Method and apparatus for releasably securing clothing and accessories to children

Abstract

Products and methods are provided for releasably securing infant and toddler clothing accessories, such as shoes, socks and hair accessories, to a child. The products include novelty articles decorated with whimsical graphics and/or cut into whimsical shapes having adhesive properties designed to provide a temporary bond between the accessory and the child. The methods include adhering a footwear or hair accessory, directly or indirectly, to a child using the novelty adhesive articles.

1 . A method for directly adhering an accessory to a child, comprising: attaching an adhesive article to a child and attaching the same adhesive article to an accessory chosen from footwear and hair accessories, wherein the accessory is thereby releasably attached to the child. 
   
   
       2 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein attaching an adhesive article to a child comprises attaching an adhesive article to a child's skin or hair or socks, wherein the accessory is thereby releasably attached to the child's skin or hair or socks. 
   
   
       3 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein the adhesive article is realesably attached to the child's skin. 
   
   
       4 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein adhesive article comprises a substrate having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface and the first adhesive surface is attached to the child's skin or scalp or hair and the second adhesive surface is attached to the accessory. 
   
   
       5 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the accessory is chosen from socks, shoes, slippers, sandals, moccasins, barrettes, clips, bows and headbands. 
   
   
       6 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein the adhesive article is a medical grade adhesive tape or a substrate coated on a first side and a second side with medical grade adhesive film. 
   
   
       7 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein the medical grade tape or medical grade adhesive film is hypoallergenic and latex-free. 
   
   
       8 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive article is a decorative adhesive article. 
   
   
       9 . A method according to  claim 6 , wherein the decorative adhesive article has a desired shape, desired graphic or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       10 . A method according to  claim 6 , wherein the adhesive article is the form of stickers decorated with graphics chosen from toys, animals, modes of transportation, sports, and television, movie, comic, cartoon, and book characters. 
   
   
       11 . A method according to  claim 6 , wherein the adhesive article is in the form of stickers having a shape chosen from toys, animals, modes of transportation, sports, and television, movie, comic, cartoon and book characters. 
   
   
       12 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein the adhesive article is dispensed as a roll of tape, roll of stickers, card containing multiple stickers, or individual sticker units. 
   
   
       13 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive article has the shape of an animal or portion thereof. 
   
   
       14 . A product, comprising: a decorative adhesive article adapted for use in releasably securing accessories chosen from footwear and hair accessories to a child's skin, comprising a substrate having a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface, wherein the first adhesive surface and second adhesive surface may have a tackiness that is the same or different, and wherein the decorative adhesive article has a desired shape, a desired graphic or combinations thereof. 
   
   
       15 . A product according to  claim 14 , wherein the first adhesive surface and second adhesive surface have the same tackiness, and bind preferentially to the accessory versus the child's skin.