US 12,220,013 B1
Size adjustment system for clothing and hats
Joey Graham, Nashville, TN (US); Colin Cochran, Dayton, OH (US); and James Protich, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Joey Graham, Nashville, TN (US); Colin Cochran, Dayton, OH (US); and James Protich, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,423, filed on Jan. 18, 2022.
Int. Cl. A42B 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 1/22 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A size adjustment system configured to be an integral part of an article of clothing, comprising:
a body, wherein the body
is comprised of manually deformable material,
includes a body opening that
extends longitudinally in the body, and
is rectangular in transverse cross-section,
includes a movable projection that is integral with the body,
wherein in transverse cross-section the moveable projection includes an inwardly directed point,
includes a generally planar longitudinally extending landing surface, wherein the landing surface
extends outside of the opening, and
in transverse cross-section is in aligned relation with one side of the opening,
wherein the point is directed toward the landing surface,
a flexible strap piece, wherein the flexible strap piece
is elongated along the longitudinal direction,
includes a pair of manually engageable outward extending projections, and
in transverse cross-section
includes a pair of parallel opposed sides,
wherein at least one of the pair of sides includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced projections or recesses,
wherein the flexible strap piece is configured to be longitudinally movable within the body opening,
wherein in an undeformed position of the body
the point is in engagement with at least one of the longitudinally spaced projections or recesses, whereby the flexible strap piece is held longitudinally fixed in the opening, and
the flexible strap piece is movable responsive to manual force applied to the manually engageable outward extending projections, and
wherein in a manually deformed position of the body the point is disengaged from the projections and recesses, whereby the flexible strap piece is longitudinally movable in the opening.