Patent ID: 6342044
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An elastic waistband comprising:at least a main portion made of an elastic fabric, a first end portion in the form of two triangle-shaped tails joined together to said main portion and having at their free ends hook and loop fasteners and a second end portion having anchoring felt pads for said hook and loop fasteners, said elastic main portion being composed of a first central portion of a fabric having a greater elasticity than an elasticity of a fabric of two side portions each joined with said central portion along an associated one of a plurality of transverse sewing lines; transverse stiffening inserts each being disposed in correspondence with one of said plurality of transverse sewing lines joining together said first central portion, said side portions and said first and second end portions; secondary elastic tautness adjustment means running over an exterior of said elastic portions and of said inserts and being in the form of a plurality of pairs of interlaced multistrip bands spacingly arranged along a height of the waistband, each multistrip band being composed of a plurality of parallel textile strips each having a free end thereof joined with a piece of hook and loop fastener material, and opposing ends of each of said plurality of parallel textile strips being sewn along a most distant one of said plurality of transverse sewing lines from said free ends of said transverse sewing lines to join said first central portion of elastic fabric to a respective side portion of the stiffer elastic fabric of said two side portions; hook and loop fasteners of the opposite free ends of each pair of interlaced bands being pullable apart and anchorable on an outer surface of said first and second end portions, respectively, for adjusting a relative stretching of said elastic portions and for positioning said stiffeners.