HALTER TOP WITH ATTACHABLE ACCESSORIES
Separate attachable collar segments as clothing accessory items for installation onto straps of a halter top blouse to form a collared garment, where the collar segments are installed so as to face oppositely from each of the halter top straps, and are quickly and easily removed or repositioned. Also, for additional utility to the detachable halter top collar segments, each can include a mounting section on under surfaces thereof, that each provide for an attachment to an end of a removable shawl and hood, such that, when the shawl and hood ends are mounted to the collar segments it will drape from the wearer's neck area and down their back, and, when the shawl and hood is pulled up over the wearer's head, becomes a hood.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to clothing accessory items for inclusion with a woman's halter top blouse for sports, casual and street wear.
2. Prior Art
Heretofore, a woman wearing a halter top blouse for golfing, for example, or other outdoor activities, who wished to stylize their attire before going into a more formal environment, such as a club house, or the like, had to change their blouse to provide a collared garment. The invention presents, as a simplified solution to an attire change, easily attachable and removable separate collar segments that, when installed to face oppositely from each of the halter top straps, form a collar that is open at the front and rear and gives the halter top the appearance of a collared garment where the collar segments can be connected along the halter top straps, changing the collar appearance. Also, for additional utility to the detachable halter top collar, the collar segments may each include a mounting section on the collar segment surface that, when the collar segment is installed, will be on the collar segment under surface, with each mounting to provide for attachment to an end of a removable shawl and hood accessory. Whereby, when the shawl is fitted to the collar segments and installed on the halter top straps, it will drape from the wearer's neck and down their back, and, when pulled up over their head, becomes a hood.
The unique combination of clothing accessories provides the wearer with attractive additions to their halter top that greatly enhances the functionality thereof, providing a garment that is suitable for wear in a number of different environments.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is a principal object of the present invention is to provide attachable clothing accessories for a woman's halter top that are easily installed onto and removed from the halter top straps to change the appearance of the halter top to accommodate different social circumstances.
Another object of the present invention is to provide collar segments as clothing accessories for the halter top that are individually secured to each of the halter top straps and are then folded over and across each strap to provide the halter top with an open collar.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide attach points on each collar segment on its undersurface that, after the collar segment is folded over the halter top strap, each provide a convenient attachment point for an end of a shawl and hood accessory that, when so installed, will drape from the wearer's neck area, across the halter top straps, from the woman's neck area, and down her back, to function as a shawl.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a shawl and hood accessory that, when fitted to the collar segments can be lifted over the woman's head to function as a hood.
The invention is in accessory clothing items for convenient connection onto straps of a woman's halter top type blouse to lend utility to the garment such that the wearer can adapt the garment to a number of social situations by releasably adding collar segments to the halter top straps and, as appropriate, releasably connecting ends of a shawl and hood onto each of the collar segments that allow the shawl to drape from the collar segments and down the wearer's back from their neck area, and which shawl can be pulled up over the wearer's head, to function as a hood.
These and other objects and features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description in which the invention is described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
The invention, as is hereinafter described, is in clothing accessories for attachment to straps of a halter top garment for wear by a woman.
The invention in clothing accessories for a halter top garment, as shown herein, provides for stylizing the garment to enable a woman to alter her garment for wear in a casual environment and to a more formal setting with easily installed and removable clothing accessories. Which accessories can be of like or contrasting colors or patterns, as the woman selects, that when not in use, can be conveniently stored, as in the woman's purse or bag, and do not require the woman to remove the halter top to install or remove the clothing accessories.
Wherein above has set out preferred the structure and use of the clothing accessories and their use for releasable connection to the halter top, it should be understood that, within the scope of this discussion, the invention is not in the specific shape of the accessory items as shown, and can includes variations is their shape and appearance and in their points of connection of the collar segments to the halter top straps, and of the ends of the shawl and hood to the collar segments, within the scope of this disclosure. Further, where hook and loop pads are shown as preferred for coupling the accessories items to the halter top straps and collar segments, respectively, it should be understood that other releasable connectors, such as buttons, snaps, or the like, could be so used within the scope of this disclosure.
Herein above has been set out a description of a embodiments of the attachable accessory clothing items of the invention. It should however, be understood that the present invention can be varied within the scope of this disclosure without departing from the subject matter coming within the scope of the following claims, and a reasonable equivalency thereof, which claims I regard as my invention.
Claims
1. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment comprising, a pair of separate, mirror image, collar segments each having triangular shaped forward ends, base sides that each connect at a rear end to an outwardly sloping outer side that terminates at a triangle apex, which said collar segments are for fitting to each of said straps to extend outwardly therefrom; and releasable coupling means for joining said collar segments onto said straps such that said collar segments form an open collar for said halter top garment.
2. Clothing accessories as recited in claims 1, wherein the releasable coupling means consists of pairs of hook and loop pads that, when pressed together, couple together and will separate from one another when pulled apart, and each said pad includes means for securing it onto, respectively, one of the collar segments undersurface and onto an undersurface of one of the straps, such that each said collar segment extends outwardly from each said strap, forming the open collar of the halter top garment.
3. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment as recited in claim 2 wherein each collar segment is secured along its base side to the undersurface of each strap, is folded around said strap inner edge, and across the top surface of each said strap such that each of said collar segments extends oppositely and outwardly from each said strap, and in the plane of said straps, forming the open collar.
4. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment as recited in claim 1, further including a shawl and hood accessory having ends that each include a first mount means fixed thereto that is for releasable coupling onto a second mount means arranged on an undersurface of each of the collar segments for coupling an end of the shawl and hood accessory thereto.
5. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment as recited in claim 4, wherein the first mount means is one of a pair of hook and loop pads and the second mount means is the other of said pair of said hook and loop pads.
6. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment as recited in claim 4, wherein the shawl and hood is formed from sufficient material that, when secured at its ends to the collar segments, will drape downwardly from the wearer's neck area to cover an open back area of the halter top garment.
7. Clothing accessories for a halter top garment as recited in claim 4, where the shawl and hood is formed from sufficient material to allow the wearer to lift said shawl and hood across the top of their head.
Type: Application
Filed: May 26, 2014
Publication Date: Nov 26, 2015
Inventor: Emily Casarona (Scottsdale, AZ)
Application Number: 14/287,106