Button assembly

Abstract

Abstract A SIMPLE BUTTON ASSEMBLY, MADE UP ESSENTIALLY OF A BUTTON AND A BUTTON HOLDER, IS DESIGNED FOR PERMANENT ATTACHMENT TO GARMENTS BY THE USE OF A SELF CONTAINED RAPIDLY DRYING MASTIC. THE BUTTON HOLDER IS A SINGLE UNIT HAVING A BASE AND A PIN, OR POINTED STEM, WHICH EXTENDS PERPENDICULARLY TO THE BASE, AND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE BASE CURVES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STEM. THIS HOLDER IS PLACED ON THE FABRIC OF A GARMENT BY PUSHING THE SHARP POINT OF THE STEM THROUGH THE FABRIC AT A DESIRED LOCATION AND ITS CURVED PERIPHERY AIDS IN PREVENTING ITS ROTATION AS THE BASE IS PRESSED AGAINST THE FABRIC FIRMLY. THE BUTTON IS ALSO OF SINGLE UNIT CONSTRUCTION HAVING A BORE INTO WHICH THE STEM OF THE BUTTON HOLDER IS RECEIVED. THIS BORE CONTAINS A RAPIDLY DRYING MASTIC WHICH IS INSERTED AND SEALED OFF FROM THE EXTERIOR DURING MANUFACTURE OF THE BUTTON OR AT LEAST PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE BUTTON. THE BUTTON IS FITTED ONTO THE HOLDER BY INSERTING THE STEM OF THE HOLDER INTO THE BORE OF THE BUTTON. DURING THIS ASSEMBLY, THE STEM OF THE HOLDER BREAKS THE SEAL OVER THE MASTIC. WHEN THE SEAL IS BROKEN, THE MASTIC FLOWS AND THEN DRIES ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY, PERMANENTLY SEALING THE STEM OF THE HOLDER TO THE BORE OF THE BUTTON, THEREBY PERMANENTLY POSITIONING THE BUTTON RELATIVE TO THE FABRIC OF A GARMENT. MASTIC IS PRESENT IN A VOLUME WHICH, DUE TO ITS QUICK DRYING NATURE, WILL NOT FLOW BEYOND THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BORE OF THE BUTTON. THEREFORE, NO MASTIC TOUCHES THE FABRIC ITSELF. THIS BUTTON ASSEMBLY MAY BE ATTACHED TO FABRIC WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT, IN ONLY A FEW SECONDS.

Inventors

• 👤 D Salvatori

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