Snap button and female snap button
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsKota Kanno, Kazunori Somai
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Abstract
Provided is a snap button including a male snap button (30) made of metal and a female snap button (10). The male snap button (30) includes a base portion (31) and an engaging protuberance (32) which projects from the base portion (31). The female snap button (10) includes: a ring member (20, 120) made of soft resin, defining an engagement space (20a) which detachably accepts the engaging protuberance (32); and a female snap body (11) made of metal, accommodating the ring member (20, 120). The ring member (20, 120) is provided with a protruding portion (24) which projects further out to one side than an end (12a), on said one side, of the female snap body (11) facing the male snap button (30) in an axial direction, and which is provided in circumferential direction.
Claims6
A snap button comprising:
- a male snap button (30) made of metal;
- and
- a female snap button (10),
- wherein the male snap button (30) comprises:
- a base portion (31), and
- an engaging protuberance (32) which projects from the base portion (31),
- wherein the female snap button (10) comprises:
- a ring member (20, 120) made of soft resin, defining an engagement space (20a) which detachably accepts the engaging protuberance (32), and
- a female snap body (11) made of metal, accommodating the ring member (20, 120), and
- wherein the ring member (20, 120) is provided with a protruding portion (24) made of soft resin which projects further out to one side than an end (12a) on the one side of the female snap body (11) facing the male snap button (30) in an axial direction, and which is provided in a circumferential direction;
- wherein
- in a state in which the engaging protuberance (32) of the male snap button (30) is accepted in the engagement space (20a) of the female snap button (10), the base portion (31) of the male snap button (30) is in contact with the protruding portion (24).
A female snap button comprising:
- a ring member (20, 120) made of soft resin, defining an engagement space (20a);
- and
- a female snap body (11) made of metal, accommodating the ring member (20, 120),
- wherein the ring member (20, 120) comprises:
- a cylindrical portion (21) having the smallest inner diameter at a female-side engagement edge (21a) thereof;
- and
- a protruding portion (24) made of soft resin which projects further out to one side than the female-side engagement edge (21a) and than an end (12a) on the one side of the female snap body (11) facing a male snap button (30) in an axial direction, and the protruding portion (24) is provided in a circumferential direction;
- wherein the end (12a) on the one side of the female snap body (11) is disposed further out to the one side than the female-side engagement edge (21a).
A female snap button comprising:
- a ring member (20, 120) made of soft resin, defining an engagement space (20a);
- and
- a female snap body (11) made of metal, accommodating the ring member (20, 120),
- wherein the ring member (20, 120) comprises:
- a cylindrical portion (21) having the smallest inner diameter at a female-side engagement edge (21a) thereof;
- an annular expansion upper portion (22) that expands outward from an upper edge of the cylindrical portion (21) in a radial direction;
- a ring bottom portion (23) that extends inward from a lower edge of the cylindrical portion (21) in the radial direction;
- and
- a protruding portion (24) which projects further out to an upper side than the female-side engagement edge (21a) and than an end (12a) on the upper side of the female snap body (11) facing a male snap button (30) in an axial direction, and the protruding portion (24) is provided in a circumferential direction, wherein the protruding portion (24) that protrudes upward from an upper surface (22a) of the expansion upper portion (22);
- wherein the end (12a) on the upper side of the female snap body (11) is disposed further out to the upper side than the female-side engagement edge (21a).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.