Slips with internal buttons

A downhole tool, comprising:

• a setting cone enabled to engage a plurality of slips located circumferentially about the setting cone when the downhole tool is set;
• and
• wherein the slips further comprise:
• an external surface enabled to engage a casing when the downhole tool is set;
• and
• an internal surface enabled to engage the setting cone when the downhole tool is set;
• wherein at least one of the slips further comprises:
• the internal surface of the slip including at least one internal button enabled to contact the setting cone when the downhole tool is set.

A method for engaging downhole tools in wellbores, the method comprising:

• running a downhole tool to a depth in a casing, wherein the downhole tool comprises a setting cone enabled to engage a plurality of slips located circumferentially about the setting cone when the downhole tool is set;
• setting the downhole tool in the casing, including causing the plurality of slips to engage a setting cone, the slips further comprising:
• an outer surface enabled to engage the casing when the downhole tool is set;
• and
• an inner surface enabled to engage the setting cone when the downhole tool is set;
• wherein at least one of the slips is an inner button slip further comprising:
• the inner surface of the slip including at least one inner button;
• and
• wherein causing the plurality of slips to engage the setting cone further comprises:
• forcing the plurality of slips against the setting cone;
• and
• wherein the plurality of slips include the at least one inner button slip, and wherein the inner button contacts the setting cone as the plurality of slips engage the casing.