US 11,672,311 B1
Adhesive fabric fastener
Ann DesRuisseaux, Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Ann DesRuisseaux, Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,280.
Application 17/574,280 is a continuation of application No. 15/179,772, filed on Jun. 10, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/173,780, filed on Jun. 10, 2015.
Int. Cl. A44B 17/00 (2006.01); A41F 1/02 (2006.01); A41D 27/08 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01); A47G 11/00 (2006.01); A44C 3/00 (2006.01); A41B 1/10 (2006.01); A44B 99/00 (2010.01)
CPC A44B 17/0064 (2013.01) [A41B 1/10 (2013.01); A41D 27/08 (2013.01); A41F 1/004 (2013.01); A41F 1/02 (2013.01); A44B 17/0041 (2013.01); A44B 17/0058 (2013.01); A44B 99/00 (2013.01); A47G 11/003 (2013.01); A41B 2300/324 (2013.01); Y10T 24/33 (2015.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adhesive secured temporary fabric fastener, comprising:
a first portion of a fastening member, the first portion having a first back surface, said first portion adapted for securement to a piece of fabric;
a second portion of the fastening member, the second portion having a second back surface, said second portion adapted for securement to a piece of fabric or an object;
a first piece of paper-backed self-adhesive or heat fusible tape provided at the first back surface; and
a second piece of paper-backed self-adhesive or heat fusible tape provide at the second back surface;
wherein in use the first portion is non-permanently secured to the piece of fabric by the first self-adhesive or the heat fusible tape and the second portion is non-permanently secured to the piece of fabric or the object by the second self-adhesive or the heat fusible tape and the piece of fabric is secured to the piece of fabric or the object by securing the first portion to the second portion;
wherein securement of the fastening member to the piece of fabric or the object is achieved without any alterations or piercing of the fabric or the object;
wherein the piece of fabric is a button down shirt having a plurality of buttons and a corresponding number of button holes with the buttons spaced apart along a portion of a first side of the shirt and the button holes spaced apart along a portion of a second side of the shirt, wherein when the shirt is buttoned the portion of the second side of the shirt overlaps a portion of the first side of the shirt such that the buttons and the corresponding button holes are aligned with each other, wherein in buttoned configuration for the shirt the first portion of the fastening member is non-permanently secured to the portion of the first side of the shirt between two adjacent buttons and the second portion of the fastening member is non-permanently secured to an internal area of the second side of the shirt between two the corresponding adjacent button holes such that the fastening member is hidden from view in use and helps to reduce or eliminate any gap created between the adjacent buttons and corresponding the button holes.