EP3020297A1

EP3020297A1 - Suspending device for trousers

Info

Publication number: EP3020297A1
Application number: EP15194260.4A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Yong Soo Kim
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2014-11-12
Filing date: 2015-11-12
Publication date: 2016-05-18
Also published as: CN105581410A; JP2016094691A; KR101510839B1; US20160128407A1

Abstract

Disclosed are suspending device for trousers which are not exposed to the outside and can prevent trousers from sliding down. The suspending device includes: an inner clip having a base (12), and elastic hooks (14) which extend from upper and lower ends of the base in a direction that they face each other; and an outer clip (20) having coupling grooves (26) respectively formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof to be elastically coupled to the elastic hooks of the inner clip, and supporting means fixed to an upper end portion of trousers to be supported. When the elastic hooks of the inner clip are elastically coupled to the coupling grooves of the outer clip, the suspending device supports the trousers in a state where a wearer's top is interposed between the inner clip and the outer clip. The outer clip (20) is connected to the upper end portion of the trousers (T) to be supported, for instance, is fixed using a belt loop of the trousers.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a suspending device for trousers, and more particularly, to a suspending device for trousers which is not exposed to the outside and connected with a wearer's top to be supported, thereby preventing trousers from sliding down.

Background Art

For physical reasons or in a case that it is not easy to use a belt, in order to prevent trousers from sliding down, suspenders for trousers are used. However, conventional suspenders are exposed to the outside because they are formed to support trousers outside a wearer's top, and hence, are items which many people avoid wearing.
For instance, Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-1998-0019616 discloses a suspending device for trousers and Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-001126 discloses suspenders integrated with a top, but they have a disadvantage in that they are exposed to the outside. There were periods when the suspenders exposed to the outside of the top were recognized as a fashion item, but now, people tend to avoid wearing the suspenders by reason of exposure to the outside.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a suspending device for trousers which are not exposed to the outside and can prevent trousers from sliding down.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a suspending device for trousers which can prevent trousers form sliding down without using a shoulder strap and which are simple in structure.
To accomplish the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a suspending device for trousers including: an inner clip having a base, and an upper elastic hook and a lower elastic hook which are respectively protrude from an upper portion and a lower portion of the base; and an outer clip having a base coupling grooves respectively formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof to be elastically coupled to the elastic hooks of the inner clip, and supporting means fixed to an upper end portion of trousers to be supported. Here, when the elastic hooks of the inner clip are elastically coupled to the coupling grooves of the outer clip, the suspending device supports the trousers in a state where a wearer's top is interposed between at least one of the elastic hooks of the inner clip and at least one of the coupling grooves of the outer clip.
In the present invention, the supporting means makes the outer clip be detachably attached to the trousers. In an embodiment of the supporting means of the present invention, the supporting means includes: a base for the outer clip; and a screw connected to the base in a state where the trousers are interposed between the base and the screw. In another embodiment of the supporting means, the supporting means includes: a base for the outer clip; and a retaining arm extending from the base to be spaced apart at a predetermined interval, and the retaining arm is caught to a belt loop of the trousers in a state where the upper end portion of the trousers is interposed between the base and the retaining arm.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the inner clip includes an elastic member for applying elasticity to the outer clip when the inner clip is released from the outer clip.
Moreover, the inner clip further includes a ring for connecting a shoulder strap to the inner clip.
Furthermore, the top is interposed between the upper elastic hook of the inner clip and an upper coupling groove of the outer clip, and the lower elastic hook of the inner clip is caught to a lower coupling groove of the outer clip to support the inner clip and the outer clip.
Additionally, the elastic hooks of the inner clip respectively have end portions which extend in a direction that they face each other or in a direction that they get farther from each other.
As described above, the suspending device for trousers according to the present invention can support trousers at a fixed height because the suspending device is connected the trousers in such a way that the inner clip located on the inner face of the wearer's top is coupled with the outer clip located on the inner face of the trousers. Therefore, the suspending device according to the present invention is not exposed to the outside even in the state where the wearer wears the suspending device. That is, the suspending device for trousers is not exposed to the outside and can prevent trousers from sliding down.
Additionally, the suspending device according to the present invention prevents the trousers from sliding down by the inner clip fixed to the wearer's top and the outer clip supported to the trousers. Therefore, the suspending device can prevent that the wearer's top goes up because the wearer's top and the trousers are connected and fixed to each other at a proper height.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of suspending device for trousers according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a state where a wearer wears the suspending device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an outer clip according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of suspending device for trousers according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Hereinafter, referring to the attached drawings, suspending device for trousers according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the suspending device for trousers according to the present invention include: an inner clip 10 which is located on an inner face of a top (S) ; and an outer clip 20 which is supported on an inner face of an upper end portion of trousers (T). The inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are elastically combined together and fix a shirt (S) between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 to support the trousers not to slip down.
