Patent Publication Number: US-2021169162-A1

Title: System and methods for garment accessorizing

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/053,706 filed Feb. 25, 2016. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is generally directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus that may be shaped or shapeable in order that the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be easily mounted on a garment. Advantageously, embodiments of the present invention may be used, for example, to accessorize a garment or to provide other information without damaging the garment. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     A garment typically is comprised of one or more components that are sized, shaped, or otherwise managed and connectable or connected to form a covering that may be worn over a surface of a body. Garments may be formed from one or more panels each of which may be generally planar in shape and made from one or more types of material or other components of varying size and shape. A garment may include one or more folds and one or more seams developed by joining one or more panels together. An edge may be a terminal boundary of one or more panels. To prevent fraying and overall to provide reinforcement, additional material may be added to an edge including through stitching. 
     The one or more components of a garment may be configured in various ways to provide protection, comfort, utility, and/or ornamentation. The components may also form or include an aperture. A buttonhole is one such aperture in one or more garment panels. The size and shape of the buttonhole is generally defined by one or more edges developed in the garment panel. In certain cases, the one or more edges may be reinforced by stitching. Another such aperture is that which is formed by a pocket. A garment pocket may be developed by attaching three sides of a smaller panel to a larger garment panel leaving one side edge of the panel unattached. The space between the pocket panel and the garment forms the aperture. 
     A garment, its features, and the material from which it is made produce a style, fashion, or look through color, pattern, and/or texture. However, wearers of garments at times apply, attach, affix, or otherwise wear belts, ties, scarves, jewelry, patches, and badges, or otherwise, that are intended to aid the functionality of and/or complement the appearance of the garments. Such an item associated or worn with a garment is often generically termed an “accessory”. The process of adding an accessory to a garment is termed “accessorizing”. The state of a garment with such an additional accessory is termed “accessorized”. 
     Garments, however, include one or more other components to facilitate the attachment of one or more accessories to the garment. For example, pants often include loops so that belts may be attached to the waist area of the pants. In another example, a shirt may include a collar which may keep a tie properly positioned in place around the neck of a wearer. Accessories are often affixed to a garment through hooks, pins, stitching, or other means that may be permanent and/or may cause some permanent damage to the garment. Many such accessories may also be complicated and expensive. 
     There exists a need for a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be easily accessorized. The present invention solves this need. Advantageously, certain embodiments of the present invention may be used to accessorize a garment without damaging the garment. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be easily accessorized. In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, the system includes one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be shaped and/or shapeable to permit the apparatus to be mounted on the garment without causing damage to the garment and so that one or more display components are developed that may be viewable for accessorizing the garment and/or communicating information. 
     In certain preferred embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may have one or more surfaces each of which may have one or more color, pattern, and/or texture features. The one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped and/or shapeable to be mounted on the garment so that the one or more such surfaces are viewable as the one or more display components. In certain embodiments, the one or more display components may accessorize a garment and may communicate additional information through such color, pattern, and/or texture. In some embodiments of the present invention, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may include one or more attachment components that may facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on to a surface of a garment. Such attachment component may include one or more frictional surfaces, magnets, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and/or hooks. Such surface attachment of the apparatus may prevent the apparatus of the present invention from causing disruption to the construction of the garment when the apparatus is repeatedly applied to and removed from the surface of the garment. 
     Additional embodiments of the present invention may include one or more supplemental modules that may be attached or attachable to the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus. In some embodiments, the one or more supplemental modules may attach to one or more supplemental mounting components to facilitate the mounting of the one or more mounting surface of the mountable accessorizing apparatus on the garment. In further embodiments, the one or more supplemental modules may have one or more supplemental display components to accessorize the garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. 
     One object of the present invention is to provide a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be more easily mounted on a portion of a garment to provide one or more display components that may be viewable to accessorize the garment. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which advantageously may be releasably mounted on one or more surface portions of a garment for accessorizing the garment without damaging the garment. 
