Button cover device

A button cover device for covering a button mounted to an object, the button having an outer perimeter edge, the button having a top half and a bottom half, the bottom half of the button adjacent the object, the top half of the button distant from the object, the button cover device comprising:

• a C-shaped base component having a curved first arm and a curved second arm, both the first arm and the second arm have a top edge and a bottom edge, the base component constructed from a flexible and resilient material allowing the first arm and the second arm of the base component to conform to the shape of the button;
• a top component hingedly secured to the base component, the top component has a cover portion having a top surface and a bottom surface and an annular ring having a top edge and a bottom edge, the top edge of the annular ring being connected to the bottom surface of the cover portion with the annular ring extending in a general direction away from the bottom surface of the cover portion, the annular ring of the top component is constructed from a flexible and resilient material, the annular ring fitting snugly around the outer perimeter edge of the button, along a top half of the button, conforming to the shape of the button;
• a shoulder portion extending from the bottom edge of the first arm in a general direction toward the second arm and from the bottom edge of the second arm in a general direction toward the first arm;
• wherein upon sliding the first arm and the second arm of the base component around the outer perimeter edge of the button, along the bottom half of the button, the first arm and the second arm moving in a general direction away from each other as the base component goes around the button and then automatically returning to its original position releasably grasping the button;
• wherein the shoulder portion of the first arm and the second arm is positionable beneath the button, between the button and the object;
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• wherein upon folding the top component over the button, the annular ring surrounds the outer perimeter edge of the button, along the top half of the button, the top component covering at least a portion of the top half of the button.