Garment Fastener

Abstract

The invention relates to a garment fastener having a relatively-similar function to that of a standard belt. The inventive fastener is characterised in that it only acts on part of the waist of the garment, for example the fastener may be stretched between two garment straps, the fastening effect being completed by the rest of the garment at waist level. For said purpose, the invention comprises a central body ( 1 ) which consists of an ornamental element and which can be of any configuration, type or design. Two fastening or coupling elements ( 3 ), such as cords, are solidly connected to the ends of the aforementioned body and are passed through a pair of straps ( 4 ′) on the garment, e.g. trousers ( 5 ), folded behind the central body ( 1 ) and fixed to one another by means of tying ( 6 ) or similar, such that the straps ( 4 ′) are pulled and the trousers ( 5 ) are tightened around the user's body.

1 . A tightening device for garments such as trousers, skirts, trouser-skirts, jackets or others, wherein the tightening device acts on the garment at spaced apart points thereof, so that the tightening device itself and a predetermined portion of the garment participate in the tightening effect over the waist of the user, the device comprising a central body which absorbs the tightening tension, said central body being a rigid body fitted at its ends with coupling means for direct coupling to predetermined points of the garment through an auxiliary means. 
   
   
       2 . The tightening device for garments of  claim 1 , wherein the central and rigid body incorporates at its ends extensions which are folded on the body determining grooves having facing openings through which the tightening device is fixed to respective belt loops on the garment. 
   
   
       3 . The tightening device for garments of  claim 1 , wherein the central and rigid body comprises two physically independent parts provided with moveable mutual hooking or fixing means. 
   
   
       4 . The tightening device for garments of  claim 2 , wherein the central and rigid body comprises two physically independent parts provided with moveable mutual hooking or fixing means.