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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1984
Horst G Appelt, Wuppertal, DE;
Schaeffer Scovill Verbindungstechnik GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
A waistband adjusting element for garments such as trousers, which provides for greater flexibility in the adjustable connection of overlapping waistband sections, is disclosed. A detent rail is attached to the inner waistband member and has a movable slider mounted on it, coupled to a hinged locking tab provided with a central window, through which a cover strip passes to conceal the detent rail from view. The other end of the locking tab is pivotably coupled to the outer waistband section by flexible fabric loop which is capable of rotating from a flat position against the outer waistband section to a folded back overlapping position through an arc of approximately 180.degree.. The flexibility of the fabric loop through its pivoting range allows the locking tab to also pivot through a corresponding 180.degree. range between engaged and disengaged positions with respect to the detent rail. The contour of the locking tab and an opposed pair of tapered or beveled corners facilitates the adjustment of the cover strip through the window of the locking tab as the waistband members are being moved relative to each other. The outer waistband member can also act as a gripping element to permit ready manipulation of the waistband sections relative to each other.