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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2005
Applicant:
John Lindquist, Liberty, NC (US);
Inventor:
John Lindquist, Liberty, NC (US);
Assignee:
VF Jeanswear Limited Partnership, Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article having an improved closure device. The article includes an opening including: (i) an overlapping portion with a receiving aperture; and (ii) an underlying surface; and (b) an asymmetrically offset fastener attached to the underlying surface of the article for fastening the underlying surface to the overlapping portion, wherein the asymmetrically offset fastener is dimensionally greater in one direction than in the other direction with respect to the aperture.