A fastener for a brassier or brassier-like garment, a manufacturing method therof and a brassier or brassier-like garment using such a fastener

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EP 1 314 367 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/43

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	28.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/22

(21)	Application number: 02025287.0

(22)	Date of filing: 12.11.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A41F 1/00, A44B 17/00, A44B 13/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

19.11.2001 JP 2001353250

(71)	Applicant: Morito Co., Ltd.
	Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0054 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Yokozeki, Kayoko Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0015 (JP) Yoneda, Kyoji, c/o Morito Co., Ltd. Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0054 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Haft, von Puttkamer, Berngruber, Czybulka
	Patentanwälte Franziskanerstrasse 38 81669 München 81669 München (DE)

(54)	A fastener for a brassier or brassier-like garment, a manufacturing method therof and a brassier or brassier-like garment using such a fastener

(57) Right and left fastener parts (5, 7) attached to the right and left ends (1, 3) of a brassier strap. The male fastener part (7) comprises a male tape piece (18a), which is cut out from a male cloth tape (18) on which at least one row of synthetic resin male snap buttons (6) is formed and fastened in such a way that there is at least one button per row. The female fastener part (5) comprises a female tape piece (30a), which is cut out from a female cloth tape (30) on which at least two rows of synthetic resin female snap buttons are formed and fastened in such a way that there is at least one button per row. The male snap button (6) has an engagement protrusion (20) that extends directly from the cloth tape (30) rather than from a base.

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