Talon International, the Woodland-Hills based company which invented the zipper, was recently awarded a second patent for its award-winning Adjustec Bandroll product. Two additional patterns with the Adjustec stretch technology have patents pending.The Adjustec technology can be used with any material. The Bandroll offers stretch-fit waistbands and collars for garments – particularly dress pants – allowing for an elastic, comfortable fit. Aramark, a workwear provider and partner of Talon’s, has adopted it in their clothing and uniforms for educators, food service professionals and health care workers.“We believe in innovation and technology, and we use patents to protect our intellectual property,” Larry Dyne, chief executive of Talon International, said in a statement. “The modern production reality in the textile market is that anyone that tries to make these updated waistbands or collars without our approval, or a license from us, would, in fact, be infringing our patterns and pending patents.”Talon has already been awarded three dress shirt design patents amongst 17 other patents for product developments. The company has two more patents pending for patterns of the Adjustec Bandroll. The company’s patented technologies have been adopted by name brand clothing companies, including Dockers, Uniqlo, Ralph Lauren, Round Tree and York, Murano, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as Aramark.“We believe that all modern pants … needs our technology to be competitive.
… Companies will also need our patented manufacturing systems,” Herman Roup, the inventor of Adjustec, said in a statement.
Talon Patent Secures Flex Waistbands