The inner clip 10 is located on the inner face of the shirt (S), for instance, a dress shirt, and may be connected with a shoulder strap through a ring 18. The ring 18 is actually to connect the shoulder strap, but may be omitted because the suspending device according to the present invention can be used without using the shoulder strap as described later.
The inner clip 10 includes a base 12, and elastic hooks 14 which are respectively formed at top and bottom of the base 12. Ends of the elastic hooks 14 are bent inwardly, namely, bent to face each other, and are formed to be elastically coupled to coupling grooves 26 of the outer clip 20 which will be described later. That is, the elastic hooks 14 are an upper elastic hook and a lower elastic hook, and the elastic hooks 14 are respectively coupled to the coupling grooves 26 which are respectively formed at the top and the bottom of the outer clip 20.
Moreover, an elastic member 16 may be mounted on an outer surface of the base 12 and includes a plate spring. The elastic member 16 is to provide an elastic force when the outer clip 20 is released from the inner clip 10 as described later.
The outer clip 20 is fixed to the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers (T), and more preferably, is detachably fixed to the trousers (T). In other words, the outer clip 20 may be fixed or detachably mounted to the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers (T), namely, the upper end portion of the trousers which is a part where belt loops are formed and which corresponds to the position of a belt. For instance, as shown in FIG. 2, a base 22 of the outer clip 20 is fixed to the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers (T) by a pair of fixing screws (S). However, there are lots of embodiments with the structure that the upper clip 20 is detachably fixed to the upper end portion of the trousers (T), and the structures will be described later.
The outer clip 20 includes: a pair of elastic hooking parts 24 protruding on the inner face of the base 22 which comes into contact with the inner face of the trousers (T); and coupling grooves 26 formed between the elastic hooking part 24 and the base 22. The coupling groove 26 formed by the elastic hooking part 24 is elastically coupled to the inner face of the elastic hook 14. That is, the coupling groove 26 also includes an upper coupling groove and a lower coupling groove.
In other words, in the preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the elastic hook 14 of the inner clip 10 has ends which extend to face each other, namely, the elastic hooking part of the upper part extends downwardly but the elastic hooking part of the lower part extends upwardly, and the coupling grooves 26 of the outer clip 20 are respectively formed at the upper part and the lower part inside the base 22 of the outer clip 20. Therefore, a pair of the elastic hooks 14 of the inner clip 10 can be elastically coupled to or separated from a pair of the coupling grooves 26.
However, the elastic hooks 14 of the inner clip 10 are not limited to such an embodiment, and may have any form if they can be elastically coupled to or separated from the coupling grooves 26. For instance, a pair of the elastic hooks 14 may be formed to extend in a direction that they get farther from each other. In this instance, it is sufficient that the coupling grooves 26 are formed to have the form that the elastic hooks 14 can be elastically coupled to or separated from the coupling grooves 26.
Here, it is good that the coupling grooves 26 are actually formed on upper and lower portions of the base 22 of the outer clip 20 or upper and lower faces of the inner surface of the base 22 so as to be elastically coupled to or separated from the elastic hooks 14, and of course, the form of the coupling grooves 26 may be modified.
The inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are made of an elastically transformable material to be elastically coupled to or separated from each other. For instance, the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 may be formed of a synthetic resin material, or may be formed with metal plates with elasticity.
Next, referring to FIG. 2, the use of the suspending device for trousers according to the present invention will be described. As described above, the inner clip 10 is located on the inner face of the top (S), for instance, a dress shirt. Furthermore, the inner clip 10 may be supported using a shoulder strap, and in this instance, the shoulder strap is caught to the ring 18. Here, when the shoulder strap is used, it is natural that a rear end portion of the shoulder strap is connected to the inner clip of the trousers which are positioned on the wearer's waist.
Alternatively, the inner clip 10 may be used alone without using the shoulder strap. In this instance, the wearer controls the inner clip 10 to hold a proper position on the inner face of the top (S). Moreover, as described above, the outer clip 20 is fixed on the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers (T). In this state, when the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are coupled to each other, as illustrated in the drawing, the top (S) is interposed between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20.
In other words, the elastic hooks 14 of the inner clip 10 is elastically coupled to the coupling grooves 26 of the outer clip 20. In the state where the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are coupled to each other, as illustrated in the drawing, the top (S) is interposed between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20. Therefore, the suspending device according to the present invention can prevent the trousers from sliding down because the trousers (T) can be maintained at the fixed position relative to the top (S).
Furthermore, in the above-mentioned state, it is prevented that the trousers (T) slide down and that the top (S) interposed between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 goes up. As described above, in the state where the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are coupled to each other, the trousers (T) and the shirt (S) maintain their fixed heights in the fixed state. Therefore, the suspending device for trousers according to the present invention can prevent the trousers from sliding down and also prevent that the top goes up by the wearer's action to raise the wearer's arms.
