Patents by Inventor Karl Wanzenboeck

Karl Wanzenboeck 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).

  • 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
  • Button fastener
    Patent number: 6442808
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Underwire brassiere and cup assembly
    Patent number: 6439960
    Abstract: A swivel wing underwire for a brassiere is received in a pocket permitting the swivel action to enable the underwire to adjust to breasts of different sizes. The tail of the underwire, however, is held in place with a cup by rows of stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Garment hook
    Patent number: 6435940
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Underwire assembly for brassieres and the like
    Patent number: 6431946
    Abstract: A compound wire assembly is provided by sandwiching a plastic wire between layers of fabric and securing the wire in place by ultrasonically welding the fabric layers together through holes in the wire. The assembly forms an underwire structure for the cup of a brassiere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Flexible fastener for garments
    Patent number: 6393678
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Brassiere fastener
    Patent number: 6347438
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Spoon underwire
    Patent number: 6346028
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Button clip, especially for a strapless brassiere
    Patent number: 6321422
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Brassiere fastener
    Patent number: 6321419
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Adjustable strap fastener for brassieres and the like and method of making same
    Patent number: 6309489
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Button fastener
    Patent number: 6298527
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Reversible press button garment closure
    Patent number: 6260243
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Button-shaped hook for lingerie straps
    Patent number: D449562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Fildan Accessories Corporation
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Reversible closure for swimsuits, lingerie and the like
    Patent number: D455980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 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