Patent ID: 6401350
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A41F,A41H

Abstract:
A measuring tag arranged to be releasably secured to a garment belt to facilitate the cutting of the belt to a desired size, the belt being of a predetermined maximum size and formed of a material arranged to be cut or severed to the desired size, the belt including a buckle having a throat into which a first end portion of the belt may be received to releasably secure the buckle to the belt, said measuring tag comprising an elongated, one-piece planar strip-like member whose entire length is formed of a flexible material of uniform thickness, said strip-like member having a pair of opposed surfaces and whose periphery includes a top edge portion, a bottom edge portion, a pair of longitudinally extending opposed side edge portions, said top edge portion being arranged to be bent out of the plane of said strip-like member to form an ear projecting outward from the plane of said strip-like member, said ear having an end wall extending at an angle to the plane of the contiguous portion of said planar strip-like member to form an upstanding stop surface against which the first end portion of the belt is arranged to abut to hold the belt in position thereat when said measuring tag is releasably secured to the belt, said ear being arranged to fit within the throat of the buckle with the first end portion of the belt therein when said measuring tag is releasably secured to the belt, said first surface of said measuring tag bearing measuring indicia extending along at least a portion of one of said longitudinal extending side edge portions, said flexible material being severable by a scissors at various locations along said indicia to sever said measuring tag and the belt thereat when said measuring tag is releasably secured to the belt so that the remaining length of the belt is of a desired size as indicated by the indicium at the location at which said measuring tag is severed.