Patent ID: 7076807

Claim:
A bib that comprises a front piece ( 2 ) which has at its lower end a collecting tray ( 3 ) and at its upper end a recess ( 4 ) for placement of the bib about the wearer's neck, wherein a springy, free-bearing string ( 5 ), connected to the front piece in the region of one end of the edge of the recess ( 4 ), is adapted to extend to a fastener located on the upper part of the front piece ( 2 ) in the region of the other end of the recess ( 4 ), wherein the string comprises, at least in its free end portion, mutually sequential beads ( 51 ) that are joined together via waist portions ( 52 ), characterized in that the fastener includes a body ( 31 ) mounted on one major surface of the front piece ( 2 ); in that the body ( 31 ) includes a generally U-shaped notch ( 32 ) that extends generally parallel with the nearby end portion ( 56 ) of the free-bearing string; in that the notch ( 32 ) faces away from the front piece surface on which the body ( 31 ) is mounted; and in that the notch includes a springy, elastic restraining element ( 33 , 34 ) that co-acts with the string such as to hold the string releasably in the notch.