Upper structure of female snap button, female snap button and method of attaching female snap button to texture
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorDaisuke Hayashi
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Abstract
An upper structure of a female snap button includes a post holding member for holding a post of a male snap button, and a receiving member for receiving the post holding member. The receiving member includes a surrounding wall that extends in an up and down direction to surround the post holding member, a bottom portion that is coupled to a lower end of the surrounding wall and provided inward of the surrounding wall, and a peripheral portion that is coupled to an upper end of the surrounding wall and provided outward of the surrounding wall. An opening is defined by a rim between the upper end of the surrounding wall and the peripheral portion.
Claims19
An upper structure of a female snap button, the upper structure comprising:
- a post holding member that is configured to hold a post of a male snap button;
- and
- a receiving member that is configured to receive the post holding member,
- wherein
- the post holding member comprises:
- a tube that extends along a central axis;
- and
- one or more locking portions coupled to the tube and configured to lock the post, and wherein
- the receiving member comprises:
- a surrounding wall that extends along the central axis so as to surround the post holding member;
- a bottom portion that is coupled to a lower end of the surrounding wall and provided inward of the surrounding wall;
- and
- a peripheral portion that is coupled to an upper end of the surrounding wall and provided outward of the surrounding wall, and wherein an opening is defined by a rim between the upper end of the surrounding wall and the peripheral portion,
- wherein a bottom portion of the post holding member is in contact with the bottom portion of the receiving member, and the bottom portion of the post holding member is coupled to a lower end of the tube and provided inward of the tube.
An upper structure of a female snap button, comprising:
- a post holding member that is configured to hold a post of a male snap button, the post holding member including:
- a tube that extends along an axis that corresponds to a travel path of the male or the female snap button for engagement of the male and female snap buttons;
- and
- one or more locking portions coupled to the tube and configured to lock the post;
- and
- a receiving member that is configured to receive the post holding member, the receiving member including:
- a surrounding wall that extends along the axis so as to surround the post holding member;
- a bottom portion that is coupled to a lower end of the surrounding wall and provided inward of the surrounding wall;
- a peripheral portion that is coupled to an upper end of the surrounding wall and provided outward of the surrounding wall;
- and
- a rim formed between the upper end of the surrounding wall and an inward end of the peripheral portion,
- wherein a bottom portion of the post holding member is in contact with the bottom portion of the receiving member, and the bottom portion of the post holding member is coupled to a lower end of the tube and provided inward of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.