Patent ID: 7086126

Claim:
A device for holding a garment waistband of the type having at least two belt loops attached at a spaced interval thereon, comprising: a flat, elongated elastic band having a predetermined length between opposing ends thereof and being made of an elastic material which is stretchable with a slight tension to an expanded length approximately equal to the interval across the two belt loops on the garment waistband; a pair of fastener components, each fastener component having a first member which has a fastener end and an opposite elastic-band-mounting end that is attachable to a respective end of the elastic band, said elastic-band-mounting end being configured to be seated around an exposed length of a respective one of the two belt loops, and a second member having an anchor end on a back side thereof that is anchored to an intermediate portion of the elastic band and a post end projecting a slight distance to a front side from the elastic band which is adapted to be engaged by the fastener end of the first member, whereby the elastic band can be attached to hold the garment waistband by stretching it and seating the elastic-band-mounting ends of the first members of the fastener components around the exposed lengths of the respective belt loops and then attaching the fasteners ends of the first members to the projecting post ends of the second members, and wherein said first members of the fastener components are snap-buckles formed by a metal wire of substantial rigidity that is bent into a symmetrically curved shape with a bent back bar on the elastic-band-mounting end, and a hook-loop fastener end which hooks onto the projecting post end of the second member, and wherein said back bar of the elastic-band-mounting end has a concave cross-section defining a gap between its open ends for clasping onto the thickness of the belt loop.