U.S. patent application number 10/428624 was filed with the patent office on 2004-01-15 for decorative neckless.
Invention is credited to Detsis, Elizabeth M..
Application Number | 20040007018 10/428624 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 30118222 |
Filed Date | 2004-01-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040007018 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Detsis, Elizabeth M. |
January 15, 2004 |
Decorative neckless
Abstract
A necklace that does not fully encircle the neck of the user
but, instead, has its two free ends with an affixing device at each
free end to attach to the straps of the wearers garment or
undergarment, such as a bra. In the preferred embodiment, the
straps have a plurality of affixing devices vertically spaced along
the strap so as to enable the user to position the necklace at
differing heights on the wearer to suit the particular neckline of
the attire worn by the user. In addition, the affixation and
removal of the necklace takes place at the front of the wearer and
thus is more convenient and easier to carry out than the use of a
clasp that is intended to be manipulated behind the neck of the
wearer.
Inventors: |
Detsis, Elizabeth M.;
(Malverne, NY) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROGER M. RATHBUN
13 MARGARITA COURT
HILTON HEAD ISLAND
SC
29926
US
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Family ID: |
30118222 |
Appl. No.: |
10/428624 |
Filed: |
May 2, 2003 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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60378853 |
May 8, 2002 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
63/21 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41C 3/00 20130101; A44C
5/0053 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
63/21 |
International
Class: |
A44C 011/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A decorative article to be worn by a person having a garment
with straps extending in the area of a neck of a person, said
decorative article comprising a necklace having two free ends, said
free ends having a affixing means located thereon adapted to be
affixed to the straps of the garment.
2. A decorative article as defined in claim 1 wherein said affixing
means is a hook.
3. A decorative article as defined in claim 1 wherein said affixing
means is a ring.
4. A decorative article as defined in claim 1 wherein said affixing
means is a serpentine wraparound slide.
5. A decorative article as defined in claim 1 wherein the garment
is an undergarment.
6. A decorative article as defined in claim 5 wherein the
undergarment is a brassiere.
7. A necklace to be worn by a person wearing a garment having
straps that are located over the shoulder of the person, said
necklace having free ends, an affixation device located at each of
the free ends of the necklace, each of said affixation devices
adapted to be affixed to a strap of a garment.
8. A necklace as defined in claim 6 wherein said necklace has an
ornament adapted to be located at the front of the wearer.
9. A combination of a garment adapted to be worn by a wearer and a
necklace, the combination comprising: a garment having straps
adapted to be worn by the wearer at the shoulders of the wearer; a
necklace having free ends, an affixation device located at each of
the free ends of the necklace, each of said affixation devices
adapted to be affixed to the straps of the garment.
10. A combination as defined in claim 9 wherein the straps of the
garment have at least one securing device on each strap to facility
the affixing of the affixation device to each of the straps.
11. A combination as defined in claim 9 wherein each of the straps
has a plurality of securing devices spaced apart along each of the
straps.
12. A combination as defined in claim 9 wherein said at least one
securing device is a loop.
13. A combination as defined in claim 9 wherein said at least one
securing device is a button.
14. A combination as defined in claim 11 wherein said plurality of
securing devices comprise loops.
15. A combination as defined in claim 11 wherein said plurality of
securing devices comprise buttons.
16. A method of affixing a necklace to a person wearing a garment
having straps, said method comprising the steps of: providing a
necklace having free ends with affixation devices at each of the
free ends, placing the necklace proximate to the throat of a
person, affixing the free ends of the necklace to the straps of the
garment being worn by a person.
17. A method as defined in claim 16 wherein said step of providing
a necklace comprises providing a necklace having affixation devices
that are hooks.
18. A method as defined in claim 16 wherein said step of providing
a necklace comprises providing a necklace having affixation devices
that are rings.
19. A method as defined in claim 16 wherein said step of providing
a necklace comprises providing a necklace having plurality of
affixation devices spaced vertically apart.
Description
REFERENCE TO RELATED CASES
[0001] The present application is based upon U.S. Provisional
application Serial No. 60/378,853, filed May 8, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a decorative necklace or
other form of jewelry and, more particularly, to an item of jewelry
that does not fully encircle the neck of the wearer but has its
ends affixed to the strap of a wearer's garment, such as an
undergarment.
