Holdup suspenders are assembled
or made in the USA... so buy our American Patented Products
Only Holdups' feature the "No Slip Suspender Clip"
Holdup Suspender Company
president Sal Herman keeps innovating suspender related products. On May 4
2010 he received a new USA design patent,
D614,946 S, for an improvement to his metal no-slip suspender clips as
well as a new patent for a composite Plastic Gripper Clasp or Suspender
Buckle....
more US patent an dtrademarked applications have been filed in 2012
**
Holdup Suspender Company was awarded both a unique design
patent and rare
utility function patent for their
Undergarment Suspender line sold here...
This
patent number # 8,209,779 was granted on July 3rd 2012 for th e4
clip style Under-Ups and undergarment suspnders. (See the
below Patent Certificate plaque). Rarely does the US Patent office grant
both utility & design patent, which inventor Sal Herman got for their
undergarment suspender line featuring a unique Velcro Type length
adjustment system. These trademarked Under-UPs™ suspenders have models
built with US patented plastic Gripper Clasps or the silver Patented
metal no-slip clips. One style has the Hip-Clip™ trucker style (patent
pending) that
attaches with just 2 clips, or composite plastic clasps, at the side of
the pant's waistband. This side clip Trucker style Under-Up hidden
suspnder is also used in our
Maternity Holdup Suspender lines
designed to wear under a loose fitting maternity blouse. The other
supersoft comfortable undergarment suspender style has sewn x-back with
4 metal no-slip clips or plastic Patented Gripper clasps™
at ends of the smooth Velcro type strip length adjustment system.
Additional Maternity and baby related products are shown at out
www.Momaids.com web site with a
active forum for Kid and infant safety tips and new baby/infant/child
related products helpful to all busy Moms.
Click on images
to see enlarged close-up view of Undergarment Suspender Patent
Holdup
Suspender Company founder and inventor, Sal Herman, just received US Patent
# 8,209,779 for his Under-Ups™ undergarment suspender
line.... see all styles at
www.MedicalSuspenders.com
TOTALLY UNIQUE..
www.MedicalSuspenders.com showcase the various hidden Under-Ups
worn after abdominal surgeries or by pregnant woman before and after
delivery. The super soft poly-blend washable elastic fabric is
1-1/2" wide and adjusts to 48" long. The new velcro type Flush
length Adjustment system is used in all our suspenders work under
your shirt. Now available in New XL (eXtra Long) option which has a
max adjustable length to 54" inches for the big and tall man.
We now offer 4 super soft "under your shirt" suspender styles. The original
X-back style without any leather crosspatch and 4 nickel
finished no-slip metal clips for $19.95 in standard 48" length. The
other 2 are Hip-Clip suspenders that attach at the waist with just 2
clips. One of the Trucker Style side-clip models uses two chrome
plated metal no slip clips, and the other selling for $19.95, uses the
composite plastic cam operated gripper clasp (Suspender Buckle) in
light beige or black color.
Hidden comfortably under a loose fitting shirt or blouse
these medical suspenders are perfect for those recovering
from stomach surgery unable to wear belts.
www.google.com/patents/US8209779US
Pat. - Filed Aug 31, 2010 - Issued Jul 3, 2012 - to
inventor
Sal Herman President of Holdup Suspender Company
... in
claim 1 wherein said pair of strap members are
connected together at the ends adjacent the
waistband of the person's pants. * * * * *. Clip-on
Suspenders particularly
for wearing under outer garments. At least one side
of the strap members has loop members thereon which
mate with pieces of hook-type material secured
adjacent the ends of the strap members. Adjustment
bulky buckles are eliminated....US.
8209779. B2...
New site sponsored by Holdup Suspender Company,
just for MOMS, featuring innovative time saving products like Maternity
suspenders, Baby Crib Sheet straps to help prevent SIDS. Participate in
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Holdup Suspender Company
is showcasing at MomAids.com simple innovativesolutions
to help out busy mom's. You'll wonder why they
didn't think of that sooner. All from the creative
mind running Holdup Suspender Company with US
Patented ideas from visions to realities. First up
will be Super Soft Maternity Suspenders designed to
wear under maternity blouses to holdup maternity
pants, shorts and skirts for normal and plus size
women.
Tired of always having to hike up
your maternity pants? Introducing Maternity
Under-Ups™ .. (Patent
Pending) the
most comfortable way to Holdup your maternity pants,
shorts and skirts with a exclusive undergarment
suspender made to comfortably fit you during all
stages of your pregnancy.Normal,
or Plus-size Maternity Holdup Suspenders make
the perfect baby shower gift of comfort for all
expectant Moms. These
carry USA Patent#8,209,779
granted on July 3rd 2012....
Moms will
love this new product forum...
at MomAids.com for recommending Mom
friendly products
Leave
it to Holdup Suspender Company's founder to build a better sheet
suspender, or sheet strap, to cure the common problem of fitted bed
sheetscoming
loose as you toss & turn in bed. Holdup's bedding suspender are called a
Sheet Stay-Downs™ and is sold in two lengths and attachment styles. Both
feature our Patented composite plastic Gripper Clasp? and USA made soft
elastic strap with a Velcro Type smooth length and tension adjustment
system(Patent pending).
This patent pending sheet strap works to prevent Crib Deaths ( SIDS
Stoppers) by simply securing fitted crib sheets and wetness barriers to
keep infants from suffocating. All USA made inventions to help out Mom's
will be explained and sold here...
