TODAY’S PATENT – SIZE ADJUSTER

The SIZE ADJUSTER was invented by  Yutaka Ito (Nakagawa, Ikuno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 544) on the 7^th  of July 1998 , bearing patent number US5774952A.

The present invention relates to a size adjuster used for size adjustment of the length of a shoulder strap of a bag, the head size of a cap or the waist size of a pair of trousers. The size adjuster includes a flexible belt having a flexible plate attached thereto. The flexible plate has teeth projecting outwardly therefrom and the teeth are arranged at a predetermined pitch. The teeth are arranged in two rows so as to form a channel part between the two rows. The size adjuster also includes an adjustment fixing member.

One of the main objective the invention to simplify manufacture and assembly by reducing the number of constituent parts, eliminate loss of size adjustment fixing function caused by wearing of teeth and thereby improve long-term durability and eliminate difficulty of use of the operating plate caused by lack of twisting rigidity of the overall size adjuster and thereby provide a size adjuster having improved quality and good operation.