Patent ID: 7937776

Claim:
A method for holding pants or similar clothing tight to a waist of a user, the clothing including a top hem with a plurality of belt loops adjacent the top hem, the method including the steps of: selecting an elongate belt extending between ends and consisting of a single fastener, the fastener adapted to couple the belt to itself to form a circuit; first routing the belt through two of the belt loops; second routing the belt over an outer side of the two belt loops and back toward itself; coupling the belt to itself through the fastener with the fastener located on an outer side of the two belt loops to cause the belt to form a circuit with part of the circuit passing through the belt loops and part of the circuit adjacent to but outside of the belt loops; wherein said coupling step includes the step of opening a clamp on the fastener, feeding a portion of the belt through a gap between the clamp and a plate of the fastener adjacent the clamp to which the clamp is pivoted, and closing the clamp to capture a portion of the belt between the clamp and the adjacent plate of the fastener; tightening the elongate belt by: grasping a free end of the elongate belt, and applying tension to the free end of elongate belt, and moving the free end of the elongate belt relative to the fastener; wherein said first routing step includes routing the belt through two adjacent belt loops on clothing having more than two belt loops; and wherein said routing step includes selecting two loops closest to a front of the clothing and routing the belt through the two loops closest to the front of the clothing.