Integrated buttoning assist and unbuttoning assist tool
OwnerHoward Windows, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An integrated buttoning assist and unbuttoning assist device includes a handle member; a button assist tool coupled to one end of the handle member and including a wire loop extending from one end of the handle; and an unbuttoning assist tool coupled to an opposed end of the handle member and including a spanner extending from the opposed end of the handle member, the spanner including a fixed lower jaw member having a pair of button engaging tangs separated by a slot which is configured to receive the threads or eye of a button therein, and the spanner including a fixed button engaging upper jaw member.
Claims4
An integrated buttoning assist and unbuttoning assist device comprising:
- A) a tubular handle member;
- B) a button assist tool coupled to one end of the handle member and including a wire loop extending from one end of the tubular handle member, wherein the wire loop includes a button hole expanding portion adjacent the tubular handle and a button holding portion adjacent the button hole expanding portion, wherein the wire loop button hole expanding portion adjacent the handle member includes straight portions of the wire extending away from each other in a direction extending away from the tubular handle, and wherein the wire loop button holding portion adjacent the button hole expanding portion includes straight portions of the wire extending toward each other in a direction extending away from the tubular handle, and wherein the button assist tool is threaded into the tubular handle,
- C) an unbuttoning assist tool coupled to an opposed end of the handle member and including a spanner extending from the opposed end of the handle member, the spanner including a fixed lower jaw member having a pair of button engaging tangs separated by a slot which is configured to receive the threads or eye of a button therein, and the spanner including a fixed button engaging upper jaw member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.