[0003] There are, of course, various types of necklaces used as
decorative attachments to a wearer and which are of a wide variety
of shapes and sizes to appeal to the wearer and/or to match the
other clothing being worn by the wearer. In particularly, however,
if there is at least one common feature of all necklaces, it is the
feature that the necklace encircles the neck of the wearer. As
such, with such necklaces, the position of the ornamental feature,
if there is one, is directly in trhe front of the wearer and its
exact location is somewhat constrained by the clasp location and
the length of the necklace itself. In addition, for some wearers,
it is rather inconvenient to have to manage the clasp at the rear
of the since many clasps are quite small and difficult to
manipulate to engage and disengage by the wearer of the
necklace.
[0004] Thus, it is sometimes necessary for the wearer of a necklace
to seek the aid of another person to engage and disengage the clasp
and, again, not only is that somewhat inconvenient but there are
times that no such addition person is available and the wearer is
left alone to struggle with the manipulation of the clasp without
the ability to actually view the clasp in attempting to close the
clasp to secure the necklace in place about the neck of the
wearer.
[0005] In addition, with the present necklaces that have their free
ends joined together with a clasp, the location of the necklace,
and in particular, the ornamental feature, is located at a fairly
fixed position at the front of he user's neck that is determined by
the overall length of the necklace. Thus, as the necklace encircles
the neck of the wearer, the length of the necklace will
automatically fix the location of the ornamental feature at a
particular point at the front of the neck of the wearer and that
location cannot be readily changed with that type of necklace. As
such, if the wearer desires the necklace and its ornamental feature
to hang lower of higher than its normal predetermined position due
to a different neckline of a particular garment, that fixed
position cannot be readily be accomplished with the conventional
necklace.
[0006] Illustrative of some prior art is U.S. Pat. No. 5,414,903 of
Porteous where there is a dental bib holder that has a means of
attaching free ends of a strap to a bib to locate that bib to the
front of a patient, however, the purpose of Porteous is entirely
different than the preset invention and the bib is not adapted to
be affixed to the straps of a garment, such as an undergarment of a
person. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,855,805 of Mason, there is a necklace
that encircles the users neck and which passes through a number of
loops affixed to the users garment, however, the necklace of the
Mason patent still encircles the neck of the use and does not
become affixed to the straps of a garment worn by the user.
[0007] Accordingly, it would be advantageous if there were another,
more convenient means of affixing a necklace to a wearer and which
could be fastened in place without the need to manipulate some
intricate clasp behind the neck of the user. It would also be
advantageous for such necklace to have the ability and versatility
to be easily moved with respect to its conventional location on the
wearer so that the location of the front of the necklace, and, if
present, the ornamental feature of the necklace, can be moved to
and relocated at the desire of the user to a particularly
advantageous decorative location on the wearer. In addition it
would be a further advantage of the necklace to simply present a
new look to the wearer as opposed to the convention necklace and
achieve a more presentable appearance of the necklace.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] Now, in accordance with the present invention, there is
provided a new and improved means of affixing a necklace about a
wearer. In the present invention, the necklace comprises a necklace
having free ends that are affixed to the straps of a garment,
preferable an undergarment of that wearer. In the preferred
embodiment, the necklace is affixed to the bra straps of the
wearer, however, as will be seen, the necklace can be affixed to
other straps such as a slip or other garment or undergarment.
[0009] As such, the necklace of the present invention has an
affixing device on each of the free ends and which are then affixed
to the particular straps of the undergarment. By such devices, the
necklace can be affixed by the user in the front of that person and
therefore, the affixation is much easier and more readily
facilitated by the user without any manipulation of a clasp located
behind the neck of the wearer.
[0010] According, the present necklace is more readily affixed and
worn by the user and, additionally, the height of the ornamental
portion of the necklace of the necklace can be located at a desired
location at the front of the wearer's neck and not dictated by the
particular length of the necklace as with the conventional
necklaces. In addition, in the preferred embodiment, the strap of
the undergarment itself can have specially constructed devices that
enable the ready attachment of the free ends of the necklace to the
straps so that not only is the particular necklace affixed in the
front of the individual, but the means of affixation itself is more
convention to the wearer.
[0011] In the preferred embodiment, the devices that enable the
easy affixation on the straps may comprise a plurality of such
devices to enable the easy affixation in a number of differing
locations to enable the user to select the location of the necklace
to the front of the user.
[0012] By means of the present necklace, the overall look of the
necklace is different than the conventional necklaces and thus
presents a new look of the necklace on the wearer that enhances the
ornamental value and appearance of the necklace.
