Salon Belt System

Abstract

An equipment-holding belt system for salon workers, in which a wide, waist-bridging hook-and-loop faced belt is provided with one or more detachable equipment-holders. The belt has a long, non-elastic, stiffened non-folding section faced with hook-and-loop fastener; a short movement-enhancing elastic section connected to an inner end of the non-folding stiffened section; and a non-elastic, non-stiffened fabric closure end connected to the other side of the elastic section and detachably secured to an outer end of the stiffened section. One or more equipment holders can be detachably secured to the face of the stiffened section of the belt, and in a preferred form include flexible, hook-and-loop backed attachment panels whose height corresponds to the width of the belt.

1 . An equipment-holding belt system for a salon worker, comprising:
 a belt comprising a non-elastic, stiffened non-folding section having an outer end, the stiffened non-folding section comprising a majority of the belt's circumference; a movement-enhancing elastic section connected to an inner end of the stiffened non-folding section; and a non-stiffened, non-elastic closure end adapted to connect to the stiffened non-folding section's outer end; and,   at least one detachable equipment-holder detachably secured to an outer face of the stiffened non-folding section of the belt.   
     
     
         2 . The belt system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the stiffened non-folding section's outer face is faced with hook-and-loop fastening material, and wherein the equipment-holder comprises a flexible attachment panel backed with hook-and-loop fastening material that detachably secures to the hook-and-loop fastening material on the stiffened non-folding section. 
     
     
         3 . The belt system of  claim 2 , wherein the equipment-holder comprises an equipment retainer portion, and the retainer portion is located below an upper end of the flexible attachment panel. 
     
     
         4 . The belt system of  claim 2 , wherein the portion of the outer face of the stiffened non-folding section faced with the hook-and-loop material is faced substantially continuously with the hook and loop material over its width from an upper edge to a lower edge, and wherein the flexible attachment panel has a height substantially equal to the width of the stiffened non-folding section and is substantially continuously faced with the mating hook and loop material. 
     
     
         5 . The belt system of  claim 1 , wherein the retainer portion comprises a flexible fabric retainer with a flexible fabric sidewall and a partially open bottom. 
     
     
         6 . The belt system of  claim 5 , wherein one or more support straps define the bottom of the retainer at a location spaced from the sidewall. 
     
     
         7 . The belt system of  claim 6 , wherein the support straps form a T configuration with an open front. 
     
     
         8 . The belt system of  claim 1 , wherein the outer face of the outer end of the belt and the inner face of the closure end are faced with mating hook-and-loop material and are infinitely adjustable over a length corresponding to the inner face of the closure end. 
     
     
         9 . The belt system of  claim 8 , wherein the elastic section is less than fully tensioned when the belt is secured about the waist.