To provide a fixing structure for side belt fasteners in which positions of fasteners at end portions of side belts are easy to find by touch, so that operations of attaching and detaching the fasteners are facilitated. In a fixing structure for side belt fasteners, side belt fasteners (eye tape 4 and hook tape 5) of a brassiere with a hook fitting and an eye fitting sewn on tape-shaped interlinings are attached between a front fabric 10a and a back fabric 10b of the brassiere 10 via adhesive layers. Outer edges of the interlinings 4a and 5a are set back inward with a predetermined length from outer edges of the front fabric 10a and the back fabric 10b, and the back fabric 10b covering the interlinings 4a and 5a is limited to one end portions of the interlinings 4a and 5a.

A printable hook and loop engaging structure is configured to create a temporary bind as one half of a hook and loop connection with another half of the hook and loop connection. The printable structure includes a substrate and a print-receptive topcoat coupled to the substrate. The substrate includes a fastening surface that is one of a hook fastening surface and a loop fastening surface of the hook and loop connection. The print-receptive topcoat is opposite from the fastening surface of the substrate.

An improved ornament-hanging hook and system includes an ornament-hanging apparatus and one or more ornament-hanging hooks, wherein each of the one or more ornament-hanging hooks includes an ornament-engaging loop, a first engagement-element for engaging a tree branch or other hanging structure, and a second engagement element disposed between the ornament-engaging loop and the first engagement-element for contact with the ornament-hanging apparatus during hanging. The second engagement-element has a second bend having a plurality of flections, wherein a portion of the second bend forms a fulcrum. Upon engagement with the ornament-hanging apparatus at the fulcrum, an ornament attached at the ornament-engaging loop is balanced gravitationally such that the first-engagement element is positioned upright and in an unobstructed manner.

There is provided an apparatus for affixing buttons to garments. Buttons have been around for many years and are still a very common mechanism for the closure or attachment of garments. Buttons can be either damaged or break loose from its threaded bonding source requiring replacement. There is provided an apparatus for affixing a button to a garment's fabric using a circular disk with two prongs. When circular disk is aligned with the button holes, the prongs extend from the lower side of the circular disk and is manually pushed through the button hole openings piercing the garment fabric and extending through the underside of garment. The two prongs extending through the button and garment are bent inwardly to create a cohesive bond. The underside of the circular disk abutting the top of the button is coated with adhesive inhibiting movement or slippage of the button from the circular disk.

Provided is a closure device for the releasable connecting of two parts to each other including a first closure part, having a first base body, at least two first engaging sections formed on the first base body, spaced apart from each other along a loading direction and forming between them a gap, and at least one first magnetic section arranged on the first base body, and a second closure part, having a second base body, at least one second engaging section formed on the second base body, and at least one second magnetic section arranged on the second base body.

Provided is a closure device for the releasable connecting of two parts to each other including a first closure part, having a first base body, at least two first engaging sections formed on the first base body, spaced apart from each other along a loading direction and forming between them a gap, and at least one first magnetic section arranged on the first base body, and a second closure part, having a second base body, at least one second engaging section formed on the second base body, and at least one second magnetic section arranged on the second base body.

A monitoring device may be provided that couples to a wearable collar for an animal. A housing may include a cavity with an open top end and a cover movable between a first position wherein the cover closes the open top end of the cavity and a second position wherein the open top end of the cavity is exposed. An electronic device may be positioned within the cavity, the electronic device including a processor configured to receive or transmit information relating to the animal wearing the wearable collar. A first connection portion may be coupled to the housing and configured to attach to a first member of a first terminating end of the wearable collar. A second connection portion may be coupled to the housing and configured to attach to a second member of a second terminating end of the wearable collar.

A wearable animal information apparatus may be provided that includes a collar configured to be worn around a portion of an animal. The collar may include an inner surface that faces the portion of the animal during use and an outer surface that faces away from the portion of the animal during use. The animal information apparatus may include a base coupled to the collar and a housing configured to couple to the base via an attachment element. The housing may include a plurality of indicators providing visual information relating to at least one of a condition of the animal or an environment surrounding the animal. An electronic device, located within the housing, may include a processor configured to receive or transmit information relating to the animal. The base may include a cavity for receiving the housing and coupling the base to the housing via the attachment element.

An attachment for a wearable collar of an animal may be provided. The attachment may include an electronic device comprising a processor configured to receive or transmit information relating to the animal. An attachment body may be configured to be detachably coupled to the collar worn by the animal. The attachment body may include a cavity housing the electronic device and an opening of the cavity. The opening may provide access to the electronic device housed in the cavity or retaining the electronic device within the cavity via an enclosure element. Each of a plurality of legs may have a connection element. The connection element may be configured to engage with another connection element to detachably couple the attachment body to the collar worn by the animal.

An attachment for a wearable collar of an animal may be provided. The attachment may include an electronic device comprising a processor configured to receive or transmit information relating to the animal. An attachment body may be configured to be detachably coupled to the collar worn by the animal. The attachment body may include a cavity housing the electronic device and an opening of the cavity. The opening may provide access to the electronic device housed in the cavity or retaining the electronic device within the cavity via an enclosure element. Each of a plurality of legs may have a connection element. The connection element may be configured to engage with another connection element to detachably couple the attachment body to the collar worn by the animal.