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US 2021/0315325 A1Published application
Button Assembled with Removable Screw and Method of Attaching Removable Screw
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsChuck G. LeCompte, Jonathan H. Sharp, Hidetsugu Tanaka
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Abstract
A button assembly that includes a button and a removable screw is provided. A method of attaching a button to a garment is provided. The method includes a step of placing a portion of the garment between the button and a removable screw, a step of penetrating the portion of the garment with the removable screw such that the removable screw is engaged with the garment, and a step of engaging the removable screw with the button.
Claims7
A button assembly comprising:
- a button;
- and
- a removable screw.
A method of attaching a button to a garment, the method comprising:
- placing a portion of the garment between the button and a removable screw;
- penetrating the portion of the garment with the removable screw such that the removable screw is engaged with the garment;
- and
- engaging the removable screw with the button.
1 more element
A method of attaching a removal screw, the method comprising:
- a first step of preparing a button that includes a plate portion and a post portion erecting from the plate portion of the button and has no convexo-concave surface in a cavity provided in the post portion of the button and preparing a screw that includes a plate portion and a post portion erecting from the plate portion of the screw and has screw threads on an outer surface of the post portion of the screw;
- and
- a second step of placing fabric between the button and the screw, tucking the post portion of the screw into the cavity of the button to allow the post portion of the screw to pass through the fabric, attaching the screw to the button, and forming the convexo-concave surface corresponding to a shape of the screw threads on the outer surface of the post portion of the screw in the cavity of the button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.