Patent ID: 6904648

Claim:
Strap and slide assembly for a garment including lingerie and brassieres, said assembly comprising: a slide comprising a flat frame-shaped slide body delimited by planes on opposite sides of said body and having mutually parallel upper and lower bars, a continuous central bar parallel to and located between the upper and lower bars and a pair of lateral limbs connected to said upper and lower bars and to said central bar at opposite ends thereof, said body being formed with an upper slot between said central bar and said upper bar and a lower slot between said central bar and said lower bar, said central bar having flat surfaces on opposite sides lying in a planes parallel to said planes of said body on said opposite sides of said body and set inwardly of said planes of said body whereby said central bar is recessed symmetrically from said planes of said body; and a strap engaged in said slide and having an end lying against and welded to one of said surfaces, a first portion of said strap running from said end through said lower slot to a loop of said strap and passing through a ring at said loop, and a second portion of said strap passing from said loop back through said lower slot over said central bar and said end welded thereto, and then through said upper slot and around said upper bar, whereby an effective length of said strap is adjustable by sliding said slide along said second portion.