Patent ID: 6260749
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A45C,A45F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly for holding an article to an article of clothing, comprising the operative combination of:(a) a monolithic planar rigid base member;(b) a non-magnetic, but magnetizable, area on a rear face of said base member;(c) a holding member which is secured to, or is integral with, a front face of said base member; and(d) a separate magnet;wherein:(i) when said rear face of said monolithic planar base member is placed against a front face of said article of clothing; and(ii) when said separate magnet is placed against a back face of said article of clothing at a position opposite to said magnetizable area on said rear face of said base member;said monolithic planar base member is configured to be secured to said front face of said article of clothing by means of magnetic attraction between said magnetizable area on said rear face of said base member and said magnet; andwhereby said article may be held to said article of clothing non-magnetically, but by said holding member.