US 12,302,957 B2
Method and apparatus to convert clothing for sexual interest, bondage and power play
Deborah Ward, Mendham, NJ (US); Isaac Castañeda, Mendham, NJ (US); and Diana Ponce-Cwiekalo, Valley Cottage, NY (US)
Assigned to LOOD, LLC, Mendham, NJ (US)
Filed by LOOD, LLC, Mendham, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,124.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119674 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 1/22 (2018.01); A41D 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/22 (2013.01) [A41D 15/00 (2013.01); A41D 2300/322 (2013.01); A41D 2300/33 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to convert clothing comprising:
an outer layer;
an under base layer; and
at least one fastening and release mechanism for coupling the under base layer to the outer layer and removal of the under base layer from the outer layer,
the clothing is a convertible skirt the outer layer is formed of a plurality of vertical straps and a plurality of horizontal straps, each of the vertical straps extending vertically, each of the horizontal straps extending horizontally, each of the vertical straps being coupled or integral with the plurality of horizontal straps, a top one of the horizontal straps being a waistband and a bottom one of the horizontal straps being a hem wherein the fastening and release mechanisms are positioned at the hem and the waistband of the outer layer and a hem and a waistband of the under base layer of the convertible skirt, the fastening and release mechanisms comprising hook coupling members and eye coupling members, a first set of the hook coupling members coupled to an underside of the hem of the outer layer, a second set of the hook coupling members coupled to an underside of the waistband of the outer layer, a third set of the hook coupling members coupled to one of the vertical straps of the outer layer positioned at sides of the convertible skirt, the eye coupling members attached to the hem and the waistband and sides of the under base layer, the hook coupling members configured for being received in the eye coupling members for coupling the under base layer to the outer layer and the hook coupling members are disengaged from the eye coupling members to decouple the under base layer from the outer layer, wherein the top one of the horizontal straps comprising a pair of horizontal straps and the bottom one of the horizontal straps comprising a pair of horizontal straps and further comprising closure devices formed at a center at a rear of the convertible skirt, a first of the closure devices connecting the pair of the horizontal straps of the bottom one at the hem and a second of the closure devices connecting the pair of the horizontal straps of the top one at the waistband, the closure devices formed of a ring having a ring opening therein and a toggle, the toggle is removed from the ring opening to open the outer layer and the toggle is received in the ring opening and ends of the toggle extend over sides of the ring to close the outer layer wherein the release mechanisms detach the under base layer from the outer layer and when the under base layer is decoupled from the outer layer the clothing is transformed into sexual paraphernalia.