Abstract: A transparent garment hook has a semicircular bight from which a hook arm and a loop arm extend. Inwardly of this bight there is a reduced thickness web which defines the T section with the bight resisting cracking.

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.

Abstract: A flexible fastener for the backstrap of lingerie or the like garments and especially swimsuits can have soft polyurethane carrier tapes which can be transparent or translucent and have eyelets or press buttons fitted into and ultrasonically welded in holes of the tape. The holes are surrounded by rings engaged by the flanges of the eyelets and press buttons to prevent slipping of the tape around the eyelets or press buttons.

Abstract: A brassiere back closure can have flat circular injection molded male and female fastener halves connectable in a hook-and-eye fashion on respective tapes partly covered by brushed knitted strips and designed to be pulled apart for opening of the closure. The back closure is made by injection molding the fasteners halves onto the respective continuous fabric covering them with the brushed fabric strips which are ultrasonically welded to the tapes, and severing the tapes at gaps in the weld seams.

Abstract: A brassiere back closure can have flat circular injection molded male and female fastener halves connectable in a hook-and-eye fashion on respective tapes partly covered by brushed knitted strips and designed to be pulled apart for opening of the closure.

Abstract: An underwire having a spoon-shaped formation and capable of swiveling with respect to the tail of the underwire is provided in a brassiere-type garment to lie with the spoon along the outer side of the breast and to conform to the junction between the breast and the thorax at the outer side.

Abstract: A garment fastener, especially for brassieres, with a press-button action and configuration, utilizes a pair of circular members welded to the garment and through which the fabric is visible and a circular member attached to the strap and forming a press connection with either of the two circular members attached to the fabric. The members have prongs which are engaged in the fabric of the garment and are welded to the member on the opposite side of the fabric.

Abstract: A brassiere back closure can have flat circular injection molded male and female fastener halves connectable in a hook-and-eye fashion on respective tapes partly covered by brushed knitted strips and designed to be pulled apart for opening of the closure.

Abstract: A button clip, especially for the attachment of a strap to a strapless brassiere, has a pair of tongues which can be clamped against the strapless brassiere by the movement of a slider therealong. The slider has the configuration of a button with a hole in its center through which a tongue surface is visible. The tongues are attached to the strap by a pair of plates.

Abstract: An adjustable brassiere metal-free back fastener is formed by molding eyelets and studs on ultrasonically or mechanically pierced fabric tapes composed of polyamide yarn which is partly enfolded in an outer tape ultrasonically welded to the inner tape. No stitching is required in the fabrication of the fastener and because the coupling members and the thermoplastic yarn can be of the same polyamide material, the product can be uniformly dyed.

Abstract: A garment fastener, especially for brassieres, with a press-button action and configuration, utilizes a pair of circular members welded to the garment and through which the fabric is visible and a circular member attached to the strap and forming a press connection with either of the two circular members attached to the fabric.

Abstract: A reversible press button closure for shoulder straps of brassieres or back band connectors has hard attachment pieces secured to the garment and connected by pins and lugs with male and female ring members which are molded from a softer plastic and define the press button assembly. The male and female members match in appearance when they are interconnected so that the connector has the same appearance from both sides.

Abstract: A reversible press button closure for shoulder straps of brassieres or back band connectors has soft attachment pieces secured to the garment and connected by pins and lugs with male and female ring members which are molded from a harder plastic and define the press button assembly. The male and female members match in appearance when they are interconnected so that the connector has the same appearance from both sides.

Abstract: A two-step garment closure, especially for front closing brassieres, has a spherically shaped front portion which is depressible to allow the closure to extend from its contracted position into an extended position. When a button-shaped formation on the rear of the slider is actuated from the back of the closure, the slide can separate from the body of the closure. Alternatively the actuator can be pivoted so that the entire operation can be effected from the front. The closure can thus extend from its contracted into an extended position when the actuator is pivotally swung in one sense and the slide can be fully withdrawn from the body when the actuator is depressed in the opposite sense by the wearer also from the front.