Temporary pant leg rollup fastener

Abstract

A support for a temporary pant rollup is described. A strip of flexible material includes magnets located at opposing ends. The strip is wrapped around a temporary pant rollup to support the pant rollup. The magnets are enclosed in pockets on the strip and are magnetically attracted to each other when the strip is wrapped around the pant rollup. The magnets attract each other with the pant fabric sandwiched between them, to physically support the strip, and thereby the rollup, in place.

Description

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0001]This disclosure relates to a free-hanging magnetic fastener to temporarily support pant leg rollups at readily adjustable lengths.INTRODUCTION[0002]Pant legs are usually purchased or altered to a length suitable to the leg length of the wearer, using a typical shoe height (or a shoe height chosen by the wearer for the particular pants). Particularly in women's fashion, where shoes may have very different heel heights from “flats” having relatively minimal heel height to “high heels” having relatively high heel heights, the hem of the pants legs are sewn or chosen to coincide with the heel height that the wearer will expect to use when wearing those pants.[0003]Women's dress pants and business pant legs are typically sewn or chosen to accommodate moderate to high heels that are more typically worn in formal or business settings. But, when traveling to and from those formal or business settings, women will frequently choose to wear more comfortable flats, ...

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Problems solved by technology

This creates a problem in that the pants legs, which are sewn or chosen with a longer length to accommodate moderate or higher heels, will drag on the ground when the wearer puts on the more comfortable low-heeled shoes for travel.

During that travel, the bottoms of their pants legs are dragging on the ground causing them to become dirty and, over time, frayed.

Hemming the pants legs at a shorter length so they will not drag during the commute is not a realistic option because the pants legs will not be of the proper length for the moderate to higher heels that the wearer wishes to change in to once she arrives at work.

That works for some fabrics, such as heavy denim that will support the rollup while the wearer is walking, but many fabrics worn by women will not self-support that rollup during the walking commute.

Some magnetic garment closures have been previously disclosed, but no such closures are designed to temporarily support pant rollups.

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