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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424962 | Ball retainer as a pocket A pocket is formed to be carried at a waist of a player playing either golf or tennis. The pocket has a backing and a front made of a fabric that is flexible and stretchable to thereby hold at least three balls under tension while located in the pocket. The pocket i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418742 | Pants The present invention relates to pants capable of lifting sagging buttocks when a user wears them, thereby giving a sense of comfort as well as a good appearance to the user. The pants include elastic first wings, wherein each one side of the first wings is seamed w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7131147 | Pleated skirt A pleated skirt is disclosed which includes a waistband assembly having a rear segment and two front segments, and a composite pleated skirt assembly having front, side, and rear pleats attached to the waistband assembly, an adjustable pleat at each side of the skir... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6202220 | Drop crotch pants A pair of pants having two waistbands: one true waistband for securing the pants about a wearer's waist, and a second false waistband for creating the appearance that the pants are being worn at or below the level of the wearer's hips.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6138282 | Underpants with vertically wide, fold-down waistband Underpants having a vertically wide waistband that may be folded down over the waistband of an outer garment for the lower torso and legs (e.g., pants or skirt) to display in a right-side-up position markings on what would be the inside face of the underp... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6085356 | Waistxpander Disclosed herein is a detachable waist band expander for temporarily adjusting the waist band size of a garment. The user attaches the waist band expander to the button and the button slit of their clothing. The present invention includes an optional size... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5946730 | Maternity insert panel for jeans Various embodiments of a maternity insert panel for jeans or other button-fly garments are shown and described. The insert is a V-shaped cloth constructed preferably of a firmly-woven stretch fabric and may be faced with generally the same color fabric as... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5802619 | Cheerleading skirt with improved waistband A skirt suitable for cheerleading is described which is formed by a body and a waistband. The body forms the main section of the skirt and attached along its top edge to the waistband which fits snugly to the wearer's waist, yet still allows for extreme a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5758519 | Method and apparatus for forming composite drawcord/elastic waistband A knitting machine and method for forming a composite band including an elongate knitted band and a drawcord secured to a front face of the knitted band by a covering yarn overlying the drawcord and stitched to the elongate band. The knitting machine incl... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5452591 | Knitted band with integrated drawcord and method of fabricating same An elastic band is fabricated with an integrated drawcord utilizing a crochet-type warp knitting machine by initially knitting a finished elastic band and, then, re-routing the finished band back through the knitting machine to a second knitting location ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5299323 | Integral adjustment system for garments The present invention discloses an adjustment system for forming a repeatedly adjustable hem on a garment. There is provided an adjustment mechanism comprising of a cord with one end that is attached to the garment's inside hem while the other end passes ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5193225 | Elastic band An elastic band comprising a plurality of spaced elastic members and a pair of flexible sheet materials on opposed sides of the elastic members, the elastic members being secured in a stretched position to each of said flexible sheet materials.... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5168581 | Waistband construction for pants The invention relates to a pants belt of the "English belt" type sewn into the upper part of a pair of extensible pants. This belt comprises an elastic band (3) of which the inner face is covered with upper (6) and lower (7) sheaths, composed of bands of ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5144697 | Bi-waisted trousers Bi-waisted trousers conform to and comfortably grip the hips of a stout person without requiring a belt or hitching by the person. The bi-waisted trousers have front and back panels with respective waistbands located such that the front waistband is paral... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5127108 | Trousers including elastic inner panels for flattening pleats Trousers are provided with front panels and rear panels attached along inseams and outer seams, along a rear seam, and along a front, with a waistband formed around a top. A gathered area is disposed below the top portion of the waistband, and is circumfe... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5067176 | Self-adjusting trouser waistband system A self-adjusting trouser waistband system includes inner and outer combinations of extensible and non-extensible elements postioned respectively on and with the outside and inside of trouser pockets, such trouser pockets provided with expansible surfaces ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4980930 | Garment waistband construction A garment waistband construction is provided. The waistband construction employs a strip of composite fabric comprising a nonwoven fabric having a layer of monofilament yarns of about 150 to about 1,050 denier attached thereto. The monofilament yarns are ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4970728 | Garment waistband construction An improved waistband construction for garments including a new one piece flat elastic strip having upper and lower portions of different stretchability. The elastic strip is connected to the fabric of the waistband and the shell of the garment so as to a... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4890337 | Pants-like garment incorporating a stretchable construction The present invention provides a pants-like garment having a stretchable construction. The garment includes a waistband configured to encircle the waist of a wearer and a covering portion configured to encircle the trunk of the wearer. The covering portio... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4688271 | Waist band for women's garments The present disclosure is directed to an improved waist band stay for women's garments comprised of a substantially rectangular, thin, one-piece, laterally free-riding, readily insertable and removable, strip of polypropylene plastic having substantially ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4583249 | Waistband assembly A waistband assembly is provided including a woven stiffening strip having a smooth fused edge. The edge may be formed by an ultrasonic slitting process as the strip is made with a high thermoplastic content. Sufficient warp yarns are provided within the ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4580298 | Waist band extender The present invention provides a waist band extender having a strip of substantially inelastic material and a single pair of complementary closure member mounted in spaced apart relationship for mating with complementary closure members normally incorpora... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4503567 | Partially stiffened extensible waistband structure A garment waistband that employs a longitudinally extensible elastic band which is laterally partially stiffened. A plurality of elastic threads extending in the longitudinal direction through the band are bound to stiffened lateral fibers, and the stiffe... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4498201 | Trouser support system A belt for supporting trousers has a lower adjustable supporting strap. Stiff members are attached to the waistband of the trousers. Supporting arms are rotatably coupled to the stiffened members and the supporting strap. When the trousers are worn, the w... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4168546 | Manufacture of garments A material for use in forming garment waistbands, is constituted by an assembly of strips comprising a central strip serving for anti-slip, decorative or stiffening purposes and two facing strips stitched along respective marginal portions of the central ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4146934 | Curved finishing band for garments A fabric, annular band, used for trimming or finishing the terminal edges of a garment, which garment usually has raw outer edges. In many cases, such as waistbands on trousers or skirts, the waistband must be curved, or contoured to adequately complement... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4041551 | Waistband A waistband comprising an outer band, a stiffening insert on the inner surface of the outer band, the outer band having an upper and a lower edge portions folded over the edges of the stiffening insert, an anti-slip band on the stiffening insert, a first ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3987496 | Internal belt for garments Internal or integrated belt, for a garment such as a skirt or pair of trousers, which is constituted of a band, of any suitable material, folded around a reinforcing piece, to which band there is firmly attached a tape, between which tape and the band the... | 10/26/1976 |
