US 12,465,107 B2
Wearable article and system for securing article to the body
Michael J. Syphrit, Pompano Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Michael J. Syphrit, Pompano Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,567.
Prior Publication US 2025/0040649 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A42B 1/14 (2006.01); A42B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 7/00 (2013.01) [A42B 1/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for tightening an article of clothing or accessory having a front and a back and having a peripheral surface capable of being size-adjusted or tightened onto a body of a wearer, said system comprising:
(a) the article of clothing or accessory comprising a plurality of braided strands of a fibrous material forming a semi-rigid weave layer having pattern of about 3 to about 8 holes or openings per linear inch in all directions such that the holes or openings form between about 15 to about 35 percent of the entire surface of said weave layer; and
(b) a braided cord more pliable than said weave layer and comprising a plurality of filaments, said cord having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion adjoining said first and second ends, said cord being press-fittingly woven through two front openings in the weave layer, said two front openings being positioned at the front of said article, about one inch to about two inches apart from one another on a horizontal plane, and on opposing sides of an axial midline forming right and left halves of the article, such that about one inch of the middle portion of the cord is positioned on an inner surface of the weave layer, leaving a remaining length of said cord, including the first and second ends of said cord, positioned outwardly of said weave layer and extending on opposite sides of the article to the back of said article,
wherein, the first end of said cord is press-fittingly inserted into and out of four back openings in said weave layer, and the second end of said cord is press-fittingly woven through at least two of said four back openings in said weave layer, said first and second ends being woven through said back openings in opposite directions,
whereby the first and second ends of the cord and sub-segments adjoining each of said first and second ends of the cord extend outwardly from the outer surface of the weave layer, said adjoining sub-segments having sufficient length to manually grasp and tighten said cord to secure the article to the body of the wearer,
said back openings being positioned substantially along a horizontal plane parallel to said front two openings, whereby one or more sub-segments adjoining the first end of the cord frictionally contact one or more sub-segments adjoining the second end of the cord.