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Detachable clip-on waistband extenderRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, General Structure, Pockets, Fastening AttachmentsDetachable clip-on waistband extender description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070271684, Detachable clip-on waistband extender. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a detachable clip-on waistband extender for use on skirts, pants, trousers or slacks in order to extend the waistline circumference of the clothing garment. More particularly, the detachable clip-on waistband extender is to be used by a person who has gained weight, such that the clip-on waistband extender extends the waist size of the user's clothing garment at least one or two sizes without alteration from a tailor/seamstress. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Clips, fasteners, and coupling devices for closing or fastening apparel and clips used in conjunction with clothing accessories for increasing belt length have taken many forms in relation to appearance, functionality, shape, and material of construction. Generally, various types of clips or fasteners have structures that are utilized in conjunction with the button hole and button of the garment or accessory or correspondingly, with the eye slot member and the waistband hook member of the clothing garment that is needed to be expanded or increased to a larger size measurement. The use of such devices increases the use of a particular clothing item even when the user has gained weight or has outgrown his/her garment size. [0003] There remains a needs for a detachable clip-on waistband extender for increasing and extending the waist size of a garment, such that one end of the waistband extender engages and clips-on the eye slot member of the garment and the other end of the waistband extender engages and clips-on the waistband hook member of the garment. Different lengths and sizes of the detachable clip-on waistband extender will be available for men, women, and children's clothing. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART [0004] Prior art clips, fasteners clothes-adjusting devices, hook assemblies, and coupling devices for increasing a garment size or accessory length have been constructed in various ways with regard to design, appearance, configuration, structure, functionality, shape and materials of construction. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 1,792,128 to STEVENSON discloses a coupling device having a button-engaging section and a hook section for supporting trousers in connection with an undershirt. This prior art patent does not disclose or teach the configuration, design or structure of the detachable clip-on waistband extender of the present invention. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,385,777 to HAMADA et al. discloses a clothes-adjusting apparatus cable of easily adjusting the dimension of the waistline of clothing, such as a skirts, trousers or the like. The clothes-adjusting apparatus includes a waistband member; a dimension-adjusting part defined by overlapping one end portion of the band member over the other end portion of the band member and extending from one end portion of the band member toward the other end portion of the band member near the dimension-adjusting part; and a second cloth member that is provided in the dimension-adjusting part having one edge joined to the other end portion of the band member and having another edge joined to the first cloth member. The aforementioned structure allows the use to adjust the waistband of a pair of pants, a skirt, etc. This prior art patent does not disclose or teach the configuration, design or structure of the detachable waistband extender of the present invention. [0006] U.S. Pat. No. 6,434,754 to KATO discloses a hook assembly used for a waist-adjusting mechanism of a garment with the garment having the waist-adjusting mechanism attached thereto. A front center opening can be opened and closed by a zip fastener. A hook assembly joins upper ends of the front center opening in a separable way and adjusts a waist size of pants within a fixed range. An adjusting cloth is sewed between one of the fastener tapes of the zip fastener and an outer cloth of the front center opening. The adjusting cloth has an overlap to provide an extra length on the waist size of the pants so as to fit a waist size of a user. The overlap of the adjusting cloth is extended in a specified manner so as to adjust a size of the patents corresponding to a portion lower than the waist of the user. This prior art patent does not disclose or teach the configuration, design or structure of the detachable waistband extender of the present invention. [0007] None of the aforementioned prior art patents disclose or teach the features shown in the design, configuration and structure of the present invention of a detachable clip-on waistband extender for use on slacks, skirts, pants or trousers in order to extend the waistline of the garments without alteration to them. [0008] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender for use on clothing garments such as skirts, culottes, slacks, pants, trousers, shorts, or jeans in order to extend the waistline circumference of that clothing garment without any alteration to the clothing garment. [0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender for use on persons who have gained weight, such that the detachable clip-on waistband extender extends and increases the waist size of the user's garment at least one or two clothing sizes. [0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender for increasing and extending the waist size of the clothing garment that is of a compact configuration and is easy to use. [0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender having different styles, lengths and sizes for use in men's, women's, and children's clothing. [0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender that is made from a light-weight, durable plastic or a light-weight metal. [0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender that is capable of adjusting its hooking position by the attachment of one of the channeled slot members to a waistband hook member of the clothing garment. [0014] A further object of the present invention is to provide a detachable clip-on waistband extender that can be mass produced in an automated and economical manner and is readily affordable by the user. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0015] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a clip-on waistband extender for engaging an eye slot member and a waistband hook member of a garment to increase a fastened distance between the eye slot member and the waistband hook member of a waistband section of the garment to provide comfort to the wearer. The clip-on waistband extender includes a bar member having a first end and a second end; the bar member is used for bridging a gap between the eye slot member and the waistband hook member located on the waistband section of the garment. The first end of the bar member includes a hook member for detachably engaging onto the eye slot member on the waistband section of the garment; and the second end of the bar member includes at least one or more channeled slot members for detachably engaging onto the waistband hook member on the waistband section of the garment so as to bridge the gap and to increase the fastened distance between the eye slot member and the waistband hook member located on the waistband section of the garment for expanding the waist of the garment in order to provide comfort to the wearer. Each of the channeled slot members is spaced-apart at the second end of the bar member in order to increase or decrease the fastened distance between the eye slot member and the waistband hook member on the waistband section of the garment in order to expand the waist size of the garment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0016] Further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon the consideration of the following detailed description of the presently preferred embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein: [0017] FIG. 1 is an enlarged front perspective view of the detachable clip-on waistband extender of the preferred embodiment of the present invention showing its component parts in detail; [0018] FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the detachable clip-on waistband extender of the present invention showing the clip-on waistband extender being attached to a clothing garment; [0019] FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of the detachable clip-on waistband extender of the present invention showing the clip-on waistband extender in its attached configuration to the clothing garment; Continue reading about Detachable clip-on waistband extender... 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