In order to release the state where the wearer is wearing the suspending device, when the wearer applies power to the inner clip 10 to be elastically transformed, the elastic hooks 14 are separated from the coupling grooves 26. In this instance, the elastic member 16 mounted on the base 12 of the inner clip 10 applies elasticity to the outer clip 20 so that the outer clip 20 can be released more smoothly.
Next, suspending device for trousers according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first preferred embodiment, the elastic hooks 14 and the coupling grooves 26 are respectively formed at the upper portions and the lower portions of the clips 10 and 20, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. The elastic hooks 14 of the inner clip 10 and the coupling grooves 26 of the outer clip 20 are coupled together in pairs to be elastically combined with each other, and their positions and forms may be modified in various ways.
In the first embodiment, the outer clip 20 is fixed to the trousers using a screw (S), but of course, the present invention is not limited to the above. For instance, the outer clip 20 can be detachably mounted on the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers (T). For instance, the outer clip 20 may have a structure of tongs using a spring. Alternatively, the outer clip 20 may have a safety pin mounted therein to be put into the inside of the upper end portion of the trousers, so that the outer clip 20 can be fixed to the inner face of the upper end portion of the trousers.
Additionally, as a further another preferred embodiment, the outer clip 22 may be detachably attached to the trousers using belt loops of the trousers. In general, a plurality of belt loops are formed on the entire circumference of the trousers to wear a belt. Therefore, the outer clip 20 can be detachably attached to the trousers (T) using the belt loops.
For instance, the suspending device illustrated in FIG. 3 includes: coupling grooves 26A respectively formed at an upper face and a lower face thereof so that end portions of elastic hooks 14 can be elastically coupled to the coupling grooves 26A; and a retaining arm 28 formed to be caught to the belt loop of the trousers. The retaining arm 28 extends from an end portion of one side of the base to be spaced apart from a base 22A at a predetermined interval and is inserted into the belt loop of the trousers. For instance, the retaining arm 28 is inserted into the belt loop of the trousers while the upper end portion of the trousers (T) is inserted into a space formed between the base 22A and the retaining arm 28.
In the state where the elastic hooks 14 of the inner clip 10 is elastically coupled to the coupling grooves 26, when the retaining arm 28 is inserted into the belt loop of the trousers, the elastic hooks 14 prevents the trousers (T) from sliding down.
As described above, in the state where the inner clip 10 is put inside the top, the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are elastically coupled to each other in the state where the top is interposed between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment that the inner clip 10 is put inside the top and is coupled with the outer clip 20.
For instance, it is also possible that the top is interposed and supported between the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 while the inner clip 10 is located at a lower end portion of the top. Referring to FIG. 4, the inner clip 10 includes an upper elastic hook 14a and a lower elastic hook 14b. Moreover, the outer clip 20 includes an upper coupling groove 26a elastically coupled with the upper elastic hook 14a and a lower coupling groove 26b elastically coupled with the lower elastic hook 14b.
Here, the lower elastic hook 14b serves just to be coupled to the lower coupling groove 26b. A part of the top (S) is interposed and supported only between the upper elastic hook 14a and the upper coupling groove 26a. That is, in this embodiment, the suspending device is supported to the top (S) only using the upper portions of the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20, and in this instance, the suspending device can actually support the trousers not to slide down because the outer clip 20 is fixed to the trousers.
However, in this embodiment, the top (S) is interposed only between the upper elastic hook 14a and the upper coupling groove 26a, and it actually means that the inner clip 10 can be supported to the top (S) without being located on the inner face of the top. For instance, in the state where the inner clip 10 is located outside the top (S) and a part of the top (S) is folded, the top (S) can be interposed between the upper elastic hook 14a of the inner clip 10 and the upper coupling groove 26a of the outer clip 20. Also in this instance, it is natural that the suspending device according to the present invention is not exposed to the outside because the outer clip 20 is supported on the inner face of the trousers.
Additionally, in this embodiment, in a state where the lower elastic hook 14b is coupled to the lower coupling groove 26b, the inner clip 10 can be supported without being separated from the outer clip 20. That is, the lower elastic hook 14b and the lower coupling groove 26b serve to maintain the state where the inner clip 10 and the outer clip 20 are coupled with each other, for instance, serve as hinge points. Therefore, it is natural that the lower elastic hook 14b and the lower coupling groove 26b may be varied in various forms within a range that they are not easily separated from each other by an external force.
For instance, the lower coupling groove 26b may be formed to have a cross section of a dove tail shape, and the lower elastic hook 14b may be a protrusion of a cross section of a dove tail shape corresponding to the lower coupling groove 26b. In this instance, the lower elastic hook 14b is inserted into the lower coupling groove 26b while sliding from the side of one end thereof, and the top (S) is interposed between the upper elastic hook 14a and the upper coupling groove 26a in the state where the lower elastic hook 14b is inserted into the lower coupling groove 26b.
As described above, the suspending device for trousers according to the present invention can prevent the trousers from sliding down because the top (S) is interposed and fixed between the inner clip and the outer clip to prevent the suspending device from being exposed to the outside.
It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments in various ways without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention and that the protective scope of the present invention should be interpreted based on the claims of the present invention.

