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Clothing with Adjustable Waist Size

a waist size and adjustable technology, applied in the field of clothing, can solve the problems of difficult adjustment of waist size for wearers, and extremely complicated operation, and achieve the effect of excellent appearan

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-02-08
MINAMI HONTEN CORP
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[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the aforementioned problems in view and it is an object of the present invention to provide clothing, such as skirts and trousers, with a waist size that can be adjusted by the wearer, and to provide such clothing with an excellent appearance.
[0009] According to the present invention, the waistband part is cut and separated to have opposite end portions facing each other and the body part is formed with the opening / closing portions having the opening / closing means and extending from lower edges of the opposite end portions of the waistband part to a lower position, so that the opening / closing portions integral with the opposite end portions of the waistband part can be separated leftward and rightward from each other by the opening / closing means. Therefore, a wearer can easily expose the rubber band and the coupling means of the rubber band encapsulated in the waistband part from the opposite end portions of the waistband part to thereby easily adjust the waist size by himself / herself.
[0010] When the clothing is worn, the rubber band exposed from the opposite end portions of the waistband part is covered and hidden with the locking piece to thereby enhance the appearance.

Problems solved by technology

However, the alteration is an extremely complicated operation and it is not easy for the wearer to adjust the waist size by himself / herself.
According to the aforementioned publication, however, it is not easy to adjust a waist size to one which is the fittest for a wearer and also an exposed string or belt makes appearance of the skirt unpleasant.
However, a large cloth required for a hip portion is secured in cutting and is gathered to a waist portion; therefore, the skirt billows around the waist and looks ugly.
Further, the skirt has many gathers and is not fashionable.

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first embodiment

[0030] A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As illustrated in FIG. 1, this embodiment relates to a skirt 1 including a body part 2 formed into a cylindrical shape by sewing a front body part 2a and a back body part 2b made of cotton, wool, synthetic fiber, and the like together and a long and narrow waistband part 3 circumferentially provided at an upper end of the body part 2.

[0031] As illustrated in FIG. 2, the waistband part 3 is cut and separated so as to have opposite end portions 5a, 5b facing each other at an upper end of the back body part 2b and is formed in a sack shape so that a rubber band 6 for elastically expanding and contracting in a circumferential direction of a waist can be encapsulated in the waistband part 3. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the rubber band 6 has a proper length and is formed in a ring shape by coupling opposite ends of the rubber band 6 through a knot which is coupling means 7. In this embodim...

second embodiment

[0040] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. As illustrated in FIG. 3, this embodiment also relates to the skirt 1 including the body part 2 formed into the cylindrical shape by sewing the front body part 2a and the back body part 2b together and the waistband part 3 circumferentially provided at the upper end of the body part 2. In this embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4, one flat rubber band 6′ is encapsulated in the waistband part 3.

[0041] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the rubber band 6′ is formed in a ring shape with its opposite ends coupled together and the opposite ends are sewn together by using a sewing machine as coupling means 7′ in this embodiment.

[0042] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the locking piece 10 provided on the surface in the vicinity of the end portion 5a of the waistband part 3 is formed with a buttonhole 30, a button 31 is sewn in a proper position on a surface in the vicinity of the end portion 5b, and th...

third embodiment

[0047] A third embodiment relates to a modification of the aforementioned embodiments and is formed of a body part 2 formed by sewing a front body part 2a and a back body part 2b together and a waistband part 3 formed into a sack shape by respectively folding back upper ends of the front body part 2a and the back body part 2b as illustrated in FIG. 5.

[0048] In this embodiment, unlike the aforementioned embodiments, opposite end portions 5a, 5b of the waistband part 3 are not provided with the locking piece or the button. A pair of left and right engaging portions 20a, 20b provided along edge portions of the opening / closing portions 16a, 16b extend to upper edges of the opposite end portions 5a, 5b of the waistband part 3 and upper ends 23a, 23b of the engaging portions 20a, 20b are aligned with the upper edges of the end portions 5a, 5b of the waistband part 3. As the fastener, an invisible fastener is used.

[0049] In this way, the opening / closing portions 16a, 16b integral with th...

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Abstract

Clothing of the present invention includes a body part, a waistband part circumferentially provided at an upper end of the body part and having opposite end portions, and a rubber band encapsulated in the waistband part. Locking units are provided on a surface of the end portion and a back face of the end portion, opposite ends of the rubber band which can be exposed from a side end of the end portion and from a hole portion formed in the back face of the end portion are coupled by a coupling unit so that a length of the rubber band can be adjusted, the body part is formed with opening / closing portions having opening / closing units, the opening / closing portions integral with the opposite end portions can be separated leftward and rightward from each other by the opening / closing units, and the opening / closing units are invisible from the front when the opening / closing portions are closed. Therefore, it is possible to provide clothing such as a skirt and a pair of trousers with a waist size which can be adjusted by a wearer and with good appearance.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Technical Field [0002] The present invention relates to clothing such as skirts and trousers. In particular, the present invention relates to clothing with a waist size that can be adjusted by the wearer. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Conventionally, many clothes such as skirts and trousers have a fixed waist size and should be altered when a wearer's figure changes in his / her waist size. However, the alteration is an extremely complicated operation and it is not easy for the wearer to adjust the waist size by himself / herself. [0005] To cope with this, there is proposed a universal-waist-size skirt as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-49109 (1985), for example. [0006] According to the aforementioned publication, however, it is not easy to adjust a waist size to one which is the fittest for a wearer and also an exposed string or belt makes appearance of the skirt unpleasant. Conventionally, there is also a s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D1/06
CPCA41D1/20A41F9/025A41D2300/33A41D1/21
Inventor OOMAE, TAKAKO
Owner MINAMI HONTEN CORP
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