Strap for attaching a pacifier, teething ring, toy or other child's implement to a garment of children's clothing

Abstract

An attractive, colorful safety strap used to attach a pacifier, teething ring, toy or other child's implement to a garment of children's clothing. It is comprised of a strap, with a commonly known snap fastener, each having a male part and a female part, permanently attached to both ends of the strap. Additional female part snap fasteners are attached to one end of the strap to provide the means to vary the length of the strap and also permit the attachment of implements of various sizes to the strap. One end of the strap is looped through or around a pacifier, teething ring, toy or other child's implement, and the male and female parts engaged, thereby attaching the implement to the strap. The other end of the strap may be attached to a garment of children's clothing three ways; one, by engaging the male or female part snap fastener on the strap with the existing, compatible female or male part snap fastener on the garment; two, by looping the strap around an existing, engaged fastener on the garment and engaging the male part and female part snap fasteners on the strap; and, three, by inserting the strap through a buttonhole and engaging the male part and female part snap fasteners on the strap. It is unique in being a safe, attractive and effective means to attach a child's implement to a garment of children's clothing to make the implement readily available, pacify a child and relieve the discomfort of teething, provide amusement for the child and restful, uninterrupted sleep for the child and the child's family.

1 . A strap for attaching a pacifier, teething ring, toy or other child's implement to a garment of children's clothing, comprising: 
 a first commonly known snap fastener, having a male and a female part that are engageable and releasable, attached to one end of the strap that when looped through a child's implement and engaged, attaches the implement to the strap;    a second commonly known snap fastener, having a male and a female part that are engageable and releasable, attached to the other end of the strap that when looped around an existing, engaged snap fastener on a garment of children's clothing or looped through an existing buttonhole on a garment of children's clothing, attaches the strap and implement to the garment of children's clothing;    said second commonly known snap fastener, having a male part and a female part that are engageable and releasable, that when the male part or female part is engaged with an existing, compatible female part or male part on a garment of children's clothing, attaches the strap and implement to the garment of children's clothing;    additional female part commonly known snap fasteners attached to the strap that allow the length of the strap to be adjusted and implements of various sizes to be accommodated by engaging the male part snap fastener on the end of the strap with any female part snap fastener.    
   
   
       2 . The strap defined in  claim 1 , which is constructed by cutting a length of ribbon, lace or other elongated, thin, flat strip of material, which is long enough to permit the child's implement to be comfortably used by the child but not so long as to permit the child to become entangled in it, folding the ends of the strap twice and attaching, by hammering it in place, sewing it in place, using an adhesive or other method of permanent attachment, a first commonly known snap fastener, having a male part and a female part, to one end of the strap and a second commonly known snap fastener, having a male part and a female part, to the other end of the strap.  
   
   
       3 . The strap defined in  claim 1 , whose additional female part snap fasteners are attached to the strap by hammering them in place, sewing them in place, using an adhesive or other method to permanently attach the snap fasteners to the strap.  
   
   
       4 . A strap for attaching a child's implement to a garment of children's clothing comprising: 
 a first fastener, which has two releasable, engageable parts, attached to one end of the strap that when looped through a child's implement and engaged, attaches the implement to the strap;    a second fastener, which has two releasable, engageable parts, attached to the other end of the strap that when looped around an existing, engaged fastener on a garment of children's clothing or looped through an existing buttonhole on a garment of children's clothing, attaches the strap and implement to the garment of children's clothing;    said second fastener, which has two releasable, engageable parts, attached to the other end of the strap that when engaged with an existing, compatible fastener on a garment of children's clothing, attaches the strap and implement to the garment of children's clothing.    additional releasable, engageable fastener parts attached to the strap that allow the length of the strap to be adjusted by engaging one fastener part with any compatible fastener part.    
   
   
       5 . The strap defined in  claim 4 , which is constructed by cutting a length of ribbon, lace or other elongated, thin strip of material, which is long enough to permit the child's implement to be comfortably used by the child but not so long as to permit the child to become entangled in it, folding the ends of the strap twice and attaching, using the appropriate method of permanent attachment for the fastener, a first releasable, engageable, two part fastener to one end of the strap and a second releasable, engageable, two part fastener to the other end of the strap.  
   
   
       6 . The strap defined in  claim 4 , whose additional fastener parts are attached to the strap by the appropriate method of permanent attachment for the fastener.