Button adapter fastening system
AssigneeRobert Edward Bolen
InventorRobert Edward Bolen
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to fastening systems. Specifically, this invention relates to a various embodiments of a fastening system that either attaches to existing buttons or attaches directly to an article of clothing. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the fastening system has a first portion that attaches to a buttonhole or a first part of the article and a second portion that attaches to a button or second part of the article. The first portion and second portion detachably attach to each other by means of a twist-lock, magnetic mechanism, or some other attachment mechanism. Alternatively, the fastening system can be built directly into an article without augmenting an existing button and buttonhole fastener.
Claims20
A button adapter fastening system, said fastening system comprising:
- a snap button with a front face and a rear face;
- a snap button magnetic component, wherein said snap button and said snap button magnetic component are connected by a connector post to form a buttonhole assembly;
- a button cover formed with a sidewall and a top face that define a cavity configured to fit over a garment button;
- a button clip that is configured to slide under said garment button and reversibly engage with said button cover;
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- a button cover magnetic component that is retained within said button cover, wherein said button cover, said button clip, and said button cover magnetic component collectively form a button cover assembly that reversibly engages with said buttonhole assembly,
- wherein at least one of said snap button magnetic component and button cover magnetic component is a magnet.
The fastening system of 8, wherein said button magnetic component is retained by a ridge formed on an inner portion of said sidewall of said button cover.
The fastening system of 8, wherein said button magnetic component abuts said top face of said button cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.