US2009235424A1PendingUtilityA1

Bathing Suit Top Accessory

Assignee: CAREY LISAPriority: Mar 18, 2008Filed: Jan 8, 2009Published: Sep 24, 2009
Est. expiryMar 18, 2028(~1.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Lisa Carey
A41F 15/02A41D 7/00
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Abstract

An accessory for a bathing suit top, the accessory minimizes the tension felt on the neck of a wearer. The accessory has a four-cornered body. The body has an upper, lower, left, right, bottom and top side. The upper and lower sides of the body are substantially parallel and are from about two inches to about five and a half inches apart. The left and right sides of the body are from about one inch to about two and a half inches apart. The accessory further has four appendages. Each appendage has a first and a second end. The first end of each appendage attaches to each corner of the body. The appendages flow outward from the body at an angle that might range from about thirty-five degree to about fifty-five degree from either the upper or lower side of the body. Each appendage defines an eyelet adjacent to the second end of each appendage.

Claims

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1 . An accessory for a bathing suit top that minimizes the tension felt on the neck of a wearer by changing the angle in which the strings of the bathing suit drape around the neck of the wearer, the accessory comprises:
 a four-cornered body, the body has an upper, lower, left, right, bottom and top side, the upper and lower sides of the body are substantially parallel and are from about two inches to about five and a half inches apart, the left and right sides of the body are from about one inch to about two and a half inches apart; and   four appendages, each appendage has a first and a second end, the first end of each appendage attaches to each corner of the body, the appendages flow outward from the body at an angle that ranges from about thirty-five degree to about fifty-five degree from either the upper or the lower side of the body, each appendage defines an eyelet adjacent to the second end of each appendage.   
   
   
       2 . The accessory of  claim 1 , wherein the body and the appendages are made of a waterproof and flexible material. 
   
   
       3 . The accessory of  claim 2 , wherein the material is rubber or a polymer having similar properties as rubber. 
   
   
       4 . The accessory of  claim 3 , wherein body defines at least one fanciful aperture within the body. 
   
   
       5 . The accessory of  claim 2 , wherein the body and the appendages are made of a hard flexible plastic or rubber material and of a soft rubber material, the materials are fixedly attached, the soft rubber material would rest on the body of the wearer. 
   
   
       6 . The accessory of  claim 5 , wherein the body defines at least one fanciful aperture within the body. 
   
   
       7 . A method of using the accessory of  claim 3 , comprising the steps of:
 providing a wearer;   providing the accessory;   providing a bathing suit top, the top having strings;   then, threading each string of the bathing suit top through a corresponding eyelet of the accessory;   next, tying the strings that were threaded through the eyelets so that the strings threaded through the appendages attached to the upper side are tied together and the strings threaded through to the appendages attached to the lower side are tied together;   then, placing the bathing suit top on the wearer; and   lastly, adjusting the strings of the bathing suit.   
   
   
       8 . A method of using the accessory of  claim 5 , comprising the steps of:
 providing a wearer;   providing the accessory;   providing a bathing suit top, the top having strings;   then, threading each string of the bathing suit top through a corresponding eyelet of the accessory;   next, tying the strings that were threaded through the eyelets so that the strings threaded through the appendages attached to the upper side are tied together and the strings threaded through to the appendages attached to the lower side are tied together;   then, placing the bathing suit top on the wearer; and   lastly, adjusting the strings of the bathing suit.

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