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US 10,178,897 B2Granted
Snap button and a method of use
AssigneeZambrini, LLC
InventorsAnnalee Oakley, Gloria Alicia Schwartz
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Abstract
A button assembly includes a back member, a socket or a stud secured with an eyelet or a rivet to the back member and a shell crimped onto the back member. Indicia may be disposed on the exterior surface of the shell. The button assemblies, each with a unique image, can be used to form a puzzle or provide a method of personal expression or a method of communication.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of sockets or studs attachable to said substrate;
- and
- a plurality of button assemblies, each of said plurality of button assemblies including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- an opposite one of a socket or a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said opposite one of said socket or said stud in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging abutting thickness portions of said base portion and said opposite one of said socket or said stud so as to secure said opposite one of said socket or said stud to said base portion, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts a peripheral edge of said first peripheral flange.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a substrate comprising a plurality of apertures through a thickness of said substrate;
- a plurality of studs attached to said substrate, each of said plurality of studs comprising:
- a base portion caging a thickness portion of said substrate around said aperture,
- an inner wall passed through an aperture, and
- an outer wall;
- and
- a plurality of buttons, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- a socket having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion of said back member, said socket configured to engage a respective stud from said plurality of studs during use of said assembly,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging abutting thickness portions of said base portion of said base member and said socket so as to secure said socket to said base portion of said back member, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts a peripheral edge of said first peripheral flange.
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A lanyard assembly, comprising:
- a lanyard comprising a plurality of apertures through a thickness of said lanyard;
- a plurality of studs attached to said lanyard in a spaced-apart relationship with each other along a length of said lanyard, each of said plurality of studs comprising:
- a base portion caging a thickness portion of said lanyard around said aperture,
- an inner wall passed through an aperture, and
- an outer wall;
- and
- a plurality of buttons, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- a socket having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion of said back member, said socket configured to engage a respective stud from said plurality of studs during use of said assembly
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging abutting thickness portions of said base portion of said base member and said socket so as to secure said socket to said base portion of said back member, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts a peripheral edge of said first peripheral flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.