Garment having improved, self closing, filamentary fasteners

• US 4,680,030 A
• Filed: 11/13/1985
• Issued: 07/14/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Coates, Fredrica V., Jean Orsini, Richard Jannoni
• Original Assignee: Coates, Fredrica V., Jean Orsini, Richard Jannoni
• Inventors: Jannoni, Richard, Orsini, Jean, Coates, Fredrica V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US06/797,806
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 604/391, 604/390, 604/389, 604/385.1
• US Class Current: 604/391
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49004 with fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/622 Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/5688 inclined at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis

Abstract

A diaper or other garment comprises a first piece of fluid absorbant fabric (12) profiled to the contour of a human body and having a pair of arcuate corner extensions (20) carrying hook type filamentary fastener strips (26) adapted to be coupled to loop type filamentary material (24) on a stomach portion of the garment when the garment is folded to be worn. An arcuate, protective cover (28) at each corner extension carries a filamentary loop strip (32) to self-close with the filamentary hooks (26) on the extensions and thereby protect the hooks (26) from lint during washing. Each filamentary strip (26, 32) is sewn to a fabric base (35) to prevent the strip from wrinkling or warping as a result of the high temperatures associated with commercial laundering. In another embodiment, a pair of two ply fabric tabs (46, 48) attached together at one end and to a waist belt (56) or garment (37) carry a strips (50, 52) of complementary filamentary fastener material. The strips are centrally positioned and span the width of the tabs whereby when the strips (50, 52) are coupled to each other, the region of the tabs (46, 48) above the strips (50, 52) establishes a loop to receive the end loops of an absorbant pad insert (38).

Claims

1. A garment, comprising:

a first piece of fabric;

a first fastener means attached to and extending outward from the first piece of fabric, said first fastener means comprising a second piece of fabric having one end attached to the first piece, a first filamentary fastener provided on a portion of said second piece of fabric;

a second fastener means comprising a second, complementary filamentary fastener on a surface of said first piece of fabric and adapted to be coupled to the first fastener means when the first fabric is folded to be worn; and

cover means comprising a third piece of fabric attached only at one end to and extending outward from the first piece of fabric and substantially coextensive with the second piece of fabric, a third, complementary filamentary fastener material provided on a portion of the third piece of fabric face to face and coextensive with at least a portion of the first filamentary fastener;

the first and third filamentary fasteners thereby tending to self-close to each other during washing.

2. The garment of claim 1, wherein said first fastener means comprises filamentary hooks and said second and third fastener means comprises filamentary loops.

3. The garment of claim 1, including a bias strip on an edge of at least one of said second and third pieces of fabric.

4. The garment of claim 1, wherein said second and third pieces of fabric have an arcuate shape.

5. The garment of claim 2, wherein said second and third pieces of fabric are formed of a single, approximately elliptical, piece of fabric, folded at its center and attached thereat to the first piece of fabric.

6. The garment of claim 1, wherein the first and third filamentary fasteners are strips of filamentary fastener material, the length of the strip of the first filamentary fastener being greater than that of the third filamentary fastener.

7. The garment of claim 6, wherein the strip of the third filamentary fastener is positioned adjacent a free end of the third piece of fabric.

11. The garment of claim 1, wherein a fluid resistant layer is attached to said first piece of fabric and said second piece of fabric is retained to said garment between said first piece of fabric and fluid resistant layer.

12. The garment of claim 11, wherein on end of said first strip of filamentary fastener material on said second piece of fabric is retained between said first piece of fabric and fluid resistant layer, and the third strip of complementary filamentary fastener material is positioned on an outer end portion of said third piece of fabric.

13. The garment of claim 12, wherein said third piece of fabric is retained with said second piece of fabric between said first piece of fabric and said fluid resistant layer.

14. The garment of claim 13, wherein each said extension and its corresponding cover are formed of a single piece of fabric folded at its center and retained thereat between said first fabric and fluid resistant layer.

15. The garment of claim 5, wherein said first and second filamentary material strips are attached to the single piece of fabric by a continuous stitch.

17. The garment of claim 1, wherein said first and second fabric bases are formed by a common fabric base, folded at approximately its center and attached thereat to said first fabric.

18. The garment of claim 17, including an overedging on an edge of said common fabric base.

19. The garment of claim 17, wherein the length of the third strips is less than the length of the second strips.

20. The garment of claim 17, wherein the length of the second strips is less than a distance between the first strips and an adjacent side of the garment.

8. A garment formed of a first piece of fabric profiled to fit a mid-section of a wearer, opposite corners of one end of said first piece of fabric forming arcuate extensions, each extension carrying a first strip of a first type filamentary fastener material;

a second strip of a second type filamentary fastener material complimentary to the first type provided on a surface of the garment remote from said opposite corners and adapted to be coupled to the first strips of fastener material when the garment is worn; and

a protective cover at each of said opposite corners, each said cover being formed of an additional piece of fabric having only one end attached to the first piece of fabric and an opposite end free, and being substantially coextensive with its corresponding arcuate extension, a portion of each said cover having adjacent its free end a third strip of the complementary type filamentary fastener material face to face and at least partially coextensive with said first strip, the first and third strips of filamentary fastener material thereby tending to self-close to each other during washing.

9. The garment of claim 8, wherein said first type filamentary material comprises filamentary hooks and the complimentary type filamentary material comprises filamentary loops.

10. The garment of claim 8, including a bias strip on an edge of said cover.

16. A garment formed of a first fabric having an approximately rectangular configuration with openings formed on opposite sides thereof to accommodate the legs of a wearer, front and rear portions of the garment established respectively on opposite ends of the leg openings;

first strip means of one type of filamentary fastener material on an outer surface of the front portion of the garment;

a pair of second strips of a complimentary type of filamentary fastener material attached to and extending laterally outward from a side of the rear portion of the garment, the pair of second strips spaced from each other along the side of the garment and adapted to be coupled to said first strip means with the garment wrapped around the body of the wearer, said pair of second fastener strips provided on a first fabric base;

said first fabric base having a substantially rectangular configuration with a portion between the pair of second filamentary fastener strips open, said open portion extending along only a portion of the width of the first fabric base; and

cover means comprising third, complimentary filamentary fastener strips, mounted on a second fabric base coextensive with the first fabric base with the third fastener strips and facing the second fastener strips, an opening formed in the second fabric base between the third fastener strips and extending along substantially the width of the second fabric, the second and third fastener strips thereby tending to self-close for protection of the second fastener strips during washing.