Patent ID: 7942723

Claim:
In combination with a brassiere having two wings, a length adjuster for connection between the two brassiere wings, the adjuster comprising: a longitudinally elongated flexible tape having an outer end adapted for fixing to one of the brassiere wings and formed with a longitudinally extending row of grooves and an inner end; a buckle having a base formed with at least one seat and an upper face from which projects a tooth, and a clamp having a lower face turned toward the upper face and pivotal on the base between a latched position closely juxtaposed with the tooth and a release position less closely juxtaposed with the tooth, the tape extending through the buckle between the faces with the grooves open toward and fittable with the tooth and with the inner end fixed in the seat, the tape forming a loop to a side of the buckle opposite the outer end; and structure forming an eye through which the loop passes and through which the tape can slide, the clamp in the latched position pressing the tape against the upper face of the base with the tooth fitted in one of the grooves and arresting the tape, the tape being slidable in the release position between the clamp and the base.