Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A button for attachment to a garment fabric, comprising: (a) a button body including a tubular stem and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from an end of said tubular stem, said annular flange including a flange bottom and a first marginal wall flaring radially outwardly from said flange bottom and having a plurality of radially outwardly extending projections; (b) a cap mounted on said button body and having a second marginal wall deformed over said first marginal wall and including a plurality of protuberances extending radially outwardly due to deformation of said second wall by said projections, respectively, and held in interlocking engagement therewith against relative rotation; (c) a back plate disposed between said button body and said cap and having a portion placed on said flange bottom; and (d) a tack member having a circular head and a shank extending centrally from said circular head and including a tapered end portion for being pierced through the garment fabric and inserted into said tubular stem, said tapered end portion being plastically bendable against said back plate laterally into a hook held in locking engagement with said tubular stem when said tapered end portion is forced into said button body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
A button for attachment to a garment fabric, comprising: (a) a button body including a tubular stem and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from an end of said tubular stem, said annular flange including a flange bottom and a first marginal wall flaring radially outwardly from said flange bottom and having a plurality of radially outwardly extending projections; (b) a cap mounted on said button body and having a second marginal wall deformed over said first marginal wall and including a plurality of protuberances extending radially outwardly due to deformation of said second wall by said projections, respectively, and held in interlocking engagement therewith against relative rotation; (c) a back plate disposed between said button body and said cap and having a portion placed on said flange bottom; and (d) a tack member having a circular head and a shank extending centrally from said circular head and including a tapered end portion for being pierced through the garment fabric and inserted into said tubular stem, said tapered end portion being plastically bendable against said back plate laterally into a hook held in locking engagement with said tubular stem when said tapered end portion is forced into said button body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A button according to claim 1, each of said projections having a radially outward surface extending substantially parallel to a central axis of said button body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A button according to claim 1, each of said projections extending across all the width of said first marginal wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A button according to claim 1, each of said projections being a deformed portion of said first marginal wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A button according to claim 1, said first marginal wall having an outermost peripheral edge located radially outwardly of outer surfaces of said projections.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A button according to claim 1, each of said projections being bodily displaced radially outwardly beyond an outer peripheral surface of said first marginal wall.