     It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system including one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus having an initial shape that may be further shapeable in one or more configurations to form a mounting shape such that the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be mounted on one of a plurality of portions of the surface of a garment. 
     The present invention, its attributes and advantages, may be further understood with reference to the detailed description of presently contemplated embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The preferred embodiments of the invention may be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and not to limit the invention, where like designations denote like elements, and in which: 
         FIG. 1A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 1B  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown in  FIG. 1A —shaped to facilitate mounting; 
         FIG. 10  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus positioned for mounting on the surface of and adjacent to the surface of a pocket panel of a garment; 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus including a certain preferred embodiment of an attachment component; 
         FIG. 2B  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus including another certain preferred embodiment of an attachment component; 
         FIG. 2C  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus including an additional certain preferred embodiment of an attachment component; 
         FIG. 2D  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus including an added certain preferred embodiment of an attachment component; 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus positioned adjacent to and for mounting on a surface of the pocket panel of a garment (the elements of which are shown in cross section); 
         FIG. 3B  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown in  FIG. 3A —shaped and positioned adjacent to a pocket panel of a garment; 
         FIG. 3C  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B —mounted on the unattached upper edge surface and over the front and the rear pocket panel surface; 
         FIG. 3D  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus that includes a supplemental attachment component mounted on and over the upper edge surface, and the front and the rear pocket panel surface; 
         FIG. 3E  illustrates a preferred embodiment of an additional module attached to a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus all mounted on the unattached upper edge surface and over the front and the rear pocket panel surface; 
         FIG. 4A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown also in  FIG. 1A ,  FIG. 2A , and FIG.  3 A—shaped so it may be received within and/or adjacent to a generally circular shaped aperture of a garment; 
         FIG. 4B  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown also in  FIG. 1A ,  FIG. 2A ,  FIG. 3A , and  FIG. 4A —mounted on the edge surface defining an aperture of a garment; 
         FIG. 4C  illustrates an enlarged portion of the channel element shown of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus shown in  FIG. 4B ; 
         FIG. 4D  illustrates a supplemental module attachable to the mountable accessorizing apparatus; 
         FIG. 4E  illustrates a bottom view of the supplemental module. 
         FIG. 4F  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the supplemental module attached to a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as the one shown in  FIG. 4A ; 
         FIG. 5A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus having a torus-like shape; 
         FIG. 5B  illustrates a sectional view of the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus—such as shown in  FIG. 5A —mounted the edge surface surrounding an aperture; and 
         FIG. 5C  illustrates a preferred embodiment of an additional module attached to a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to a simplified system and methods by which a garment may be accessorized. The one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped and/or shapeable to develop one or more mounting surfaces for mounting the apparatus on one or more surface portions of a garment and one or more display components which may be viewable to accessorize the garment including as through color, pattern, and/or texture. 
     In certain preferred embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be formed from materials that are pliable, malleable, or otherwise shapeable, such as by a user, so that the mountable accessorizing apparatus may be easily shaped as needed to facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on a garment. Such materials include metal or plastic. Accordingly, certain embodiments of the mountable accessorizing apparatus may have an initial shape that may be further shapeable to develop one or more mounting shapes having one or more mounting surfaces to facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on the one or more surface portions of a garment. 
       FIG. 1A ,  FIG. 1B , and  FIG. 1C  illustrate certain preferred embodiments of the present invention of a mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  that may be shaped and/or shapeable to develop one or more mounting surfaces for mounting the apparatus on one or more surface portions of a garment and one or more display components which may be viewable to accessorize the garment. 
     More specifically, the embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  illustrated in  FIG. 1A  has a generally rectangular initial shape. However, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may have other initial shapes including circular, semi-circular, or triangular. The illustrated embodiment of the rectangular shaped apparatus  101  includes a first face surface  102  (not shown) opposing a second face surface  103 , a first side surface  104  (not shown) opposing a second side surface  105 , and a third side surface  106  opposing a fourth side surface  107  (not shown). Each such surface may have one or more color, pattern, and/or texture. 
