Trouser and belt loop arrangement

Claim 1

TROUSERS THAT CAN BE USED BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT A BELT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A WAISTBAND SECTION SECURED TO THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF SAID TROUSERS, SAID WAISTBAND SECTION BEING DEFINED BY AT LEAST TWO LAYERS OF MATERIAL, (B) THE LOWER CIRCUMFERENTIAL PORTION OF SAID WAISTBAND SECTION BEING JOINED TO THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF THE MAIN BODY OF THE TROUSER MATERIAL BY STITCHING THAT IS DISPOSED ALONG A GENERALLY CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEAM LINE, (C) THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEAM LINE HOLDING THE LOWER EDGE OF THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF SAID WAISTBAND IN PLACE BEING INTERRUPTED AT SPACED APART INTERVALS THUS PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF EXTERIORLY ACCESSIBLE OPENINGS, (D) SAID OPENINGS BEING WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE A BELT LOOP MEMBER, (E) A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE BELT LOOP MEMBERS LOCATED AT SPACED INTERVALS AROUND SAID WAISTBAND SECTION (F) SAID BELT LOOP MEMBERS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAISTBAND SECTION IN A NON-PERMANENT MANNER SO THAT EACH BELT LOOP CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH AND REMOVED FROM SAID WAISTBAND SECTION IN A MANNER OF SECONDS, (G) EACH BELT LOOP MEMBER COMPRISING (1) A CLOSED LOOP PORTION CONSISTING SOLELY OF LAYERS OF TEXTILE MATERIAL AND (2) AN ELONGATED STIFF PORTION ATTACHED TO SAID CLOSED LOOP PORTION, (H) THE ELONGATED STIFF PORTIONS OF SAID BELT LOOPS EXTENDING INWARDLY AND UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID PLURALITY OF EXTERIORLY ACCESSIBLE OPENINGS SO THAT THEY REMAIN POSITIONED UNDER THE OUTER LAYER OF CLOTH FORMING SAID WAISTBAND SECTION, (I) THE CLOSED LOOP PORTIONS OF SAID BELT LOOPS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID EXTERIORLY ACCESSIBLE OPENINGS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID WAISTBAND IN A POSITION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATED STIFF PORTIONS AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY THE OUTER LAYER OF CLOTH FORMING SAID WAISTBAND.