Patent ID: 6163890
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A41F

Abstract:
Suspenders for suspending trousers from one's shoulders, said suspenders comprising: straps; and hooks generally fixed at ends of the straps, wherein at least one of said hooks has a strap-hold at a first end engaged with at least one of said straps and a hook portion at a second end thereof configured for engaging at least one belt loop on the trousers arranged along an outside upper end of said trousers for passing a belt therethrough, wherein said strap-hold has a longitudinal axis and the hook portion extends in a direction which is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the strap-hold, as opposed to extending in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said strap-hold, wherein said hook portion is configured to generally facilitate hooking of the hook portion on the at least one belt loop on the trousers while said straps lay generally across one's shoulders and while a belt is received through the belt loops.