Temporary pant leg rollup fastener

Abstract

A support for a temporary pant rollup is described. A strip of flexible material includes magnets located at opposing ends. The strip is wrapped around a temporary pant rollup to support the pant rollup. The magnets are enclosed in pockets on the strip and are magnetically attracted to each other when the strip is wrapped around the pant rollup. The magnets attract each other with the pant fabric sandwiched between them, to physically support the strip, and thereby the rollup, in place.

1 . A supporter for temporarily maintaining a desired pant rollup in a pant leg, comprising:
 a strip of material having opposing ends, the material being flexible to permit the material to be folded over on itself so the opposing ends can meet and so the strip of material can fold to extend a distance at least partially across the desired pant rollup on the outside of the pant leg and a similar distance on the inside of the pant leg while wrapping and supporting the desired pant rollup from underneath the rollup, without holding the rollup to anything other than the pant leg;   two magnetically co-attracted materials, one magnetically co-attracted material located respectively on respective portions of the strip near each opposing end of the strip such that a substantial portion of the strip remains without the magnetically co-attracted materials located thereon; and   the magnetically co-attracted materials being arranged so they magnetically attract each other when the strip of material is folded over on itself and exhibiting sufficient magnetic field strength to maintain their magnetic attraction through the pant leg to temporarily support the desired pant rollup while maintaining the supporter in a free-hanging position on the pant leg, the strip of material being of sufficient length and the magnetically co-attracted materials being spaced apart from each other on the strip of sufficient length to allow the strip to support the rollup without binding the pant leg from moving in its normal free-hanging state.   
   
   
       2 . A supporter according to  claim 1 , further including:
 a pocket portion on each opposing end of the strip forming a pocket at each opposing end of the strip; and   a fabric adhesive on at least one edge of the strip near the pocket portion to close the pocket and secure the magnetically co-attracted material within the pocket.   
   
   
       3 . A supporter according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the adhesive is one from the group consisting of: stitching, glue, heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or hook-and-loop.   
   
   
       4 . A supporter according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the strip of material is one from the group consisting of: fabric, lightweight plastic, or ribbon.   
   
   
       5 . A supporter according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the pocket portion is a folded-over portion of the strip of material.   
   
   
       6 . A supporter according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the magnetically co-attracted materials is from the group consisting or wafer-shaped or strip-shaped. 
   
   
       7 . A supporter according to  claim 1 , further including two spacers arranged respectively beside the two magnetically co-attracted materials off sides of the two magnetically co-attracted materials opposite the sides that are magnetically attracted to each other when the strip is folded. 
   
   
       8 . A supporter according to  claim 1 , wherein the strip includes a surface for presentation of one from the group consisting of: a name, slogan, logo, phrase, picture, or advertising material. 
   
   
       9 . A method of temporarily supporting a desired pant rollup in a pant leg, comprising:
 wrapping a strip of material having sufficient flexibility to loop on itself and having opposing ends and a length sufficiently long to wrap around and loop under the pant rollup to support the pant rollup;   magnetically coupling two magnets arranged near opposing ends of the strip of material so the two magnets are able to sandwich fabric of the pant leg without binding the rollup physically on or above the rollup so the strip is in a position looped around and under the desired pant rollup to support the rollup so the rollup will not fall and so the strip of material will hang freely with the pant leg without binding the pant leg from moving in its normal free-hanging state;   magnetically de-coupling the two magnets to remove and free the combined strip of material and magnets when the temporarily supported pant rollup is no longer desired and the pant leg remains in its normal free-hanging state.   
   
   
       10 . A method according to  claim 9 , further including the step of physically supporting the magnets on the strip of material. 
   
   
       11 . A method according to  claim 10 , wherein the magnets are physically supported in pockets on, respectively, the opposing ends of the strip. 
   
   
       12 . A. method according to  claim 9 , wherein the magnets also sandwich the desire pant rollup. 
   
   
       13 . A removable support for a pant rollup in a pant leg, comprising:
 a tube of material having opposing ends, the material being flexible to permit the material to be folded over on itself around the pant rollup on the outside of the pant leg;   two magnetically co-attracted elements, one located respectively in each opposing end of the tube; and   two adhesives, one on each opposing end of the tube to close each magnetically co-attracted material inside the tube near its respective end of the tube,   the magnetically co-attracted materials being arranged so they magnetically attract each other when the tube of material is folded over on itself and exhibiting sufficient magnetic field strength to maintain their magnetic attraction through the pant leg to temporarily support the desired pant rollup while maintaining the removable support in a free-hanging position on the pant leg.   
   
   
       14 . A support according to  claim 13 , wherein the adhesives are from the group consisting of: stitching, glue, heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or hook-and-loop. 
   
   
       15 . A support according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the tube is from the group consisting of: fabric, lightweight plastic, or ribbon.   
   
   
       16 . A support according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the two magnetically co-attracted elements are two magnets.   
   
   
       17 . A support according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 one of the two magnetically co-attracted elements is a magnet and the other is a ferromagnetic material.   
   
   
       18 . A support according to  claim 13 , further including two spacers arranged respectively beside the two magnetically co-attracted materials on sides of the two magnetically co-attracted materials opposite the sides that are magnetically attracted to each other when the tube is folded. 
   
   
       19 . A supporter according to  claim 13 , wherein the strip includes a surface for presentation of one from the group consisting of: a name, slogan, logo, phrase, picture, or advertising material.