Claims

Suspending device for trousers comprising:
an inner clip having a base, and an upper elastic hook and a lower elastic hook which are respectively protrude from an upper portion and a lower portion of the base; and

an outer clip having a base coupling grooves respectively formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof to be elastically coupled to the elastic hooks of the inner clip, and supporting means fixed to an upper end portion of trousers to be supported,

wherein when the elastic hooks of the inner clip are elastically coupled to the coupling grooves of the outer clip, the suspending device supports the trousers in a state where a wearer's top is interposed between at least one of the elastic hooks of the inner clip and at least one of the coupling grooves of the outer clip.
The suspending device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting means makes the outer clip be detachably attached to the trousers.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the supporting means comprises: a base for the outer clip; and a screw connected to the base in a state where the trousers are interposed between the base and the screw.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the supporting means comprises: a base for the outer clip; and a retaining arm extending from the base to be spaced apart at a predetermined interval, and the retaining arm is caught to a belt loop of the trousers in a state where the upper end portion of the trousers is interposed between the base and the retaining arm.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner clip comprises an elastic member for applying elasticity to the outer clip when the inner clip is released from the outer clip.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner clip further comprises a ring for connecting a shoulder strap to the inner clip.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the top is interposed between the upper elastic hook of the inner clip and an upper coupling groove of the outer clip, and the lower elastic hook of the inner clip is caught to a lower coupling groove of the outer clip to support the inner clip and the outer clip.
The suspending device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the elastic hooks of the inner clip respectively have end portions which extend in a direction that they face each other or in a direction that they get farther from each other.