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US 2015/0250270 A1Published application
Stress-Relieving Button Cover
OwnerDanny Tanginventor
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Abstract
A slide-over button cover having a front portion to cover a button and a rear portion that slides under a placket of a top layer of a button-down shirt (or other clothing) thereby reducing the stress caused on the thread of a button. The slide-over button cover can have a one- or two-piece construction, or two-piece magnetic construction and can also have a recessed portion under the front portion to accommodate a button.
Claims15
A slide-over button cover comprising:
- a front portion designed to cover a button, said front portion having a first end;
- and
- a rear portion designed to slide underneath a shirt placket and surround a thread passing through the button while said front portion is covering the button, said rear portion having a first end;
- wherein the front and rear portions are rigidly connected at said first ends thereof to create a U-shaped portion;
- and
- wherein when said front portion is covering the button, the button cover clasps both the button and the shirt placket.
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A slide-over button cover comprising:
- a front portion designed to cover a button;
- and
- a rear portion designed to slide underneath a shirt placket;
- wherein the front portion flexes on a prong to allow the button and shirt placket to slide in between said front and rear portions.
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A slide-over button cover comprising:
- a front portion designed to cover a button, the front portion having a first end;
- and
- a rear portion designed to slide underneath a shirt placket and surround a thread passing through the button, the rear portion having a first end;
- wherein the front and rear portions are rigidly connected at said first ends thereof;
- wherein the rear portion has a hook at a second end thereof;
- and wherein said hook surrounds the thread passing though the button underneath the shirt placket when the slide-over button cover is placed over the button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.