U.S. patent application number 13/924538 was filed with the patent office on 2013-12-26 for excess belt loops.
The applicant listed for this patent is Kimberly Denice Cooper. Invention is credited to Kimberly Denice Cooper.
Application Number | 20130340145 13/924538 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49773131 |
Filed Date | 2013-12-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130340145 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cooper; Kimberly Denice |
December 26, 2013 |
Excess Belt Loops
Abstract
A system of holding belt curvature that extends away from an
individual's body having a set of loops of material. The loops are
formed from longitudinal strips of material that are sewn end to
end. Once sewn they are slid into place along the length of a belt.
To provide flexibility another embodiment has an elastic material
strip sewn between either end of the first strip of material.
Inventors: |
Cooper; Kimberly Denice;
(Miramar, FL) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Cooper; Kimberly Denice |
Miramar |
FL |
US |
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Family ID: |
49773131 |
Appl. No.: |
13/924538 |
Filed: |
June 22, 2013 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61663560 |
Jun 23, 2012 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
2/312 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41F 9/002 20130101;
A41F 9/007 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/312 |
International
Class: |
A41F 9/00 20060101
A41F009/00 |
Claims
1. An excess belt control device comprising: a belt having a strip
of material formed between two ends wherein one of the ends has a
belt locking device and a second strip of material having two ends
that attach to each other formed in the shape of a loop.
2. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second
strip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather,
vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural
material.
3. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the belt is
inserted in the second strip of material.
4. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein there are a
plurality of second strips of material.
5. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second
strip of material further comprises: an elastic piece of material
attached between the ends of the loop.
6. A belt closing device comprising: a belt having a strip of
material formed between two ends wherein one of the ends has a belt
locking device and a second strip of material having two ends
wherein each end is attached to a third strip of material having
two ends such that each end of the third strip of material is
attached to an end of the second strip of material such that the
second strip along with the third strip forms a loop that is
threaded through the belt.
7. The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the second strip of
material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy
cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.
8. The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the third strip of
material is from the group consisting of: elastic materials and
rubber materials.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional
Application No. 61/663,560 filed Jun. 23, 2012.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to devices that assist the
closure of waist holding devices such as a belt or sash.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] FIGS. 1a and 1b represent prior art problems with regards to
belts. An individual such as a woman 100 as shown in FIG. 1a or a
man 100 as shown in FIG. 1b is shown having a belt 110 wrapped
about their respective waists. Belts are usually made from many
different forms of material such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyls or
similar suitable materials. Typically, a belt has a buckle arranged
at one end to receive the other end of the belt made of the
aforementioned materials through the buckle and locked by a
swiveling pin, contact friction or similar action; this locks the
belt in place as shown.
[0004] Additionally, a ring of material 130 is partially formed
with one end of a strip of material sewn generally to the top of
the belt and the other end of the strip of material sewn to the
bottom of the belt; either ends may be sewn to the back of the belt
as well. Thus, a cavity has been formed whereby the front of the
belt may slide therethrough and proceed outwards. However, a
problem arises when the belt is so large that there is an excess of
material 120 that simply hangs from the woman FIG. 1a or the man's
1b waist so far that it presents an unattractive appearance as well
as being a nuisance as it hits the sides of the person. Thus, there
needs to be some mechanism to overcome the problems of the
aforementioned.
[0005] Accordingly, there remains a need in the art for a way to
stop the appearance of unattractive excess belt curvature
protruding away from the body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the
known art and the problems that remain unsolved in the art as
follows:
[0007] In a first embodiment, an excess belt control device
comprising: [0008] a belt having [0009] a strip of material formed
between two ends wherein one of the ends has a belt locking device
and [0010] a second strip of material having two ends that attach
to each other formed in the shape of a loop.
[0011] In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is
from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber
strips, man made material, and natural material.
[0012] In another aspect, wherein the belt is inserted in the
second strip of material.
[0013] In another aspect, wherein there are a plurality of second
strips of material.
[0014] In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material
further comprises: [0015] an elastic piece of material attached
between the ends of the loop.
[0016] In a second embodiment, a belt closing device comprising:
[0017] a belt having [0018] a strip of material formed between two
ends wherein one of the ends has a belt locking device and [0019] a
second strip of material having two ends wherein each end is
attached to [0020] a third strip of material having two ends such
that each end of the third strip of material is attached to an end
of the second strip of material such that the second strip along
with the third strip forms a loop that is threaded through the
belt.
[0021] In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is
from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber
strips, man made material, and natural material.
