Magnetic button adapter system and method for manufacturing
AssigneeButtons To Button, L.L.C.
InventorGina Rae Adams
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Abstract
This invention features magnetic, laundry tolerant, no-sew button adapters that convert traditional shirt buttons into magnetic closures to help people with dexterity limitations. The adapters simply attach to any shirt to help make getting dressed easier and a restore a crucial activity of daily living. Users can simply push the lapels of a shirt together to engage magnetic force, activating the buttons to snap into place. The shirt can be opened easily by pulling the lapels apart to undress.
Claims20
An interchangeable magnetic button adapter for converting buttons of button closure garments to magnetic closure garments, comprising:
- a frontside buttonhole attachment component defining a hole at least partially therethrough and comprising:
- a front face, and
- a bottom surface that at least partially interfaces with a backside buttonhole attachment component,
- wherein an inner wall of the hole has a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being adjacent to the front face and the second diameter being adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the first diameter is larger than the second diameter;
- the backside buttonhole attachment component comprising:
- a ferritic component comprising a top side and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is configured to magnetically interface with a button adapter, and wherein the top side comprises:
- a stem attached to a head, the head further comprising a tip opposite the stem,
- wherein a diameter of the tip and a diameter of the stem are each substantially equal to the second diameter of the hole and a diameter of the head is substantially equal to the first diameter of the hole;
- and
- the button adapter having a top side and a bottom side, the button adapter comprising a magnetic component adjacent to the top side and a button securing chamber adjacent to the bottom side,
- wherein the top side of the button adapter is configured to magnetically interface with the bottom side of the ferritic component of the backside buttonhole attachment component, and wherein the button securing chamber is configured to secure a button of a button closure garment.
An interchangeable magnetic button adapter for converting buttons of button closure garments to magnetic closure garments, comprising:
- a frontside buttonhole attachment component defining a hole at least partially therethrough and comprising:
- a front face, and
- a bottom surface that at least partially interfaces with a backside buttonhole attachment component,
- wherein an inner wall of the hole has a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being adjacent to the front face and the second diameter being adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the first diameter is larger than the second diameter;
- the backside buttonhole attachment component comprising:
- a ferritic component comprising a top side and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side is configured to magnetically interface with a button adapter, and wherein the top side comprises:
- a stem attached to a head, wherein a diameter of the stem is substantially equal to the second diameter of the hole and a diameter of the head is substantially equal to the first diameter of the hole;
- and
- the button adapter having a top side and a bottom side, the button adapter comprising a magnetic component adjacent to the top side and a button securing chamber adjacent to the bottom side,
- wherein the top side of the button adapter is configured to magnetically interface with the ferritic component of the backside buttonhole attachment component, and wherein the button securing chamber is configured to secure a button of a button closure garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.