Supporting button for articles of luggage, etc.

A supporting button for attachment to the under side of the bottom wall or member of an article of luggage, a hand-carried case, a golf bag, etc. and being operative to support said bottom wall or member slightly raised from an out of direct contact with a usually horizontal surface on which said article is rested, comprising:

• a hollow metal shell having an axial opening and which is adapted to be secured hollow-side-up against the underside of said bottom wall;
• said axial opening being defined by a generally circular edge encircled by an annular shell portion which inclines an appreciable distance into the hollow of the shell proper;
• a rivet extending through said axial shell opening and comprising a head having a generally planar under face and outer-edge diameter which is substantially greater than that of said axial shell opening and an integral elongate shank extending from said head and having diameter throughout the major portion of its length as measured from its end distal from said head such as permits its ready insertion in and its relatively unimpeded axial movement through said opening;
• said shank further including an integral short-length portion having diameter greater than that of said axial shell opening and being located a predetermined axial distance from the rivet head such that upon said short-length portion being forced through said axial shell opening it locks beneath the circular edge defining the same with a snap action and in so doing draws the rivet head into tight engagement with said annular shell portion along a circular line thereof which is spaced axially-outwardly from said circular edge of the axial shell opening.