US 12,295,429 B2
Garment with closure
Toby K. L. Morgan, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Mollusca Atelier LLC
Filed by Mollusca Atelier LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,340.
Application 18/521,340 is a division of application No. 17/682,597, filed on Feb. 28, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,153, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,578, filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090592 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A41B 9/00 (2006.01); A41D 7/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 9/005 (2013.01) [A41D 7/00 (2013.01); A41D 13/0017 (2013.01); A41F 1/002 (2013.01); A41B 2300/30 (2013.01); A41D 2300/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetically securing clothing garment comprising:
a lower torso portion configured to be worn over a lower torso of a user, the lower torso portion comprising:
a front portion,
a back portion; and
a strap portion configured to couple the back portion and the front portion, the strap portion being fixed to one of the back portion or the front portion at one end of the strap and free at the other end of the strap, the free end configured for being removably coupled to the other of the front portion or back portion, wherein the strap portion is configured for being circumferentially disposed over the pubis mound of the user and between legs of the user, and when coupled to the back and front portions, the strap portion and the front and back portions define leg apertures, each leg aperture configured for allowing passage therethrough of a leg of the user wearing the garment,
wherein the strap portion comprises a first magnetic fastener coupled to the free end of the strap portion and the other of the front portion or back portion to which the strap portion is removably coupled comprises a second magnetic, fastener, wherein each of the first and second magnetic fasteners comprise magnetic material arranged in a V-shape; and
wherein the first magnetic fastener and the second magnetic fastener have a pull strength of at least 100 kg when the first magnetic fastener and the second magnetic fastener are coupled together without fabric.