[0013] These and other improvements and features of the present
invention will become better understood from the detailed
description of the preferred embodiment set forth below taken in
conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] FIG. 1 is a front view of a bra having affixed thereto a
necklace in accordance with the present invention;
[0015] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of one means of affixing the free
ends of the necklace of the present invention to the straps of the
bra of FIG. 1;
[0016] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an alternative means of
affixing the necklace to the straps of the bra of FIG. 1;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a further view of a bra with a still alternate
means of affixing the necklace to the strap of a bra;
[0018] FIG. 5 is a front view of a wearer of a necklace affixed
onto the wearer in accordance with the present invention;
[0019] FIGS. 6-8 are front views of an embodiment of the present
invention as well as enlarged views of a affixation to the strap of
a garment of the wearer; and
[0020] FIG. 9 is a front view of an alternate clasp usable with the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0021] Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a front view of a
bra 10 having a pair of straps 12, 14 as is generally conventional.
A necklace 16 made in accordance with the present invention has its
two free ends 18, 20 affixed to each of the bra straps 12, 14. Each
of the bra straps 12 and 14 have means to facilitate the affixation
of each of the free ends 18, 20 to the bra straps 12, 14,
respectively. In the Figure, there are differing mean of carrying
out that affixation on each of the straps 12, 14 that are shown for
illustration purposes only, as any number of differing means may be
employed to carry out the attaching of the free ends 18, 20 to the
bra straps 12, 14.
[0022] Thus, in FIG. 2, there is shown an enlarged front view of
one means of affixing the free end 18 of the necklace to the bra
strap 12 and, as can be seen, there is a hook 22 at the free end 18
that is attached to a closed link 24 affixed to the bra strap 12.
Thus, by having a plurality of links 24 located on the bra strap 12
allows the hook 22 to be attached to any of the links 24 selected
by the wearer and, accordingly, the wearer can affix the free end
18 of the necklace 16 at any one of the links 24 so that the
location of the necklace can be selected by the wearer as desired
to position the ornamental portion of the necklace 16 in the most
desirable position, that is, if the wearer has a lower neckline,
the free end 18 of the necklace 17 can be affixed to a lower
positioned link 24 to allow the necklace 16 to be worn lower at the
front of the neck of the wearer.
[0023] Conversely, of course, the wearer can just as easily attach
the free end 18 of the necklace 16 to an upper situated link 24 so
that the necklace 16 can be worn higher on the neck of the user to
match whatever neckline is being worn by the wearer. Accordingly,
as can be seen by the present invention, the location of the
necklace 16 of the wearer can easily and without any difficulty, be
worn at any one of many desired locations on the user and just as
easily be adjusted as desired.
[0024] In FIG. 3, there is another enlarged front view illustrating
a further means of attaching the free end 20 of the necklace 16 to
the bra strap 14. In this embodiment, there is a plurality of loops
26 formed in the bra strap 14 and again the free end 18 of the bra
strap 14 has a hook 22 that can easily be affixed to the loops 26
at whatever loop 26 that is desired by the wearer depending upon
the height desired for the necklace 16 along the front of the neck
of the wearer.
[0025] Turning next to FIG. 4, there is a front view of a bra 10
having a necklace 16 affixed thereto and in this Fig., the affixing
means comprises a plurality of buttons 26 sewn to the straps 28 of
the bra 10 that allows the affixing means, such as small rings 28
at the end of the free ends 30 of the necklace 16 so that, again,
the free ends 30 of the necklace 16 can be easily adjusted to any
pair of buttons 26 desired by the wearer depending upon the
location desired by the wearer on the neck of the user.
[0026] Turning now to FIG. 5, there is shown a front view of a
necklace 16 in position at the throat of a wearer and, as can be
seen, the necklace 16 can be worn low, as shown, or can be
repositioned to any particular location of the throat desired by
the user.
[0027] Next, turning to FIGS. 6-8, there is shown a further
embodiment of the subject invention and where the bra strap 14
includes a plurality of garment loops 28 that are of the type that
are sewn to the material of the bra strap 14. As can be seen in
this embodiment, the garment loops are thus sewn to the bra strap
14 at predetermined intervals and the ends of the necklace 16
include hooks 30 that can be readily affixed to any of the desired
garment loops 28 to secure that necklace to the wearer.
[0028] Finally in FIG. 9, taken along with FIGS. 1-8, there is a
front view of a stylized clasp or slide 30 that can be wrapped
around the strap of a bra or other undergarment, and which has a
serpentine configuration that surrounds the strap and yet is
available to attach the hooks 22, FIGS. 2 and 3, to affix the
necklace 16 in position at the neck of the wearer.
[0029] While the preferred embodiments have been described and
illustrated, various modifications and substitutions may be made
without departing, from the scope and spirit of this invention. It
is to be understood, therefore, that the present invention has been
described by way of illustration and not limitation.
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