US20130340145A1

US20130340145A1 - Excess Belt Loops

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Publication number: US20130340145A1
Application number: US13/924,538
Authority: US
Inventors: Kimberly Denice Cooper
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-06-23
Filing date: 2013-06-22
Publication date: 2013-12-26

Abstract

A system of holding belt curvature that extends away from an individual's body having a set of loops of material. The loops are formed from longitudinal strips of material that are sewn end to end. Once sewn they are slid into place along the length of a belt. To provide flexibility another embodiment has an elastic material strip sewn between either end of the first strip of material.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/663,560 filed Jun. 23, 2012.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to devices that assist the closure of waist holding devices such as a belt or sash.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIGS. 1 a and 1 b represent prior art problems with regards to belts. An individual such as a woman 100 as shown in FIG. 1 a or a man 100 as shown in FIG. 1 b is shown having a belt 110 wrapped about their respective waists. Belts are usually made from many different forms of material such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyls or similar suitable materials. Typically, a belt has a buckle arranged at one end to receive the other end of the belt made of the aforementioned materials through the buckle and locked by a swiveling pin, contact friction or similar action; this locks the belt in place as shown.
Additionally, a ring of material 130 is partially formed with one end of a strip of material sewn generally to the top of the belt and the other end of the strip of material sewn to the bottom of the belt; either ends may be sewn to the back of the belt as well. Thus, a cavity has been formed whereby the front of the belt may slide therethrough and proceed outwards. However, a problem arises when the belt is so large that there is an excess of material 120 that simply hangs from the woman FIG. 1 a or the man's 1 b waist so far that it presents an unattractive appearance as well as being a nuisance as it hits the sides of the person. Thus, there needs to be some mechanism to overcome the problems of the aforementioned.
Accordingly, there remains a need in the art for a way to stop the appearance of unattractive excess belt curvature protruding away from the body.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the known art and the problems that remain unsolved in the art as follows:
In a first embodiment, an excess belt control device comprising:

a belt having
- a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of the ends has a belt locking device and
a second strip of material having two ends that attach to each other formed in the shape of a loop.

In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.
In another aspect, wherein the belt is inserted in the second strip of material.
In another aspect, wherein there are a plurality of second strips of material.
In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material further comprises:

an elastic piece of material attached between the ends of the loop.

In a second embodiment, a belt closing device comprising:

a belt having
- a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of the ends has a belt locking device and
a second strip of material having two ends wherein each end is attached to
- a third strip of material having two ends such that each end of the third strip of material is attached to an end of the second strip of material such that the second strip along with the third strip forms a loop that is threaded through the belt.

In another aspect, wherein the second strip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.
In another aspect, wherein the third strip of material is from the group consisting of: elastic materials and rubber materials.
These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the attached drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which follow.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The preferred embodiments of the invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and not to limit the invention, in which:

FIGS. 1 a and 1 b represent prior art problems with regards to belts. An individual such as a woman as shown in FIG. 1 a or a man as shown in FIG. 1 b are shown having a belt wrapped about their respective waists. The problem of excessive belt curvature hanging away from body is shown therein.

FIG. 2 a represents a solution to the excessive portion of belt material that hangs from the individual's waist. A belt loop is added to restrain the excess hanging curvature of the belt. FIG. 2 b shows closeups of how a user utilizes an embodiment of the belt loops to restrict the hanging of an excess portion of the belt.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “rear”, “right”, “front”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in the individual figure. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary or the following detailed description. It is also to be understood that the specific devices and processes illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the following specification, are simply exemplary embodiments of the inventive concepts defined in the appended claims. Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics relating to the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting, unless the claims expressly state otherwise.
FIG. 2A represents a solution to the excessive portion of belt material that hangs from the individual's waist. Again a belt of suitable material such as leather, heavy cloth, vinyl or similar material is shown 200. The belt has a buckle 210 with swiveling action and excess material 220 that is to be corrected by applicant's innovations. In particular, strips of materials have been formed into rings or loops 230 by sewing (or melting) the ends of the strips of materials end to end. The strips of materials are made from leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips or similar man made or natural materials. A ring of material is shown in closeup as ring 240. This ring can have sayings, decorations, color and similar attributes.
The most important part of the instant embodiment is, however, that the loops 230 are threaded onto the excess 220 of belt 200 as shown in 250 of FIG. 2A. Before tying the belt on his or her waist, an individual ensures that he has some of the rings of material 230 ready for insertion. The user inserts the loop through the non-buckle side of the belt to the mid-point of the belt until it arrives near the buckle side of the belt as shown in 250 where the hand is. He or she places those rings 230 close to the buckle or end of the belt having the locking device; this is accomplished by threading the belt through the rings or loops 230 until they reach locking end (buckle area). Then the user threads the belts about the waist and into any preexisting loops that are built into the pants or skirts. Typically, there is an excess of material as shown in FIG. 2B 260; then the user simply slides the rings 230 or loops onto the excess belt material 220 to its final place 270 as shown by threading the excess portion of 260 into the loop 230 thereby grasping the excess material. So the process can be summed up as a group of steps comprising:

Overall Process

1—cutting a piece of material into an oblong strip of appropriate size for a particular size and type of belt such that the strip of material has two small ends;
2—connecting the two small ends end to end to form a loop of material by sewing the ends or melting them depending on the type of material;
3—threading the front of a belt (non-buckle side) into loop(s);
4—move the loop(s) through the belt until it arrives near the buckle as near to the buckle as will be necessary to engage the excess holding action of the loop;
5—placing the belt into any pants or skirt loops built into the pants or skirt and tying the belt about the pants or skirt as normally;
6—engaging the excess loop action by threading the excess portion of the belt into the loop(s). Optionally step ‘5’ is replaced with:
OPTIONAL step ‘5’: placing the belt on top of a blouse or into any pants or skirt loops built into the pants or skirt and tying the belt about the pants or skirt as normally;
FINAL CONSIDERATION: An elastic rubber band is optionally inserted between the two ends of material intended to be formed into a loop; the band is sewn (melted) at either end into the respective ends of the two ends of material intended to be formed into a loop. The elastic band is made from a typical rubber material used in elastic clothing such as waist bands or underwear.
Thus, novel mechanisms have been described that overcome the deficiencies found in the prior art.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An excess belt control device comprising:

a belt having

a strip of material formed between two ends wherein one of the ends has a belt locking device and

a second strip of material having two ends that attach to each other formed in the shape of a loop.

2. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second strip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.

3. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the belt is inserted in the second strip of material.

4. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of second strips of material.

5. The excess belt control device of claim 1, wherein the second strip of material further comprises:

an elastic piece of material attached between the ends of the loop.

6. A belt closing device comprising:

a belt having

a second strip of material having two ends wherein each end is attached to

a third strip of material having two ends such that each end of the third strip of material is attached to an end of the second strip of material such that the second strip along with the third strip forms a loop that is threaded through the belt.

7. The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the second strip of material is from the group consisting of: a leather, vinyl, heavy cloth, rubber strips, man made material, and natural material.

8. The belt closing device of claim 6, wherein the third strip of material is from the group consisting of: elastic materials and rubber materials.