Patent ID: 7140080

Claim:
A lingerie strap and slide assembly comprising: a one-piece generally rectangular slide with rounded corners and having a pair of outer mutually parallel longitudinal bars, a pair of mutually parallel transverse bars merging at the corners with the longitudinal bars and each tapering from a central region of greatest thickness toward the corners, a central bar bridging the central regions of the transverse bars, extending parallel to the longitudinal outer bars and defining respective slots on opposite sides of the central bar, the longitudinal bars, the transverse bars and the central bar having rear flanks on a rear side lying in a common plane of the body, the central bar being between the central regions toward the plane and having a front flank on an opposite side of the central bar from the plane and provided with a row of formations tapered forward away from the plane to the central bar; and a strap having an end welded to the flank and extending rearward therefrom over the central bar and then in the plane against the rear flank of the central bar to an attachment location on a piece of lingerie.