[0022] In another aspect, wherein the third strip of material is
from the group consisting of: elastic materials and rubber
materials.
[0023] These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the
present invention will become more readily apparent from the
attached drawings and the detailed description of the preferred
embodiments, which follow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] The preferred embodiments of the invention will hereinafter
be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to
illustrate and not to limit the invention, in which:
[0025] FIGS. 1a and 1b represent prior art problems with regards to
belts. An individual such as a woman as shown in FIG. 1a or a man
as shown in FIG. 1b are shown having a belt wrapped about their
respective waists. The problem of excessive belt curvature hanging
away from body is shown therein.
[0026] FIG. 2a represents a solution to the excessive portion of
belt material that hangs from the individual's waist. A belt loop
is added to restrain the excess hanging curvature of the belt. FIG.
2b shows closeups of how a user utilizes an embodiment of the belt
loops to restrict the hanging of an excess portion of the belt.
[0027] Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the
several views of the drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0028] The following detailed description is merely exemplary in
nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or
the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used
herein, the word "exemplary" or "illustrative" means "serving as an
example, instance, or illustration." All of the implementations
described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable
persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the
disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the
disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of
description herein, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "rear",
"right", "front", "vertical", "horizontal", and derivatives thereof
shall relate to the invention as oriented in the individual figure.
Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or
implied theory presented in the preceding technical field,
background, brief summary or the following detailed description. It
is also to be understood that the specific devices and processes
illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the
following specification, are simply exemplary embodiments of the
inventive concepts defined in the appended claims. Hence, specific
dimensions and other physical characteristics relating to the
embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting,
unless the claims expressly state otherwise.
[0029] FIG. 2A represents a solution to the excessive portion of
belt material that hangs from the individual's waist. Again a belt
of suitable material such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyl or similar
material is shown 200. The belt has a buckle 210 with swiveling
action and excess material 220 that is to be corrected by
applicant's innovations. In particular, strips of materials have
been formed into rings or loops 230 by sewing (or melting) the ends
of the strips of materials end to end. The strips of materials are
made from leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips or similar man
made or natural materials. A ring of material is shown in closeup
as ring 240. This ring can have sayings, decorations, color and
similar attributes.
[0030] The most important part of the instant embodiment is,
however, that the loops 230 are threaded onto the excess 220 of
belt 200 as shown in 250 of FIG. 2A. Before tying the belt on his
or her waist, an individual ensures that he has some of the rings
of material 230 ready for insertion. The user inserts the loop
through the non-buckle side of the belt to the mid-point of the
belt until it arrives near the buckle side of the belt as shown in
250 where the hand is. He or she places those rings 230 close to
the buckle or end of the belt having the locking device; this is
accomplished by threading the belt through the rings or loops 230
until they reach locking end (buckle area). Then the user threads
the belts about the waist and into any preexisting loops that are
built into the pants or skirts. Typically, there is an excess of
material as shown in FIG. 2B 260; then the user simply slides the
rings 230 or loops onto the excess belt material 220 to its final
place 270 as shown by threading the excess portion of 260 into the
loop 230 thereby grasping the excess material. So the process can
be summed up as a group of steps comprising:
Overall Process
[0031] 1--cutting a piece of material into an oblong strip of
appropriate size for a particular size and type of belt such that
the strip of material has two small ends;
[0032] 2--connecting the two small ends end to end to form a loop
of material by sewing the ends or melting them depending on the
type of material;
[0033] 3--threading the front of a belt (non-buckle side) into
loop(s);
[0034] 4--move the loop(s) through the belt until it arrives near
the buckle as near to the buckle as will be necessary to engage the
excess holding action of the loop;
[0035] 5--placing the belt into any pants or skirt loops built into
the pants or skirt and tying the belt about the pants or skirt as
normally;
[0036] 6--engaging the excess loop action by threading the excess
portion of the belt into the loop(s). Optionally step `5` is
replaced with:
[0037] OPTIONAL step `5`: placing the belt on top of a blouse or
into any pants or skirt loops built into the pants or skirt and
tying the belt about the pants or skirt as normally;
[0038] FINAL CONSIDERATION: An elastic rubber band is optionally
inserted between the two ends of material intended to be formed
into a loop; the band is sewn (melted) at either end into the
respective ends of the two ends of material intended to be formed
into a loop. The elastic band is made from a typical rubber
material used in elastic clothing such as waist bands or
underwear.
[0039] Thus, novel mechanisms have been described that overcome the
deficiencies found in the prior art.
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