Snap installation tool adaptor
AssigneeDavid Mills
InventorsDavid Mills, William R. Deware
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Abstract
The present invention includes a snap installation adaptor designed to be united with a handheld tool so that the union can permanently affix snaps onto fabric. The snap installation adaptor includes an upper portion with a cap node; a lower portion with a socket node; an intermediate portion connecting the upper and lower portions; and means for transferring external downward force from the handheld tool through the upper portion so that the cap node is forced to meet the socket node, thus permanently affixing a snap onto a piece of fabric between the upper and lower portions.
Claims19
A snap installation adaptor designed to be united with a handheld tool such that the union is capable of permanently affixing snaps onto fabric, wherein said snap installation adaptor comprises:
- an upper portion comprising a cap node sized, shaped, and dimensioned to hold one of a group consisting of a female cap, a male cap, or a male socket of the snap;
- a lower portion comprising a socket node sized, shaped, and dimensioned to hold one of a group consisting of a female socket, a male cap, or a male socket of the snap;
- an intermediate portion connecting said upper portion and said lower portion;
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- means for transferring external downward force from the handheld tool through said upper portion such that said cap node of said upper portion is forced to meet said socket node of said lower portion.
A snap installation kit for uniting a snap installation adaptor and a handheld tool such that the union is capable of permanently affixing snaps onto fabric, said kit comprising:
- a snap installation adaptor, comprising:
- an upper portion comprising a cap node sized, shaped, and dimensioned to hold one of a group consisting of a female cap, a male cap, or a male socket of the snap;
- a lower portion comprising a socket node sized, shaped, and dimensioned to hold one of a group consisting of a female socket, a male cap, or a male socket of the snap;
- an intermediate portion connecting said upper portion and said lower portion;
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- means for transferring external downward force from the handheld tool through said upper portion such that said cap node of said upper portion is forced to meet said socket node of said lower portion;
- a handheld tool capable of exerting automated strong downward force through the use of a trigger, wherein said handheld tool has been modified so as to remove an original specific function of an unhandheld tool and leave a function capable of exerting automated strong downward force, comprising:
- a portable power source;
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- a trigger for automatically executing the exertion of strong downward force;
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- means for attaching said snap installation adaptor and said handheld tool such that the automated strong downward force of said handheld tool is able to be transferred through said upper portion of said snap installation adaptor such that said cap node of said upper portion is forced to meet said socket node of said lower portion.
A cap node for holding a cap of a snap during installation, said cap node comprising:
- a metal base comprising;
- a round top portion having a formed top, a side wall and a female detent extending around said side wall;
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- a round stem portion that is integral to said top portion;
- wherein said round top portion has a larger diameter than a diameter of said stem portion and wherein said formed top is shaped and dimensioned to accommodate the cap of the snap to be installed;
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- a cap holder, said cap holder comprising:
- an open top dimensioned to allow the cap of the snap to pass therethrough;
- a male detent located and dimensioned to mate with the female detent of said round top portion of said metal base;
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- an O-ring disposed proximate to the open top, said O-ring being manufactured of a material that will deform when the cap is pressed through the open top and to hold the cap in place during installation;
- wherein said cap holder is permanently attached to the top portion of the metal base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.