Attachment clip or support for a garment

The present invention relates to attachment of a garment, for example, a belt, to another garment, for example a pair of trousers or a skirt.

The conventional manner of attachment of a belt to a garment, such as a pair of trousers or skirt, is to thread the belt through belt loops sewn to the pair of trousers and fasten the belt to itself. The retention of the belt within the loops then prevents the trousers from falling, by the belt being secured at a smaller circumference than that of the hips of the person wearing the garment.

However, such belt loops are unsightly when a belt is not worn with the garment. Further, the loops may not be of the correct size to accept some belts, for example, where the belt is particularly wide, or very narrow. Therefore, belts often must be worn, even though there is no need for the belt to hold up the garment on the wearer. Conversely, where no belt loops are provided, the size of the garment must be correct, or the garment will not stay up on the wearer. In such a case, a belt cannot be worn as it cannot be attached to the garment to keep the garment up.

An aspect of the present invention provides a means of attachment of one garment, such as a belt, to another garment, such as a pair of trousers, or skirt.

In an aspect of the invention, the means includes two opposing contact regions, biased towards mutual contact, configured to grip a garment therebetween. In an aspect of the present invention, a clip is provided, to achieve this.

The clip may be in the form of two substantially parallel substantially-parallel members, at least a portion of each of which is biased into contact with the other by a resilient join between the two at a common edge or join of the members. These first and second members may be plates. The members can be placed over a waistband of a garment, such as a pair of trousers, with another garment, such as a belt also between the members. The biasing of the two members into contact with one another provides two opposing contact regions, and causes the two garments to be held together by the contact regions, for example, a belt to be held to the waistband of a pair of trousers, in order to hold the trousers in the correct position around the waist of a wearer. In an aspect the first member includes a hook portion distal to the join between the members. The hook portion is formed of a bend, in-turned towards the second member until the in-turned portion extends substantially parallel to the first member, with a gap between the first member and the hook portion. The distance between the join and the in-turn of the hook portion may be varied as required. In use, a belt is placed within the clip, and is retained in the clip by the hook portion, the gap of which receives and retains the belt in place, and forms a retaining portion or region. The side of the hook portion towards the second member and the second member itself thus provide opposing contact regions. The trousers are then placed between the contact regions and the two garments are thus held together.

In a further aspect of the invention, the hook portion may be extended. In such an embodiment, the hook portion may extend substantially parallel from the first member from which it depends, and its free end may be in-turned a second time, back towards the first member. The second in-turn may provide a projection, which is directed towards the gap formed by the hook portion and the first member, and which forms a more enclosed retaining region as compared with the retaining portion of other aspects of the invention, the retaining portion being closed by the projection, the hook portion and the first member. In this way, a belt, placed inside the retaining portion between the hook portion and the first member cannot move up or down relative to the clip. The side of the hook portion towards the second member, and the second member together still provide opposing contact regions. Further, a further extending portion may be provided extending away from the hook portion and the first member, substantially parallel with the second member. The extending portion and a region of the second member distal most to the join may then be biased into contact with one another to provide the opposing contact regions.

In a further aspect of the invention a belt and attachment means are provided for attachment of the belt to a garment, such as a pair of trousers or a skirt. The clip may be as described in other aspects of the invention. The belt comprises a material, such as ribbon, which may be interwoven with the belt on a surface thereof configured to be positioned towards the body of a wearer of the belt. The ends of the material are fixed to the belt. The material is interwoven into the belt so that the material passes alternately inside and outside the inner surface of the belt, preferably at regular intervals. Alternatively, the material may be stitched, glued or otherwise connected to the inner side of the belt. In the regions where the material is not directly attached to, or woven through, the material of the belt, a gap may be formed between the material and the belt, through which the clip can be passed, while the material is securely attached to the belt overall. In other words, the material may be threaded through portions of the interior side of the belt, leaving portions of the material outside the belt, forming a plurality of longitudinal ‘loops’ formed by the material and the belt, through which the clip may be passed transverse to the loop and attached to the material.

The clip may be dimensioned so that the retaining portion discussed above is of similar size to the width and thickness of the material, so that the material is held securely relative to the clip. A garment may then be placed between the members of the clip, and the belt is thus attached to the garment and the garment is held in position by the belt. Such a clip and belt allow the clip to be concealed behind the belt, which may be desirable for both an aesthetic point of view and also prevents the clip from catching on, for example, other items of clothing. Further, the clip is not be pulled off the belt by being caught on something external to the belt and deformed or pulled off the garment. Further still, the clip does not contact the outer, decorative, surface of the belt. This avoids any possibility of the clip damaging the outer surface of the belt. The belt can then also be worn with other garments having belt loops without problem. Further, belts that are too large to pass through belt loops can be used with the clip.

Further, in aspects of the invention, the two sides of the clip each include a contact region which contacts the garment (one the outer and the other the inner side of the garment), rather than one contact region contacting the belt, and the other contacting the garment, with the belt and garment in direct contact. This improves the reliability of the clip because the belt and garment are not in contact and so cannot move relative to one another at that direct contact point. The clip therefore has only to stay attached to the garment, with opposing contact regions.

In aspects of the invention, first and second members are provided, which are joinable by an extending portion on one of the members interacting with the second member directly, or with a receiving part on the second member. The receiving part may be a internally recess or hollow cylinder, to receive the extending portion. The extending portion may be a pin. The extending portion may be threaded to engage with a complementary thread on the receiving part. The garments may be a pair of trousers or a skirt and a belt. One or both of the outer surfaces of the members (which may be circular) may have an adornment attached thereto or decoration applied thereto or placed thereon. Alternatively, the outer surfaces may consist of a design and may be shaped accordingly. One surface may be adapted to be worn directly against the skin, so that it is comfortable, while the other surface is decorated, for example to have eye, or fashion, appeal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments of the invention will now be described, purely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of a clip according to an embodiment of the invention

FIG. 2 shows a cross-section of a clip according to a further embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 shows a portion of a belt for use in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or 2; and

FIGS. 4a and 4b show a stud according to an embodiment of the invention.

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