sign in sign up
<<
Home , Placket, Zipper

US 20070028368A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2007/0028368 A1 Morton (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 8, 2007

(54) CONTINUOUS CLOSURE SYSTEM (52) Us. or...... 2/265 REINFORCING BUTTONED GARMENTS (76) Inventor: Samantha Leigh Morton, Cambridge, (57) ABSTRACT MA (US) Correspondence Address: The invention is a continuous closure system comprised of Samantha Leigh M on on an open ended concealed , roW of hook and eye suite 6C , or strip of hook and loops, that attach to a 700 Huron Avenue of a front-buttoning . The invention alloWs the Cambridge, MA 02138 (Us) Wearer to close the front of the shirt after dressing them selves in the shirt by Zipping the Zipper, fastening the hook (21) APPL NO: 11/196,332 and eye fasteners, or pressing the hook and loop strips together, and then button the shirt With no revealing gaps (22) Filed; Aug_ 4, 2005 between the or unwanted stress on the buttons from a curvy ?gure beneath the shirt. One half of the continuous Publication Classi?cation closure system attaches to the exterior surface of the button placket, and the matching side of the continuous closure (51) Int. Cl. system attaches to the interior surface of the button-hole D05B 3/00 (2006.01) placket.

BUTTON PLACKET Patent Application Publication Feb. 8, 2007 Sheet 1 0f 2 US 2007/0028368 A1

BUTTON PLACKET

FIG. 1a

5) ,

\\ ~ 1-11 ZIPPER, HOOK AND 2G) EYE FASTENERS, / OR HOOK AND LOOP FASTENERS Patent Application Publication Feb. 8, 2007 Sheet 2 0f 2 US 2007/0028368 A1

FIG. 1B

OUTSIDE OF BUTTON \ ‘ PLACKET INSIDE OF__.—4_ é. ' BUTTON-HOLE , PLACKET "4 " 1? V US 2007/0028368 A1 Feb. 8, 2007

CONTINUOUS CLOSURE SYSTEM REINFORCING and loop material, that is attached at the point of closure of BUTTONED GARMENTS a button placket, Which is along the split front of a garment, With buttons and that are used for closure. The CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED continuous closure system holds the button placket and APPLICATIONS button-hole placket together continuously such that When [0001] Not Applicable closed, the button placket does not gap betWeen buttons or reveal anything beneath the placket. With regard to a front STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY buttoning shirt, the present invention alloWs the Wearer to SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT close the front of the shirt after dressing themselves in the shirt by Zipping the Zipper, fastening the hook and eye [0002] Not Applicable fasteners, or pressing the hook and loop strips together, and then button the shirt With no revealing gaps betWeen the REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A buttons or unWanted stress on the buttons from a curvy TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING ?gure beneath the shirt. COMPACT DISC APPENDIX [0010] One half of the continuous closure system Will [0003] Not Applicable attach to the on the button-side of the unclosed garment, on the outside of the button placket. The other half BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION of the continuous closure system Will attach to the clothing [0004] The purpose of this invention is closure, speci? on the -side of the unclosed garment, on the inside cally for articles of clothing. The impetus for this invention of the button placket. The continuous closure system Will is the gapping betWeen button-holes on blouses or front overlap With the , such that only the Zipper buttoning , especially common for those With curvy teeth, hook and eye fasteners, or raised portion of the hook bodies beneath the material. This gapping can reveal the and loop strip Will extend from the cloth of the clothing. This body or undergarments beneath the shirt. This invention is closure system can be installed in an existing article of meant to address and prevent this gapping in a Way that is buttoned clothing or be installed at inception of a piece of unnoticeable to others. clothing at the time of manufacturing of a piece of clothing. The closure system can be seWn into the garment or af?xed BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION to the garment using a bonding material betWeen the fabric edge of the Zipper, the backside of the hook and loop strips, [0005] The advantage of this invention is a continuous or the base of the hook and eye fasteners and the clothing closure to a buttoned shirt. The continuous closure system is fabric. comprised of a Zipper, roW of closely spaced hooks and eye fasteners, or strip of hook and loop material, preventing the What I claim as my invention is: gapping betWeen buttons so common on the front of Wom 1. In a garment having an opening With a side With buttons en’s shirts, While maintaining the look of the traditional and a side With button-holes, a garment closure system, button-front shirt. The continuous closure system is hidden comprising: A means for continuous closure of a button from vieW, behind the button and button-hole of an placket and a button-hole placket at the opening of the otherWise traditional button-front shirt. garment, With the means for continuous closure attached to the button placket and button-hole placket in a Way that is BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL hidden from vieW and maintains the traditional appearance VIEWS OF THE DRAWING of a buttoned shirt. [0006] FIG. 1 Description of button placket in context of 2. The continuous closure system of claim 1, Wherein: one front-buttoning shirt side of the Zipper, roW of hook and eye fasteners, or hook and loop material, attaches to the exterior surface of the [0007] FIG. 1a Attachment of closure system to button button placket, and the matching side of the Zipper, hook and placket and button-hole placket eye fasteners, or hook and loop material, attaches to the [0008] FIG. 1b Representation of outside of button placket interior surface of the button-hole placket. 3. The continuous closure system is af?xed to the garment and inside of button-hole placket permanently. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE 4. The continuous closure portion of the closure system of INVENTION claim 1, Wherein: the Zipper, hook and eye fasteners, or hook and loop material, is hidden behind the outermost placket. [0009] The continuous closure system comprises a con cealed Zipper, roW of hook and eye fasteners, or strip of hook * * * * *