GARMENT ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM
The disclosure provides a system for engaging and keeping an individual's garment confined. The device comprises at least one engagement clip comprising an interior and exterior surface, a channel extending between the interior surface and exterior surface, at least one anchor positionable within the engagement clip to define a space between the engagement clip and anchor for engaging the garment, and a belt ledge retainer to at least partially retain a belt in close proximity to the engagement clip. The disclosure further provides a system including ferromagnetic elements that define an additional space adapted to engage a belt, garment, or combination thereof. A security belt may also be used in conjunction with the system to allow for even alignment of the individual engagement clips. The disclosure further provides for the utilization of the system in relation with hand gun holsters, pockets, electronic device holders, eye glass cases, and body armor.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present disclosure relates to a system for engaging and securing at least one garment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONUnder strenuous conditions stemming from everyday tasks, garments are prone to “riding up” and becoming undesirably positioned. Additional difficulty results from carrying heavy items attached to the belt or in the pockets causing the lower body garments to slip down. There is often a need to find a private location to re-adjust the garments. This is often followed by frustration of the wearers of the garments. For as long as the textile industry has existed, there is not a reasonable solution for these problems.
Previous garment engagement systems have utilized elements such as Velcro, straps, and elongated arms. Although some of these systems may work, they introduce new problems when it comes to securing garments. Other problems arise when attempting to attach non-garment devices securely. These systems fail while supporting weight exerted on the systems by gravity and inertia. Other difficulties include discomfort and complications related to tightness of straps and the pulling and constraint of elastic straps.
Accordingly, a need exists for a garment engagement system that displays simplicity, efficiency in the containment of garments, and support of lower body garments while attaching non-garment devices to garments with locking mechanisms and supporting the load of the devices.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe disclosure at hand provides a system for engaging and keeping an individual's garment in a confined state. The engagement clip of the garment engagement system comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface wherein at least one anchor is positionable within the engagement clip to define a space between the engagement clip and an anchor. The engagement clip further comprises a channel extending between the interior surface and exterior surface of the engagement clip. The interior or exterior surfaces of the engagement clip may be textured. A housing may also be included in the garment engagement system.
The system further includes a belt ledge retainer configured to at least partially retain a belt in close proximity to the engagement clip. At least one ferromagnetic element may be utilized in conjunction with the system, wherein at least one of the ferromagnetic elements is adjacent to the exterior of the engagement clip and removably attached to the system. The ferromagnetic elements define an additional space adapted to engage a belt, garment, or combination thereof. In certain embodiments, at least one ferromagnetic element may take the place of the belt ledge retainer. In other embodiments, ferromagnetic elements may be absent.
The system may further comprise a belt with a length sufficient to circumnavigate said individual in order to retain the anchors with the help of securing wires or C-wires. Flexible anchors are used in the system in conjunction with an engagement clip. In further embodiments, a rigid anchor may be used in conjunction with an engagement clip. Other embodiments may include a compound anchor to retain securing wires.
The diameter of the anchor is smaller in diameter than the interior surface of the engagement clip to allow for the anchor to properly slide into the engagement clip whether engulfed in a textile or not engulfed in a textile.
The garment engagement system may be further utilized in relation with hand gun holsters, pockets, electronic device holders, eye glass cases, and body armor.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the current disclosure to overcome the disadvantages of previous garment engagement systems due to its simplicity, efficient containment of garments, and inclusion of trouser support.
These and other aspects of the disclosed subject matter, as well as additional novel features, will be apparent from the description provided herein. The intent of this summary is not to be a comprehensive description of the subject matter, but rather to provide a short overview of some of the subject matter's functionality. Other systems, methods, features and advantages here provided will become apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following FIGURES and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features and advantages that are included within this description, be within the scope of any claims filed later.
The novel features believed characteristic of the disclosed subject matter will be set forth in claims that follow. The disclosed subject matter itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives, and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Reference now should be made to the drawings, in which the same reference numbers are used throughout the different figures to designate the same components.