     The mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  embodiment shown in  FIG. 1A  may be made from a plastic so that it is easily shaped—such as by a user—and so that the apparatus may be configured into a mounting shape having one or more mounting surfaces  151  to facilitate the mounting of the apparatus on one or more surface portions of a garment and such that one or a plurality of surfaces of the apparatus may be viewable as one or more display components  171 .  FIG. 1B  illustrates a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A that includes a mounting surface  151  to facilitate the mounting of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A on one or more surface portions of a garment and a display component  171  for accessorizing the garment. 
       FIG. 1C  shows the preferred embodiment of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A shown in  FIG. 1B  mounted on a garment  1201 . More specifically, the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A is shown as mounted on the pocket surface  1112  of a pocket panel  1111  of the garment  1201 . A pocket surface  1112  may include a front pocket panel surface  1113 , a rear pocket panel surface  1114 , and an upper edge surface  1115  all attached to a portion of a garment  1201 . Depending on the configuration of the garment, and the position of the viewer or viewers, the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may mount on the surface  1112  of the pocket panel  1111  so at least the first face surface  102  has been developed into a display component  171 . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may include one or more attachment components to facilitate the mounting of the one or more accessorizing apparatus on the garment. The one or more attachment components may include one or more frictional element, magnet elements, pressure-sensitive adhesive elements, and/or hook elements. 
       FIG. 2A ,  FIG. 2B ,  FIG. 2C , and  FIG. 2D  illustrate other preferred embodiments of the present invention of a mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  which include one or more attachment components  108  for facilitating mounting the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  on the surface of the garment. In some preferred embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be similar to or the same as the embodiment shown in  FIG. 1A  including a first face surface  102  (not shown) opposing a second face surface  103 , a first side surface  104  (not shown) opposing a second side surface  105 , and a third side surface  106  opposing a fourth side surface  107  (not shown). Each such surface may have one or more color, pattern, and/or texture. The mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be shapeable to develop a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A with one or more mounting surfaces  151  and so that the attachment components  108  may facilitate mounting the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A on one or more surface portions of a garment and to develop one or more display components  171 . 
     The embodiment of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  illustrated in  FIG. 2A  includes attachment components  108  on or forming a part of the second face surface  103 . In the  FIG. 2A  embodiment, the attachment components  108  may be magnetic elements such as magnetically charged surfaces  109  and  110 . In some embodiments, magnetically charged surfaces  109  and  110  may have the same polarity so that each is attracted to the same metallic material. In other embodiments, magnetically charged surface  109  may have a different polarity than magnetically charged surface  110  so that they may be attracted to each other. In certain embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be shaped to form a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A—such as by a user—so that magnetically charged surfaces  109  and  110  having opposite polarities are in proximity and spatially opposing each other to facilitate the mounting of the mounting surface  151  of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A on one or more surface portions of a garment to develop one or more viewable display components  171  to accessorize the garment. In additional embodiments, magnetically charged surfaces  109  and  110  also may be located on one or more other surfaces. 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  including a second face surface  103  having attachment components  108 . In the  FIG. 2B  embodiment, the attachment components  108  may be pressure-sensitive adhesive elements such as pressure-sensitive adhesive strips  111  and  112 . In some embodiments, pressure-sensitive adhesive strips  111  and  112  may have a non-adhesive cover which may be peeled away before mounting. In certain embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be shaped to form a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A—such as by a user—to be mounted on a garment by shaping the apparatus  101  so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive strips  111  and  112  contact one or more surface portions of a garment adhering to the one or more surface portions of the garment to facilitate the mounting of the mounting surface  151  of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A on the garment to develop one or more viewable display components  171  in order to accessorize the garment. In additional embodiments, pressure-sensitive adhesive strips  111  and  112  also may be located on one or more other surfaces. 
