Patent · US Expired

Replacement drawstring for garment waistbands and hoods, laundry bags and the like

US5524800A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1994
Grant dateJun 11, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD05B91/02
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A replacement drawstring for use in garments or drawstring bags and designed to easily be threaded through the drawstring tunnel around the opening of said garment or bag. Breakably molded as a part of an aglet at one end of the drawstring is an elongated wand or bodkin to simplify threading. After threading, the wand is broken off and may be discarded.

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