Garment with magnetically attachable accessories

Abstract

A garment with a magnetically attachable garment accessory, including at least one magnet permanently affixed to the garment and at least one magnetic attachment body affixed to the garment accessory, the magnet capable of magnetically attaching to the attachment body. The garment and garment accessory can have a second set of complementary magnetic attachment elements, enabling the garment accessory to attach to the garment at two positions, thus spanning a portion of the garment. Because the garment accessory is readily detachable from the garment, the garment can easily be stylistically varied in innumerable ways.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates generally to the field of garments and garment accessories. More specifically, the invention relates to a garment with magnetically attachable accessories.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]It is known in the art to attach decorative and functional articles to garments using a variety of attachment methods. Several of these attachment methods use magnets to achieve this goal. Nearly all of these magnetic attachment methods expose large surfaces of the magnets during use, making the garments unsightly and exposing the magnets to corrosive elements. To prevent this exposure, one known solution is to enclose the magnet in the following fashion: 1) the magnet is glued onto a support layer of fabric, and 2) a cover layer is placed over the magnet and adheres onto the support layer. Conversely, the art also teaches that if the cover layer is adhesive, then there is no need to glue the magnet onto the support layer. In either soluti...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]In a second preferred embodiment of the invention, a garment is turned inside out to reveal the interior of the garment. A magnet is placed onto a desired spot on the interior side of the garment. A cover layer is placed on top of the magnet. The cover layer is sewn to the garment around the magnet, thus enveloping and securing the magnet onto the garment in the proper position. Like the first embodiment, this process is repeated to embed an attachment body to a garment accessory, thus enabling the garment accessory to magnetically attract and fasten to the magnet in the garment.

[0008]In a third preferred embodiment of the invention, a magnet is glued onto and between two cover layers. The cover layers can be glued together to completely envelop the magnet, creating a pillow-type magnet envelope

Problems solved by technology

Nearly all of these magnetic attachment methods expose large surfaces of the magnets du

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