       FIG. 2C  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  including a second face surface  103  having an attachment component  108 . In the  FIG. 2C  embodiment, the attachment component  108  may be a frictional surface  113 . In the  FIG. 2C  embodiment, the frictional element  113  is shown as covering approximately half the second face surface  103 . In some embodiments, the frictional element  113  may be comprised of a material which may cause increased friction of the mountable accessorizing apparatus to a garment. In other embodiments, the frictional surface  113  may have a texture which causes increased friction of the mountable accessorizing apparatus to a garment. In certain embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be shaped to form a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A—such as by a user—by shaping the apparatus so the frictional element  113  contacts one or more surface portions of a garment increasing the friction between the apparatus and the one or more surface portions of the garment for facilitating the mounting of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  to develop one or more viewable display components  171  in order to accessorize the garment. In additional embodiments, one or more frictional element also may be located on one or more other surfaces. 
       FIG. 2D  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  including a second face surface  103  having attachment components  108 . In the  FIG. 2A  embodiment, the attachment components  108  may be hooks  114  and  115 . In the  FIG. 2D  embodiment, the hook elements  114  and  115  may be formed of a plurality of generally releasable hooks such as those forming elements of the Velcro™ system. In certain embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be shaped to form a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A—such as by a user—to place hook elements  114  and  115  in contact with one or more surface portions of the garment to facilitate mounting of the mounting surface  151  of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A and develop one or more viewable display components  171  to accessorize the garment. In additional embodiments, one or more hooks also may be located on one or more other surfaces. 
     In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable to be mounted on a pocket to develop one or more display components which may be viewable to accessorize the garment and/or communicate information. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates another preferred embodiment of a mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  that may be shapeable to form a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A for mounting on one or more surface portions  1112  of a pocket panel surface  1112 . In certain preferred embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be similar or the same as the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 1A  or  FIG. 2A . In the  FIG. 3A  embodiment, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  is positioned adjacent to a front pocket panel surface  1113  of the pocket panel surface  1112 . 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A, shaped from the initial embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 3A , with mounting surfaces  151 A and  151 B and a display component  171  so that the display component  171  of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A is viewable to accessorize the garment  1201  such through color, pattern, and/or texture when mounted on the pocket.  FIG. 3B  shows the mountable accessorizing apparatus positioned adjacent to a front pocket panel surface  1113 , the upper edge surface  1115 , and/or the rear pocket panel surface  1114  of the pocket panel surface  1112 . 
       FIG. 3C  illustrates the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A as further mounted on the front pocket panel surface  1113 , the upper edge surface  1115 , and/or the rear pocket panel surface  1114  the pocket panel surface  1112 . In the  FIG. 3C  embodiment, the mounting surfaces  151 A and  151 B are in contact with the front pocket panel surface  1113  and the pocket panel rear surface  1114  of the pocket panel surface  1112 . A display component  171  may be viewable to accessorize the garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. 
     Certain embodiments of the present invention may include one or more supplemental modules. In certain embodiments, the supplemental module may have one or more supplemental display components which may accessorize a garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. In other embodiments, the supplemental module may attach to one or more supplemental attachment components. 
       FIG. 3D  illustrates an embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A having a supplemental attachment component  122  to facilitate attachment of a supplemental module  121  to the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 . In some embodiments, the supplemental attachment component  122  may be sized and shaped to fit a portion of a supplemental module  121  so that the supplemental module  121  may be attached to the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 . In some embodiments, the supplemental attachment component  122  may include one or more magnets, pressure-sensitive adhesive components, or other attachment elements to facilitate attachment. 
       FIG. 3E  illustrates an embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A including a supplemental module  121  attached to the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A by a supplemental attachment component  122 . In some embodiments, the supplemental module  121  may include one or more magnets positioned for facilitating attachment to the supplemental attachment component  122 . In other embodiments, the supplemental module  121  may include pressure-sensitive adhesive which may attach to supplemental attachment component  122 . Further, the supplemental module  121  may have a supplemental display component  123  which may be viewable for accessorizing a garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. 
