Patent ID: 7765620

Claim:
A belt support for supporting a belt in position along a waist band adjacent a wait band clasp, comprising: a first belt support member and a second belt support member telescopically coupled to the first belt support member for movement relative thereto; the first belt support member including a substantially straight first long arm having a first end and a second end, a substantially straight second long arm having a first end and a second end, a first connecting member coupled between the second end of the first long arm and the second end of the second long arm with the first long arm and the second long arm substantially parallel, the first long arm, second long arm and connecting member forming a recess, shaped and dimensioned for receiving a waist band and belt adjacent a waist band clasp; the first belt support member including a first telescoping member formed along the second long arm; the second belt support member including a first end and a second end, the first end of the second belt support member is coupled to the second long arm of the first belt support member for controlled telescopic movement of the first belt support member relative to the second belt support member, wherein the first end of the second belt support member includes a second telescoping member telescopically coupled to the first telescoping member of the first belt support member to allow movement of the second belt support member relative to the first belt support member; a belt engaging flange extends from the second end of the second belt support member and toward the second long arm of the first belt support member, the belt engaging flange is shaped and dimensioned to wrap about the belt for holding it in position adjacent the waist band; wherein the first telescoping member of the first belt support member frictionally engages the second telescoping member of the second belt support member for permitting controlled adjustment of the second belt support member relative to the first belt support member.