TheDUO
(2 per pack) are longer bedding Stay-Down mattress suspendersadjustable
to fit diagonally across any twin to king sized mattress... no matter
the thickness. The other style is the Quad (4 per pack) Stay-Downs made
to attach at the corners of your bed, that adjusts at either end using
the Velcro type adjustment strip feature. Easy to use with sheets,
pillow or feather bed tops, or mattress covers. All will be tightly held
in place without harming any delicate fabric... unlike our competitor's
inferior clips. Browse the below interactive slideshow and purchase both
bedding suspender styles below for $19.95/kit. We guarantee these are
the finest sheet straps, sheet suspenders, elastic sheet garters, or
sheet holders you can buy and back this up with a 30 day 100%
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Sal Herman's Suspender Business is Picking Up
TAKING A HOLD: Sal Herman’s
suspenders company has seen its ups and downs, but it’s going at a good
clip now. Brace yourself:Did you have any idea that the
largest manufacturer of made-in-the-USA suspenders is in Southfield
Michigan?
For that matter, did you have any idea that anybody cared
about suspenders anymore? Well, Sal Herman does. Herman, founder of the
Hold-Up Suspender Company, knows his product is far more than the
exclusive accessory of truckers, farmers, skiers, groomsmen, and Larry
King. However, even though Herman predicts the Hold-Up brand should
break $2 million in sales this year and move as many as 100,000 pairs of
suspenders.
Sal offers over 220 styles of Hold-Up suspenders —
featuring his no-slip clips and plastic Gripper Clasps — including
models for teens, girls, bikers, and pregnant women. His latest
brainchild is a super-soft pair made to be worn underneath one’s
clothing, called Under-Ups. From western wear type leather suspenders to
satin finished dual clip Double-Ups for office wear and wedding Sal has
the largest collection of styles and colors.
"If there is an unique appeal for Sal’s Suspender brand —
available online at
www.Holdup-Suspenders.com and in more than 2,300 hardware, sporting
goods, and other retail stores nationwide — it may be his patented
“no-slip” clip, the first of five patents Herman has received for
improving the functionality of clip-on suspenders"....
read full Dec 2012 Hour Magazine article...
By Jim McFarlin for Detroit's Hour
Magazine
After the men's accessories
Sal Herman makes were discovered marked with
expired patent numbers, Holdup Suspender was
sued in September and threatened with a
maximum $500 fine per pair, potentially
costing him millions of dollars. The case was dismissed in
the U.S. District Court in March in Detroit
after the plaintiff, Akron-based Unique
Product Solutions, saw a similar case
dismissed in federal court in Cleveland. The
judge there concluded that the False Marking
Statute was unconstitutional, because it
gives criminal law-enforcement power to
private entities without any U.S. Department
of Justice control.
According to recent
interpretations of patent law, people who
find an item emblazoned with an out-of-date
patent number can sue -- even if they're not
directly involved, like a competitor -- and
be awarded 50% of the fine collected, which
is as much as $500 for each incorrectly
marked item.
"They're trying to get
money they don't deserve," Herman's lawyer
John Artz said. "Sal Herman had no intent to
deceive. UPS didn't really prove (it). They
just wanted to get a fast settlement to get
some money, but Sal was not going to cave in
to this shakedown, as he called it."
Attorneys for Unique
Product Solutions could not be reached for
comment. Herman said the whole saga
cost him $50,000 in legal fees, plus $30,000
to grind the old patent number off each
suspender clip.
"I was not victorious in a
sense, because it cost me $80,000," said
Herman, who has four employees in his
6,000-square-foot warehouse-office space.
"My wife calls it extortion and I just call
it injustice. It just wasn't right, not the
American way of legal action."
Patent number 4,901,408 --
for a suspender clip that includes a small
pin to better grasp the pants fabric --
expired in June 2008, 20 years after he
applied for it. In 2010, he got a new patent
for an updated pin suspender clip, number
D614946 and other patents on his new Gripper
Clasp (plastic suspender buckle). The up-to-$500-per-item
windfall was enough to inspire a flood of
lawsuits.
"Lots of people started
bringing these actions. It's caused a lot of
concern, because people were concerned about
their exposure," explained Jake Grove, a
patent attorney in Honigman Miller's
Bloomfield Hills office. "From a policy
standpoint, do we want all of these
lawsuits? There were at least 950 similar
false patent marking cases filed in federal
district courts since Jan 2010."
(Southfield, MI notice of US patent approval- 1990)
-- Creating a suspender that actually did
what it was supposed to do became an obsession with Sal Herman. Only after he got a
patent for a new snap-on suspender clip did he learn that his design was the first major
update to this very common menswear item in more than a century.
Click to see our detailed patent page.
Holdup
Suspenders in the NEWS ..latest articles ...
SEE
the Full reprints of articles done on Holdup Suspender Company by a local Detroit
newpapers below. We also are featured in several news articles in
various business sections of local newspapers regarding our small
companies rapid growth.
Did you know that thousands, perhaps even millions of men have a tangle of slightly
worn suspenders tucked away somewhere because the clips won't hold? One industry
source says more than three million pairs of suspenders are sold each year. Unfortunately
most of these don't last long. The clips give out quickly and the wearer must bend them
frequently with pliers, or consign them to a junk pile. How often do the
competitive brands, used by most tuxedo rental firms, hold up to just one day's wear and
tear??
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