     In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable such that a portion may be inserted within and/or adjacent to an aperture and mounted on an edge surface to provide one or more display components which may be viewable for accessorizing the garment  1201 .  FIG. 4A - FIG. 4F  illustrate preferred embodiments of a mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  that includes an initial shape and size which may be further shaped as a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  for reception within and/or adjacent to an aperture  1118  of a garment  1201 . A buttonhole is defined by the size and shape of an edge surface  1119  surrounding the aperture  1118  within a garment  1201 . 
     The embodiment of a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  shown in  FIG. 4A  is shaped in a cylindrical-like shape. In some embodiments, the cylindrical-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may have an initial shape similar to the embodiment shown in  FIG. 1A  or  FIG. 4A  and may be formed from materials by which it may be further shapeable. In certain embodiments, a portion of the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  shown in  FIG. 4A  may be sized and shaped so that it may be inserted into an aperture  1118  of a garment  1201 . In some embodiments of the invention, a linear gap  124  is formed by the first side surface  104  and the second side surface  105 . Specifically, the first side surface  104  opposes the second side surface  105 , which are both parallel to one another and positioned at a distance from each offer. The linear gap  124  is perpendicular to and extending through both the third side surface  106  and the fourth side surface  107 . As shown more specifically in  FIG. 4A , second face surface  103  and the third side surface  106  meet at edge boundary  189 . 
     In some embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may include a gap  124  which may permit the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  to be adjustable in size and shape so that it may be insertable in an aperture  1118  of a garment  1201 . 
       FIG. 4B  illustrates the shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  inserted within and/or adjacent to an aperture  1118  of a garment  1201  and expanded so that a mounting surface  151  attaches to the edge surface  1119  surrounding the aperture  1118 . Display components  171 A and  171 B may be viewable to accessorize the garment  1201  such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. As shown more specifically in  FIG. 4B , the supplemental attachment component  122  is positioned at the edge boundary  189 . In this embodiment, the supplemental attachment component  122  is a channel element  190 . The channel element  190  extends between the first side surface  104  and the second side surface  105 . 
       FIG. 4C  illustrates an enlarged portion of the channel element  190  shown in  FIG. 4B . The channel element  190  is defined by a base wall  191 , a first wall  192  and a second wall  193 , both the first wall  192  and the second wall  193  extend perpendicular from the base wall  191 . The channel element  190  is configured to receive supplemental module  121  as shown in  FIG. 4D . 
     In some embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be shaped or shapeable to include or form an apparatus aperture  125  for receiving an object. Advantageously, the apparatus aperture  125  may reduce the damage that may be caused to the garment by the abrasion of the object with the garment. For example, a mountable accessorizing apparatus may be mounted on and/or adjacent to the edge surface of the buttonhole to lessen the likelihood that the edge surface of the buttonhole may be damaged from abrasion by the insertion of an object such as a flower into the buttonhole. 
     FIG. FD illustrates a supplemental module  121  according to one embodiment of the invention. The supplemental module  121  comprises exterior surface  185  extending between a first edge  187  and a second edge  188 . As shown, the first edge  187  has a first diameter that is larger than a second diameter of the second edge  188  such that the exterior surface  185  is tapered between the first edge  187  and a second edge  188 . It is also contemplated that first edge  187  and second edge  188  have the same diameters such that the exterior surface  185  is linear between the edges  187 ,  188 . 
     It is also contemplated that embodiments of the supplemental module  121  may include circular surface  184 . The circular surface  184  is attached to the first edge  187  of the exterior surface  185  and may include supplemental display components  123 A viewable to present color, patterns, and/or texture. Exterior surface  185  may also include display component  123 B on exterior surface  185 . 
     The supplemental module  121  includes a supplemental attachment component  152  configured to cooperate with attachment component  122  of apparatus  101 . The supplemental component  152  is a protrusion  160  positioned at edge  188  and includes an exterior face  163 , bottom face  164 , and interior face  165 . The supplemental attachment component  152  is shown more specifically in the bottom view of the supplemental module  121  according to  FIG. 4E . 
