US 12,389,955 B2
Garment adjusting system
Tina M. Casillas, Beaverton, OR (US); and Fanny Yung Ho, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,838, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126308 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0028 (2013.01) [A41C 3/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment adjusting system comprising:
a first strap having a first end and an opposite second end, the second end of the first strap secured to a first textile element;
a male coupling component fixedly coupled to the first end of the first strap;
a second strap having a first end and an opposite second end, the second end of the second strap secured to a second textile element; and
a female coupling component slidably coupled to the second strap, the female coupling component adapted to releasably mate with the male coupling component, wherein the female coupling component is slidable along a length of the second strap such that movement of the female coupling component in a first direction increases a level of support provided by the garment adjusting system and movement of the female coupling component in an opposite second direction decreases the level of support provided by the garment adjusting system,
wherein the female coupling component includes a body having a receiving hole at one end, a release tab at an opposing end, and a through hole between the receiving hole and the release tab, and wherein the second strap is slidably threaded through the through hole.