A thin garment closure includes a male member with a bar having a ball each end and a female member having a trough shaped to receive the bar. The bar is positionable in the trough when the male and female members are in a substantially transverse orientation, and when one member is rotated so that
A thin garment closure includes a male member with a bar having a ball each end and a female member having a trough shaped to receive the bar. The bar is positionable in the trough when the male and female members are in a substantially transverse orientation, and when one member is rotated so that both members are substantially coplanar the closure is closed. The male member has side arms angled inward and connecting the male exterior side and the bar. The length of the bar is shorter than the length of the male exterior side. The trough of the female member has a concave region to receive each ball of the bar. In an embodiment, the concave region is enlarged toward the center of the closure to accommodate movement of the bar under tension. These features improve the tensile strength of the closure.
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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 configured for attachment to the first end of the garment, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on each end, 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 configured for attachment to the first end of the garment, a bar offset from the male exterior side, the bar having two ends and a ball on each end, and a flat front surface between the male exterior side and the bar;a female member having a female exterior side configured for attachment to the second end of the garment, a trough shaped to receive the bar and offset from the female exterior side, 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;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;the male member having two side arms connecting the male exterior side and the bar, the side arms each angled inward from the male exterior side to a ball of the bar, the bar and the male exterior side each having a length, and the length of the bar being shorter than the length of the male exterior side; and,the trough of the female member having a concave region to receive each ball of the bar. 2. The closure according to claim 1, further including: the trough of the female member having sidewalls projecting rearward along a portion of the trough intermediate the concave regions, 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. 3. The closure according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the sidewalls has straight endwalls adjoining both the curved end and the flat rear surface. 4. The closure according to claim 2, wherein the female member includes a detent which protrudes from the sidewall of the trough and restricts the width of at least a portion of the trough. 5. The closure according to claim 2, wherein the concave region of the trough is surrounded by the flat rear surface where the concave region is not adjacent the female exterior side. 6. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the bar of the male member has a central region with a substantially rectangular shape. 7. The closure according to claim 6, wherein the bar intermediate the balls transitions from a curved shape to a substantially rectangular shape. 8. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the male member has a male detent which protrudes toward the male exterior side along at least a portion of the bar. 9. The closure according to claim 1, wherein the concave region has an outer portion nearest the female exterior side shaped to closely receive the ball and an inner portion nearest the male exterior side when the male member and female member are connected, the inner portion shaped to receive the ball and accommodate movement of the ball in the direction away from the female exterior side. 10. 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. 11. The closure according to claim 1, further including: the trough of the female member having sidewalls projecting rearward along a portion of the trough intermediate the concave regions, the sidewalls having curved ends;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;at least one of the sidewalls having straight endwalls adjoining both the curved end and the flat rear surface;the bar intermediate the balls transitioning from a curved shape to a substantially rectangular shape; and,the concave region having an outer portion nearest the female exterior side shaped to closely receive the ball and an inner portion nearest the male exterior side when the male member and female member are connected, the inner portion shaped to receive the ball and accommodate movement of the ball in the direction away from the female exterior side. 12. The closure according to claim 1, further including: the bar having a ball located intermediate the two ends;the trough of the female member having sidewalls projecting rearward along a portion of the trough intermediate two of the concave regions, 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. 13. The closure according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the sidewalls has straight endwalls adjoining both the curved end and the flat rear surface. 14. The closure according to claim 12, wherein the bar of the male member has two central regions each with a substantially rectangular shape, the central regions separated by one of the balls. 15. The closure according to claim 14, wherein the bar intermediate two of the balls transitions from a curved shape to a substantially rectangular shape. 16. The closure according to claim 12, wherein each concave region has an outer portion nearest the female exterior side shaped to closely receive one of the balls and an inner portion nearest the male exterior side when the male member and female member are connected, the inner portion shaped to receive the ball and accommodate movement of the ball in the direction away from the female exterior side. 17. The closure according to claim 12, further including: at least one of the sidewalls having straight endwalls adjoining both the curved end and the flat rear surface;the bar intermediate two of the balls transitioning from a curved shape to a substantially rectangular shape; and,each concave region having an outer portion nearest the female exterior side shaped to closely receive one of the balls and an inner portion nearest the male exterior side when the male member and female member are connected, the inner portion shaped to receive the ball and accommodate movement of the ball in the direction away from the female exterior side. 18. A garment including the closure of claim 12. 19. A garment including the closure of claim 1.
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Rowell Ross Fredrick (5361 Belmore Montreal CA), Brassiere fastener.
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