       FIG. 4F  illustrates a preferred embodiment of the supplemental module  121  attached to a shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 —such as the one shown in  FIG. 4A . Supplemental attachment component  122  is sized and shaped to fit a portion of supplemental attachment component  152  of supplemental module  121  so that the supplemental module  121  may be attached to the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 . Specifically, channel element  190  receives protrusion  160  so that the base wall  191  is located on bottom face  164 , first wall  192  is aligned with exterior face  152 , and second wall  193  is aligned with interior face  165 . 
     The shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  including supplemental module  121  may be mounted on a garment  1201  to provide a supplemental display components  123 A or  123 B which may be viewable with the display components  171 A and  171 B to accessorize the garment  1201  such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. In other embodiments, the supplemental display components  123 A,  12 B may be attached such that display components  171 A and  171 B are not viewable. 
     In certain embodiments (e.g., without circular surface  184 ), the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be configurable to permit an object may be inserted into an apparatus aperture  125  while the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  with supplemental module  121  is mounted on the garment  1201 . In some embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be molded or formed with the supplemental module  121 . 
     In certain alternative embodiments, the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus may be torus-like shaped so that a user may mount the torus-like shaped apparatus on the edges defining an aperture of a garment to provide one or more display components with may be viewable for accessorizing the garment. 
       FIG. 5A ,  FIG. 5B , and  FIG. 5C  illustrate additional embodiments of a torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A to be mounted—such as by a user—on the edge surface  1119  surrounding an aperture  1118 . The torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be formed from a flexible material so that the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A size may be adjusted to facilitate insertion in an aperture  1118 . 
       FIG. 5A  illustrates a preferred embodiment of torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A which may be shaped and/or shapeable such as by a user. In some embodiments, the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be pre-shaped similar to the embodiment shown in  FIG. 1A ,  FIG. 4A  or  FIG. 5A  and further shapeable. The illustrated torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be shaped so that a display component  171  may be viewable to accessorize a garment such as through color, pattern, and/or texture. The torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may include one or more elements to facilitate shaping of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A such as a gap  124  by which the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be more easily shaped. 
       FIG. 5B  illustrates a sectional view of the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A as mounted on edge surface  1119 A and  1119 B of a buttonhole to develop an apparatus aperture  125  and a display component  171  that may be viewable. The  FIG. 5B  illustrated embodiment includes mounting surfaces  151 A and  151 B that are mounted on the surfaces of the edge surface  1119 A and  1119 B of the buttonhole. In some embodiments, the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be compressed so that mounting surface  151 C and  151 D may contact the surface of the garment  1201 . In some embodiments, the mounting surfaces  151 A and  151 B may include hook elements attached to the edge surface  1119 A and  1119 B. 
     In  FIG. 5C , a supplemental module  121  is attached to the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A by a supplemental attachment component  122 . The torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A may be mounted on a garment  1201  so that a supplemental display component  123  may be viewable with the display component  171  to accessorize the garment  1201  such as through color, pattern and/or texture. In some embodiments, the supplemental display component  123  may conceal the display component  171  so it is not viewable. The torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A attached to the supplemental module  121  may include one or more elements to facilitate shaping of the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A such as a gap  124  by which the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A to be more easily shaped. 
     In certain embodiments, an object may be inserted into an apparatus aperture  125  while the torus-like shaped mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A with supplemental module  121  is mounted on the garment  1201 . In some embodiments, the supplemental module  121  may attach to the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101 A. In other embodiments, the mountable accessorizing apparatus  101  may be molded or formed with the supplemental module  121 . 
     Preferred embodiments of the present invention may be directed to a method or methods for accessorizing a garment including steps for shaping one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus and mounting the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus to provide one or more display components of the one or more mountable accessorizing apparatus which may be viewable. 
     While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown by way of example in the drawings and have been described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit the disclosure to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.