateral walls are pressed against the stones to hold them in place and are fused together or to respective end walls at the ends of the row of stones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Method of matching brassiere wire or stay to a brassiere cup
    Patent number: 5401203
    Abstract: A method of making a brassiere wire for a particular underwire brassiere cup utilizing a set of brassiere wires having rectilinear markings where excess of the wire can be cut away with rounding of the resulting end portions to form the brassiere wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Lingerie clasp
    Patent number: 5377394
    Abstract: A lingerie clasp has a male clasp member with a central projection and a pair of pins lodged in a female clasp member having projections straddling the projection of the male member and formed with channels receiving the pins thereof. The pins are narrower than the mouth slots of the channel to allow them to be inserted and withdrawn. On the face side of the clasp, spherical bulges are provided to ensure an aesthetic appearance of the closed clasp, e.g. in the form of pearls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Garment closure
    Patent number: D356525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Maternity brassiere closure
    Patent number: D369129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Maternity brassiere closure
    Patent number: D369327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Pearl cluster button
    Patent number: D373553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Combined paperclip package and dispenser
    Patent number: D385186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Strap link
    Patent number: D385509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Hanger for swim suits, brassieres and lingerie
    Patent number: D387912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Shoulder-strap connector for brassieres, lingerie and bathing suits
    Patent number: D403618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Maternity brassiere front closure
    Patent number: D410411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan
  • Maternity brassiere closure hook
    Patent number: D412462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventor: Gerhard Fildan