Closure

Abstract

A closure made up of two closure parts for the detachable connection of a brassiere or similar article of clothing, namely, a closure which can be easily produced and which ensures improved handling during the hooking and unhooking of the hook-and-eye connection, especially also in the case of closure parts which are quite thin. To improve the ability to grip the article of clothing, the base tape of the closure part provided with hooks or eyes has an embossing introduced into the surface on one side.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A closure comprising: two closure parts for connecting and disconnecting two side parts of a brassiere or similar article of clothing, the closure parts including a first closure part with hooks and a second closure part with eyes for a detachable hook-and-eye connection;
 wherein the first closure part is a single-layer or multi-layer base tape, which has a rear side with at least one hook, and a front side;   wherein the second closure part is a single-layer or multi-layer base tape, which has a front side with at least one eye, and a rear side,   wherein to improve gripability, the base tape of the first closure part has an embossing introduced on the front side and/or the base tape of the second closure part has an embossing introduced on the rear side.   
     
     
         2 . The closure according to  claim 1 , wherein the base tape of at least one of the closure parts is of a textile material containing at least a certain percentage of synthetic fibers of a type that are permanently deformable by heat or pressure. 
     
     
         3 . The closure according to  claim 2 , wherein the base tape of the at least one of the closure parts consists completely of a polyamide fiber material. 
     
     
         4 . The closure according to  claim 3 , wherein the base tape consists of Nylon. 
     
     
         5 . The closure according to  claim 1 , wherein the embossing on the front side of the base tape is outside of an area where the hook is provided on the rear side, so that there is no interference with the hook or with the attachment of the hook to the base tape. 
     
     
         6 . The closure according to  claim 1 , wherein two hooks are provided on the first closure part at an equal distance from an outer edge of the base tape facing the second closure part, and wherein the embossing on the front side of the base tape is provided in an area located at a distance from the outer edge of the base tape, wherein the distance of the embossing from the outer edge is greater than the distance of the hooks from the outer edge. 
     
     
         7 . The closure according to  claim 1 , wherein the embossing has an outline shape selected from the group consisting of oval, round, triangular, rectangular, polygonal outline and free linear designs. 
     
     
         8 . The closure according to  claim 1 , wherein the embossing comprises different patterns within contour lines. 
     
     
         9 . The closure according to  claim 8 , wherein reliefs rise from a base surface of the embossing located below a plane of a surface of the base tape. 
     
     
         10 . The closure according to  claim 9 , wherein the reliefs are uniform structures, ornaments, images or letters. 
     
     
         11 . The closure according to  claim 8 , wherein the reliefs projecting from the base surface of the embossing have a raised dimple pattern or a groove pattern or a grid pattern or a checkerboard pattern or a honeycomb pattern or a waffle pattern or a logo. 
     
     
         12 . A method for producing a closure part provided with hooks or eyes for a detachable hook-and-eye connection, comprising the steps of:
 feeding a textile layer containing fibers which can be activated by heat and/or pressure to an embossing machine and introducing embossings at regular intervals into the layer using the embossing machine;   cutting off pieces of a desired size from the embossed textile layer and selectively trimming the embossed textile pieces with a cutting device;   attaching at least one hook to a textile piece or attaching at least one eye to a textile piece;   folding the pieces and/or applying another textile layer, so that a base of the hook or a base of the eye is covered, as a result of which a two-layer or multi-layer base tape is obtained; and   joining the layers of the base tape.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the embossing is produced by a hot-pressing device or by an ultrasound device, wherein a pattern template transfers a structure of the embossing to the textile layer. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , including selecting a spacing between the embossings so that each piece to be obtained later or each base tape to be obtained later acquires exactly one embossing. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the cutting-off and trimming of the embossed textile pieces are carried out by an ultrasound device. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein the embossing, the cutting-off, and the trimming of the pieces are carried out by an ultrasound device. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 12 , including bonding the two layers of the base tape together by an adhesive or by welding.