It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element. Thus, a first element discussed below could be termed a second element without departing from the teachings of the present disclosure.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising” or “includes” and/or “including” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”), is intended merely to better illustrate the disclosure and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the disclosure unless otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice of the disclosure as used herein.
In another embodiment, the belt ledge retainer 56 and at least one ferromagnetic element 65 may separately span any length. For instance, the belt ledge retainer 56 and at least one ferromagnetic element 65 may span more than the length of the garment engagement system, the same length of the garment engagement system, or less than the length of the garment engagement system, or different lengths of the garment engagement system. In a further embodiment, one or both of the belt ledge retainer 56 and at least one ferromagnetic element 65 may span more or less than the length of the garment engagement system. In further embodiments, the anchor 28 may be a different length than the engagement clip 52 and/or housing 60.
In a further embodiment, at least one ferromagnetic element 65 may take the place of the belt ledge retainer 56.
In yet another embodiment, the engagement clip 52 may be slideably attachable to the housing 60. The engagement clip 52 may slide in and out of the housing 60 when acted upon by a force. Once enveloped by the housing 60, the engagement clip 52 may be held sturdily in place by external pressure from the housing 60 in order to avoid movement by the engagement clip 52.
In another embodiment, the casing 68 and/or the removal protrusion 70 may be absent from the system.
In any of the stated embodiments, one or more combinations of engagement clips 52 and flexible anchors 57 and/or one or more combinations of engagement clips 52 and compound anchors 28 may be utilized.
In any of the stated embodiments, the shape of any combination of the housing 60, engagement clip 52, and/or anchor 28 may be a shape other than cylindrical. The combination may take any shape sufficient to allow the garment engagement system to carry out the duties that are required of the system. For example, any combination above may take the shape of an ovoid, a triangular prism, a rectangular prism, a hexagonal prism, or an octagonal prism. Any combination may also be flat in order to allow for the system to be better hidden from view. The above embodiments are examples and are intended merely to better illustrate the disclosure and do not pose a limitation on the scope of the disclosure unless otherwise claimed.
In any of the stated embodiments, a garment engagement system may be absent a housing 60. Furthermore, an embodiment of the garment engagement system such as the one stated above may include one or more belt ledge retainers 56 and/or one or more ferromagnetic elements 65 positioned along any length of an engagement clip 52.
In any of the stated embodiments, a housing 60 and/or an engagement clip 52 may include a textured interior and/or exterior. This added feature may serve to further secure any element of the garment engagement system or the garment engagement system as a whole.
In any of the stated embodiments, a garment engagement system may include one or more belt ledge retainers 56 separately located on opposite adjacent sides of the engagement clip channel 63. These more than one belt ledge retainers 56 may allow a garment engagement system to be use right side up or upside down.
In any of the stated embodiments, one or more housings 60 and/or one or more engagement clips 52 may be made of a flexible material.
In any of the above stated embodiments, a compound anchor 28 may take the place of a flexible anchor 57 and a flexible anchor 57 may take the place of a flexible anchor 28. For example, a compound anchor 28 may associate with a C-wire 42 and a flexible anchor 57 may associate with a securing wire 54.
For the purposes of this disclosure, it is appreciated that the term garment may refer to any type of clothing worn by a human being, including but not limited to shirts, pants, shorts, t-shirts, vests, coats, jackets, ponchos, dresses, gowns, robes, cloaks, shawls, wraps, hosiery, skirts, spandex, suits, bathing suits, and underwear.
For the purposes of this disclosure, it is appreciated that the terms “system”, “engagement system”, and “and garment engagement system” refer to at least the combination of the engagement clip 52 and either a flexible anchor 28 and may comprise more elements than those stated, whether any of the combination or elements are singular or plural. For example, the use of “garment engagement system” may refer to a housing 60 and an engagement clip 52, a housing 60, an engagement clip 52, and a securing belt 24, or a housing 60, an engagement clip 52, and an anchor 28 (with the garment engagement system not being limited to any of the above embodiments).
For the purposes of this disclosure, it is appreciated that the terms “engagement clip channel” and “channel” are synonymous.
