Snap-on button
US4662034A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/366
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A button device including a standard button having the usual holes, a pair of pin members snapingly received in two of the holes in the button and projecting downwardly from the underside of the button, a housing adapted to be positioned against the underside of the associated fabric and including a pair of holes in its upper surface for receipt of the pins on the button, a sheet of spring steel positioned within the housing and including a pair of apertures adapted to receive the pins with an interference fit and including flap portions which flex downwardly in response to passage of the pins and engage in notches in the pins to secure the button to the housing, and a release pin passing through an aperture in the lower surface of the housing and engaging an aperture in the spring sheet to flex the flap portions of the spring sheet further downwardly to a disengaged position in which the pins of the button are free to be withdrawn from the housing to allow the button device to be separated from the associated fabric.
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