Extension links function like a rein that connects an undone button to a buttonhole. Extension links allow garments and items with buttons to be worn and used with the buttons unbuttoned, creating a looser fit and more room than would be the case if the button was fastened through the buttonhole in the traditional manner. This is accomplished by receiving and holding the button to one end of the link, then tethering it to a buttonhole over a span that is the length of the extension link. The extension link, in a simple embodiment, is a fixed length of any suitable material that is able to hold a button from either end, as in having elastic or fixed loop ends. An end loop of the extension link is slipped over a button, the link is passed through a buttonhole or holes, then doubled back and connected to the same or different button using its other identical looped end, with variations on this configuration. This effectively but loosely captures the buttonhole(s) to the button(s), maintaining alignment and proximity, expanding the fit, and in some cases allowing material to be folded back on itself for interesting variations in function, style and color.

This patent discloses the design elements to manufacture functional decorative brooch skirt weights. Brooch skirt weights prevent a skirt, short dress, or other garment from blowing up in a breeze. Each set of skirt weights consists of two decorative brooches and a method of attaching them to the skirt hem that preferably does not put holes in a garment, such as a set of magnets, a clamp, clasp, pinch clasp, clip, tie-clip, money clip, or other similar attachment.

A bottle crown engagement system includes a cap structure sized and shaped to releasably receive a bottle crown. The bottle crown engagement system also includes a magnetically attractable clamping member configured to magnetically interact with the cap structure to releasably affix the cap structure to an attachment surface between the cap structure and the magnetically attractable clamping member.

Implementations of button holders may include: a planar portion having a hole therethrough, one or more flanges configured to receive a pin-back button, the one or more flanges located around at least a portion of a perimeter of the hole on opposing sides of the hole and a messaging portion coupled on the planar portion above, below, or both above and below the hole. The flanges may be configured to removably couple to the button through a friction fit. The hole may be configured to allow a pin of the pin-back button to be accessible through the hole by a user to allow the pin to couple to user's clothing.

Implementations of button holders may include: a planar portion having a hole therethrough, one or more flanges configured to receive a pin-back button, the one or more flanges located around at least a portion of a perimeter of the hole on opposing sides of the hole and a messaging portion coupled on the planar portion above, below, or both above and below the hole. The flanges may be configured to removably couple to the button through a friction fit. The hole may be configured to allow a pin of the pin-back button to be accessible through the hole by a user to allow the pin to couple to user's clothing.

A fabric buttoning apparatus, including a plate, a needle, and a string, a first end thereof being fixed to the plate, and a second end thereof being fixed to the wide end of the needle, and a slit crossing from side to side of the plate.

A fabric buttoning apparatus, including a plate, a needle, and a string, a first end thereof being fixed to the plate, and a second end thereof being fixed to the wide end of the needle, and a slit crossing from side to side of the plate.

A releasable hanging system having a loop fastener component and a hook fastener component. The loop fastener component includes a flexible patch carrying a field of engageable fibers exposed on a front side of the patch and an adhesive on a back side of the patch. The hook fastener component includes a resin base carrying an array of male touch fastener elements. A significant majority of the male touch fastener elements each extend from the base to a distal tip to overhang the base in a single, common direction. The fastening system can be used to hang an object on a vertical surface such that the male touch fastener elements of the significant majority bear the weight of the object in a downward direction, and such that the significant majority of the male touch fastener elements are oriented so as not to inhibit lifting of the object in an upward direction.

A fastening mechanism that is integrated with the material of an article of clothing is described. The article of clothing, preferably a sock or glove, is treated with a chemical agent and a press to form a fastening mechanism for holding or coupling of multiple articles of clothing or manufacture. The fastening mechanism of one article of clothing can then be matched to an interlocking fastening mechanism of another article of clothing thereby joining the two articles of clothing together. The chemical agent and subsequent fastening mechanism is generally desired to be non-reactive and is preferably resistant to water and heat. This allows the article of clothing to be worn and washed as normal without a loss of functionality.

The present invention relates to a decorative functional closure device that is sewn into and applied to clothing. In one embodiment, a method of converting cultured pearls from a strand or necklace to the functional closure device is described. The method includes removing a pearl from a strand, drawing a thread through the pearl using a threader from a first side of the pearl, using a wire protector to create a horseshoe or loop shape at the other side of the pearl such that both ends of the thread are sticking out of the first side of the pearl, tying off and trimming the thread ends, and optionally attaching a seed bead, sewing the horseshoe or loop shape to the clothing such that the pearl can be used to pass through a buttonhole for securing one side of the clothing to another side of the clothing.