Patent ID: 6131206
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A41F

Abstract:
For a garter belt of the type used by a hockey player to support stockings, said garter belt of the type which includes an elongated waist encircling belt having mating releasibly engagable hook and loop covered end portions which adjustably overlap lengthwise for connection around the hockey player's waist a plurality of elongated garters each connected at one end portion thereof in spaced relation from each said belt end portion and along the length of said belt, another end portion of each garter comprising;a first strip of fastener material secured thereto, said fastener material formed of densely spaced hook members which releasibly engage with a fabric forming a stocking worn by the hockey player;a second strip of said fastener material secured at an upper end thereof to, and facing and generally coextensive with said first strip;said first and second strips opposingly oriented for releasible connection with an inside stocking surface and an outside stocking surface, respectively, of the stocking, said first and second strips of at least two said garters cooperatively acting for supportive engagement with each stocking.