The modified sock can be used by hikers, campers and other individuals who enjoy the outdoors but want to maintain dry, clean socks. A hole or holes is placed in the top portion of the sock so that the person can air out the sock by simply attaching the socks to a backpack during outdoor activities. The hole will have a grommet that will be reinforced to withstand the washing and general wear and tear that is placed on a sock and still maintain its general shape and function.

A footwear article is disclosed herein. The footwear article includes a quarter lining structure including side arch, a vamp lining and intertwined ankle support configured to at least partially enclose the foot of an individual wearing the footwear article.

An article of clothing having a fastener or connector thereon that may allow the article to be fastened to an associated article of clothing to prevent accidental or unwanted removal thereof. The article of clothing may be further adapted to prevent a child from removing the clothing without first separating the fastener/connector thus preventing the child from removing the article of clothing by slipping a portion of their body out of the article of clothing without a parent's intervention.

Concepts provided are directed to a sock having a toe seam that is primarily located on a lateral side of the sock. The sock may comprise a foot locating feature to ensure that the wearer dons a right footed sock on a right foot and a left footed sock on a left foot so that the toe seam is localized to the lateral side of the wearer's foot when the sock is worn by the wearer.

An apparatus includes a material, a first tag portion and a second tag portion. The material may be configured to be worn. The second tag portion may comprise a fastener. The first tag portion and the second tag portion may be attached near an opening of the material. When the material is worn, (a) the first tag portion may overlap the second tag portion and (b) the second tag portion may be between the first tag portion and the material. The fastener may be configured to removably attach to a complementary fastener on another of the apparatus.

A laundry holding snare device for holding multiple clothing items, particularly clothing items without full openings, is provided. The snare device can include two cord sections secured together at at least one end by an end stopper. The two cord sections can also be secured together at various locations along the length of the snare by intermediate stoppers in order to create several loading regions. Within the loading regions and attached to the cord sections can be a cordlock fastener that can be used to secure the clothing items between the cord sections at each loading region. The snare device can be configured for use as a stand-alone laundry device and the snare device can be configured for use with a laundry strap holder.

A fastening device and a fastening system including two fastening devices. The fastening device includes a first part having a first engaging side and a second part having a second engaging side, and at least two sets of individual engaging members configured to engage each other. Each set of engaging members includes a hook member and a locking member. The hook member protrudes from the first engaging side and has an engagement side from which a hook protrudes. The locking member is pivotably connected to the second part and extends into a recess in the second engaging side. The recess is adapted to receive the hook member for engagement with the locking member, and the locking member is configured to pivot towards the hook member when the hook member is in engagement with the locking member and a force is applied from the hook member on the locking member.

A structure includes female and male snap buttons supported so as to be covered by left and right concealed modules fixed to one side of two socks, respectively. Thus, when the socks are not being worn, the female and male snap buttons can be exposed an opening operation of the concealed modules to correspondingly couple the two socks to each other so that the two socks form a pair when washed, dried, and stored. When the socks are being worn, the female and male snap buttons can be covered so as not to be exposed to the outside by a closing operation of the concealed modules. Thus, it is possible to prevent protrusions of the female and male snap buttons from contacting skin and clothing on the opposite ankle.

A loss prevention mechanism may be attached to an article of clothing to prevent the removal of the article and/or at least one covering worn by the child. The covering(s) may be any number of type of covering including socks, shoes, gloves, mittens, hats, and the like. The coupling mechanism is easy to operate yet requires a combination of skills not often exhibited by young children. Further, the components are all interconnected thereby preventing separation of and choking on any of the components.

A self-locking clip has a firm grip on clothes between two jaws to keep the clothes together in a washing machine or dryer. The clip has a latch that securely fastens the two jaws. When the jaws grasp the clothes, the latch may close so that the jaws cannot open. In some embodiments, the clip provides a loop that is connected to an end of the clip. The loop may be folded back onto the latch so that the latch does not move, thereby providing a secondary locking system by securing the position of the latch. The loop can also be used to hang the clip on the wall or some other place, or to attach a lanyard or rope to it to make it easier for a person to carry or retrieve the clothes. The loop can also be used to connect multiple clips with a lanyard or rope.