Fashion scrunch clip apparatus and method

Abstract

An apparatus including at least a first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism connected together by at least one flexible member, wherein the first half of the mating attachment mechanism is configured to go underneath a portion of a garment and the flexible member is configured to constrain a portion of a garment scrunched within a closed loop when the second half of the mating attachment is mated with the first half of the mating attachment through the garment and to maintain the scrunching during normal daily wear of the garment, until unmated by an end user. Methods of using the apparatus comprise: placing the first half of the mating attachment mechanism underneath a portion of a garment, extending the second half of the mating attachment mechanism outside the garment, constraining a portion of the garment within the closed loop, and removably mating the second half of the mating attachment with the first half of the mating attachment through the garment.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least a first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism connected together by at least one flexible member, wherein the flexible member is configured to allow the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism to form a closed loop when the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism are mated together;   wherein the first half of the mating attachment mechanism is configured to go underneath a portion of a garment and the flexible member is configured to allow the second half of the mating attachment mechanism to extend outside the garment and the flexible member is further configured to constrain a portion of a garment scrunched within the closed loop when the second half of the mating attachment is mated with the first half of the mating attachment through the garment; and   wherein the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism are configured to be temporarily mated through a garment and, during such mating, to allow a portion of a garment scrunched within the closed loop to be maintained during normal daily wear of the garment until unmated by an end user.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the length of the flexible member is between two and six inches. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein:
 the second half of a mating attachment mechanism is a pin; 
 the first half of a mating attachment mechanism is configured to allow the pin to be inserted and held by the first half of a mating attachment mechanism; 
 the flexible member is a strip of material having a first end and an opposing second end; 
 wherein the pin is fixed to the strip of material nearer the first end than the second end; and 
 wherein the first half of a mating attachment mechanism is fixed to the strip of material nearer the second end than the first end. 
 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the strip of material has a length and a width, wherein the length is substantially longer than the width. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the pin projects out substantially perpendicular from the strip of material. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 3  further comprising the pin has a height, projecting outwards substantially perpendicularly from the strip of material, such that the pin can be inserted into the attachment device to cause the apparatus to be substantially in a closed loop, without the pin projecting out of the attachment device. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein:
 the first half of a mating attachment mechanism comprises a piece of magnetic material; and 
 the second half of a mating attachment mechanism comprises a magnet. 
 
     
     
         8 . A method of temporarily transforming a garment into a scrunched garment comprising removably attaching an apparatus to the garment;
 wherein the apparatus comprises:   at least a first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism connected together by at least one flexible member, wherein the flexible member is configured to allow the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism to form a closed loop when the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism are mated together;   wherein the first half of the mating attachment mechanism is configured to go underneath a portion of the garment and the flexible member is configured to allow the second half of the mating attachment mechanism to extend outside the garment and the flexible member is further configured to constrain a portion of the garment within the closed loop when the second half of the mating attachment is mated with the first half of the mating attachment;   wherein the first and second half of a mating attachment mechanism are configured to be temporarily mated through a garment and, during such mating, to allow a portion of a garment scrunched within the closed loop to be maintained during normal daily wear of the garment until unmated by an end user; and   wherein the attaching comprises:   placing the first half of the mating attachment mechanism underneath a portion of a garment, extending the second half of the mating attachment mechanism outside the garment, constraining a portion of the garment within the closed loop, and removably mating the second half of the mating attachment with the first half of the mating attachment through the garment.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the length of the flexible member is between two and six inches. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  wherein:
 the second half of a mating attachment mechanism is a pin; 
 the first half of a mating attachment mechanism is configured to allow the pin to be inserted and held by the first half of a mating attachment mechanism; 
 the flexible member is a strip of material having a first end and an opposing second end; 
 wherein the pin is fixed to the strip of material nearer the first end than the second end; and 
 wherein the first half of a mating attachment mechanism is fixed to the strip of material nearer the second end than the first end. 
 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the strip of material has a length and a width, wherein the length is substantially longer than the width. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein the pin projects out substantially perpendicular from the strip of material. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 10  further comprising
 the pin has a height, projecting outwards substantially perpendicularly from the strip of material, such that the pin can be inserted into the attachment device to cause the apparatus to be substantially in a closed loop, without the pin projecting out of the attachment device. 
 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein:
 the first half of a mating attachment mechanism comprises a piece of magnetic material; and 
 the second half of a mating attachment mechanism comprises a magnet.