A thin garment closure includes a male member with a bar having a ball on at least one end and a female member having a trough shaped complementary to the bar. The bar is positionable in the trough when the male and female members in a substantially transverse orientation, and when one member is rot
A thin garment closure includes a male member with a bar having a ball on at least one end and a female member having a trough shaped complementary to the bar. The bar is positionable in the trough when the male and female members in a substantially transverse orientation, and when one member is rotated so that both members are substantially coplanar the closure is closed. The male and female members each have a flat surface which contacts the flat surface of the mating member when the closure is closed, enabling a thin and narrow closure. In an embodiment, the trough has sidewalls which guide the bar into position in the trough for improved manipulation of the closure. In another embodiment, a detent resists decoupling of the closure while allowing coupling over a range of insertion angles.
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1. A closure for a garment having a first end and a second end, the closure comprising: a male member having a male exterior side connected to the first end of the garment, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on at least one of the ends, and a flat front surf
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A closure for a garment having a first end and a second end, the closure comprising: a male member having a male exterior side connected to the first end of the garment, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on at least one of the ends, and a flat front surface between the male exterior side and the bar;a female member having a female exterior side connected to the second end of the garment, a trough shaped complementary to the bar and offset from the female exterior side, a detent at least partially spanning the length of the trough, and a flat rear surface at least partially surrounding the trough;the bar positionable in the trough when the male member and the female member are in a substantially transverse orientation; and,when the bar is positioned in the trough and the male member is rotated so that the male member and the female member are substantially coplanar, the flat front surface of the male member contacts the flat rear surface of the female member and the first and second ends of the garment are connected. 2. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the bar of the male member has a ball on both ends. 3. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the trough of the female member is open on both ends. 4. The closure according to claim 1, further including: the trough of the female member having sidewalls projecting rearward along a portion of the length of the trough, the sidewalls having curved ends; and,when the bar and the trough are offset longitudinally and the bar is longitudinally shifted while contacting the sidewalls, the curved ends guiding the ball of the bar into position in the trough. 5. The closure according to claim 4, wherein the detent of the female member is a protrusion on the sidewall of the trough which restricts the width of at least a portion of the trough. 6. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the male member has a male detent which protrudes along the width of at least a portion of the bar. 7. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the male member has a substantially rectangular cross-section. 8. The closure according to claim 1 having a tensile strength of between about 20 pounds and about 30 pounds. 9. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the bar is positionable in the trough when the male member and the female member are oriented at an angle of between about 75 degrees and about 105 degrees. 10. A garment having a first end, a second end, and a closure for connecting the first and second ends, the closure comprising: a male member having a male exterior side connected to the first end of the garment, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on at least one end, and a flat front surface between the male exterior side and the bar;a female member having a female exterior side connected to the second end of the garment, a trough shaped complementary to the bar and offset from the female exterior side, a detent at least partially spanning the length of the trough, and a flat rear surface at least partially surrounding the trough;the bar positionable in the trough when the male member and the female member are in a substantially transverse orientation; and,when the bar is positioned in the trough and the male member is rotated so that the male member and the female member are substantially coplanar, the flat front surface of the male member contacts the flat rear surface of the female member and the first and second ends of the garment are connected. 11. The garment according to claim 10, wherein the bar of the male member has a ball on both ends. 12. The garment according to claim 10, wherein the trough of the female member is open on both ends. 13. The garment according to claim 10, further including: the trough of the female member having sidewalls projecting rearward along a portion of the length of the trough, the sidewalls having curved ends; and,when the bar and the trough are offset longitudinally and the bar is longitudinally shifted while contacting the sidewalls, the curved ends guiding the ball of the bar into position in the trough. 14. The garment according to claim 13, wherein the detent of the female member is a protrusion on the sidewall of the trough which restricts the width of at least a portion of the trough. 15. The garment according to claim 10, wherein the male member has a male detent which protrudes along the width of at least a portion of the bar. 16. The garment according to claim 10, wherein the male member has a substantially rectangular cross-section. 17. The garment according to claim 10 wherein the closure has a tensile strength of between about 20 pounds and about 30 pounds. 18. The garment according to claim 10, wherein the bar is positionable in the trough when the male member and the female member are oriented at an angle of between about 75 degrees and about 105 degrees. 19. A garment system comprising: a primary garment piece having a primary end;a plurality of secondary garment pieces each having a secondary end;a male closure member having a male exterior side, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on at least one end, and a flat front surface between the male exterior side and the bar;a female closure member having a female exterior side connected to the primary end, a trough shaped complementary to the bar and offset from the female exterior side, a detent at least partially spanning the length of the trough, and a flat rear surface at least partially surrounding the trough;one of the male closure member and the female closure member being a primary closure member connected to the primary end;the other of the male closure member and the female closure member being a secondary closure member;one secondary closure member connected to each secondary end;the bar positionable in the trough when the male closure member and the female member are in a substantially transverse orientation; and,when the bar is positioned in the trough and the male closure member is rotated so that the male closure member and the female closure member are substantially coplanar, the flat front surface of the male closure member contacts the flat rear surface of the female closure member and the primary end and one of the secondary ends are connected. 20. The garment system according to claim 19 wherein each secondary closure member is differently sized or shaped.
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