[0001] The present invention refers to a braid, of the type generally used to trim or finish
decoratives or finishing edgings of garments and has as a principal object to provide
a structure for said braid which permits the obtainment of flexibility and its correlative
feeling of movement and length which accompanies and even gracefully exaggerate the
movement that the user spontaneously impresses to the garments.
[0002] Through the structural arrangement which constitutes the principal object of this
invention, it is hereby try to create in the user, a movement feeling in the ornaments
of the garment, accompanying or exaggerating the movement in the measurement of the
garment used, obtaining a cadence that results very attractive, at the same time that
the idea and embodiment of the braid, result in a great simplicity without metallic
elements or with bright edges, such as purls or sequins which may determine risks
or troubles for the user or the like.
[0003] There are known in the art of dressing, braids manufactured through the union of
threads mixed with gold and other metals more or less bright; the ornament with base
purls and hanging sequins which present in addition to a remarkable high cost, difficulty
in that referring to their fitting to garments; stifness and lack of spontaneous and
rythmical movement, all of which are attained through the novel structure which constitutes
the base of the present invention that is composed by a plurality of filaments of
an elastomeric material, such as rubber, arranged in form of reversed "U" coplanarly
aligned and connected by the adjacent part to the curvature by a pair of central textile
strand in the middle part and at least a part of parallel elastomeric filaments parallel
and exterior to the central strand so conforming a braid fixing band which constitutes
the base of the invention to the desired portion of the garment, being in liberty
the loosed braid filaments which through the particular conformation of the whole
structure, not only copy the base movement but thee multiply and exaggerate in a highly
gracile and attractive manner.
[0004] In order that the invention may be construed and carried same into operation with
facility it has been represented in its form of preferred embodiment in the attached
drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 ; is an elevation view of the braid object of this invention.
FIGURE 2 ; is a A-A section view of the invention illustrated in Figure 1.
FIGURE 3 ; is a section view through the line B-B of the invention illustrated in
Figure 1, shown in detail the connection of the rubber filaments through textile means.
FIGURE 4 ; is a section view through the line C-C of the invention illustrated in
Figure 1, shown in detail the connection of the rubber elements with transversal filaments,
also of rubber united among them and arranged in a form parallel to the textile means.
FIGURE 5 is a section view through the line C-C of the invention illustrated in Figure
1 showing a variant of the connection of the rubber filaments with filaments also
of rubber, twisted round about them and arranged in parallel form to the textiles.
[0005] In all the figures there are indicated with the same references, similar or corresponding
parts of the invented braid that it is constituted by a plurality of filements 1,
arranged in coplanar form and affecting a form of a reversed "U", the curved portion
remaining in the superior line and, adjacent to same a transversal band to the filaments
line i, said band being composed by rubber spinning 3 in its exterior strips and by
textile spinning 2, in the intermediate strips, so as to provide an anchorage system
of the filaments i to the garment or object on which the braid shall be arranged.
Since the parts of textile spinning 2, are arranged in the central part of the transversal
band and while those of elastic spinning occupy the external edges of the band, this
means that the movement flexibility of the filaments integrating the braid are more
exaggerated and outstand even more the movement of the base fixed to the garment on
which the braid is arranged, being moreover understood that the strip composed by
the elastic and textile transversal spinning allows an easy application through seaming
or the like to the place on which the braid shall be effectively placed to which we
have been referred to since the free ends of the filaments integrated by same shall
be moved with singular looseness and gracefulness, outstanding the movement of the
base fixed to the garment or object to which the braid object of this invention has
to be applied.
1. A braid which includes a plurality of rubber filaments or of any other elastomeric
material, joined by one of its ends, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the plurality
of rubber filaments present a form of reversed "U" and are coplanarly connected by
a stripe conformed by a pair of central spinning of textile material and at least
a pair of rubber spinning or of any other elastomeric material arranged in parallel
form to the pair of central spinning of textile material adjacent to the "U" curvature
zone and setting free and loose the ends of the rubber filaments opossed to the "U"
curve.
