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US 2015/0257494 A1Published application
Snap Button and a Method of Use
OwnerAnnalee Oakley, Gloria Alicia Schwartzinventors
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Abstract
A button assembly includes a back member, a socket or a stud secured with an eyelet or a rivet to the back member and a shell crimped onto the back member. Indicia may be disposed on the exterior surface of the shell. The button assemblies, each with a unique image, can be used to form a puzzle or provide a method of personal expression or a method of communication.
Claims20
A button assembly comprising:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly;
- one of a socket and a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through said surface in an alignment with said aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion;
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures so as to secure said one of socket and stud to said base portion;
- and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange.
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a picture puzzle comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of button assemblies, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- one of a socket and a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through said surface in an alignment with said aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures so as to secure said one of socket and stud to said base portion, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly,
- wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange;
- each of said plurality of button assemblies having a unique image disposed on an exterior surface of said shell;
- and
- a combination of said unique images, when positioned on said substrate, constructing said picture puzzle, wherein each unique image defines a portion of said picture puzzle.
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A system for communication, discussion and/or expression of individual personality, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of button assemblies attached to said substrate, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- one of a socket and a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through said surface in an alignment with said aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures so as to secure said one of socket and stud to said base portion, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange;
- and
- each of said plurality of button assemblies having a unique image disposed on an exterior surface of said shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.