For the purposes of this disclosure, it is appreciated that the terms “flexible anchor” and “compound anchor” may both be referred to simply as an “anchor”.
In any of the above stated embodiments, any of the anchors referred to in this disclosure may be utilized in a garment engagement system without any referenced belt or referenced wire.
The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”), is intended merely to better illustrate the disclosure and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the disclosure unless otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice of the disclosure as used herein.
While this disclosure has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof and to the accompanying drawings, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the disclosure is defined not by the detailed description but by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A system for engaging and keeping an individual's garment in a confined state, comprising:
- at least one engagement clip comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein said at least one engagement clip further comprises a channel extending between said interior surface and said exterior surface of said engagement clip;
- at least one anchor, wherein a portion of said at least one anchor being positionable within said at least one engagement clip for defining a space between said engagement clip and said anchor for engaging said individual's garment;
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- a belt ledge retainer configured to at least partially retain a belt in close proximity to said engagement clip.
2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a housing, wherein the housing comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein said interior surface of said housing is textured.
4. The system of claim 2 wherein said exterior surface of said housing is textured.
5. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one ferromagnetic element that defines an additional space adapted to engage a belt, garment, or combination thereof.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein said at least one ferromagnetic element is adjacent to said exterior surface of said engagement clip.
7. The system of claim 5 wherein said at least one ferromagnetic element is removably attached to said system.
8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a belt with a length sufficient to circumnavigate said individual.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein said belt comprises at least one securing wire.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein said belt comprises at least one C-wire.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein said engagement clip is of a flexible material.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein said exterior surface of said engagement clip is textured.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein said interior surface of said engagement clip is textured.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein the diameter of said anchor is smaller in diameter than said interior surface of said engagement clip.
15. The system of claim 1 wherein said belt ledge retainer is an elongated ridge.
16. The system of claim 1 wherein said belt ledge retainer is at least one ferromagnetic element.
17. A system for engaging and keeping an individual's garment in a confined state, comprising:
- at least one engagement clip comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein said at least one engagement clip further comprises a channel extending between said interior surface and said exterior surface of said engagement clip, further wherein said channel extends less than the entire length of said at least one engagement clip;
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- at least one anchor, wherein a portion of said at least one anchor being positionable within said at least one engagement clip for defining a space between said engagement clip and said anchor for engaging said individual's garment.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein at least one engagement clip is associated with a first member of an electronic device and eyeglass holder and further wherein at least one anchor is associated with a second member of an electronic device and eyeglass holder.
19. The system of claim 17 wherein at least one engagement clip is associated with a first member of a gun holster and further wherein at least one anchor is associated with a second member of a gun holster.
20. The system of claim 17 wherein at least one engagement clip and at least one anchor is associated with a pocket.
21. The system of claim 17 wherein at least one engagement clip is associated with a first member of an element of body armor and further wherein at least one anchor is associated with a second member of an element of body armor.
22. A system for engaging and keeping an individual's garment in a confined state, comprising:
- an engagement clip comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein said interior surface of said engagement clip is textured to allow said engagement clip to further engage a garment and further wherein the engagement clip comprises a channel extending between said interior surface of said engagement clip and said exterior surface of said engagement clip;
- at least one anchor, wherein a portion of said at least one anchor being positionable within said at least one engagement clip for defining a space between said engagement clip and said anchor for engaging said individual's garment and further wherein said anchor comprises a diameter smaller than the diameter of said interior surface of said engagement clip;
- a belt ledge retainer comprising an elongated ridge and configured to at least partially retain a belt in close proximity to said engagement clip;
- at least one ferromagnetic element adjacent to said exterior surface of said engagement clip, wherein said at least one ferromagnetic element defines an additional space adapted to engage a belt, garment, or combination thereof and further wherein at least one of said at least one ferromagnetic element is removably attached to said engagement clip;
- a housing comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface;
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- a belt with a length sufficient to circumnavigate said individual.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 23, 2014
Publication Date: Jul 23, 2015
Inventor: James G. Halbert (Scottsville, NY)
Application Number: 14/161,879