Snap fastener
OwnerMarvin L. Eisenpresserinventor
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Abstract
A two-part snap fastener comprising a socket assembly and a stud assembly adapted for releasable engagement with one another. The socket assembly includes a decorative cap, a spacer member, an eyelet, and a rigid washer, with the eyelet being coupled to the cap and attaching the assembly to a support by locking the support between the cap and washer. The stud assembly includes a base, a resiliently deformable washer and an eyelet coupling the washer to the base. The base is in turn coupled to a second support. The deformable washer of the stud assembly is releasably engageable with the rigid eyelet of the socket assembly, the latter having a portion with an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the former.
Claims9
A snap fastener stud attachable to a support comprising the combination of:
- a generally circular base member having a central opening;
- a continuous annular resilient washer having a central opening substantially aligned with said central opening of said base member and having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of said base member, one face of said resilient washer being adjacent said base member;
- an eyelet having a substantially flat annular portion adjacent the other face of said resilient washer, and a tubular portion extending through said central openings in said resilient washer and said base member,
- said tubular portion having an enlarged portion at the distal edge thereof for engaging said base member,
- said annular portion having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of said resilient washer;
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- means for connecting said stud to a support.
A snap fastener socket attachable through an opening in a support comprising:
- a cup-shaped cover having a main portion and a peripheral wall extending therefrom;
- a spacer member in said cover;
- an eyelet having a radially outwardly extending flange portion in said cover adjacent said spacer member and a circularly continuous tubular portion extending axially out of said cover,
- the distal edge of said cover peripheral wall being bent inwardly to engage and retain said flange portion of said eyelet;
- and washer means, surrounding said tubular portion, for engaging the edges of the opening in the support and for clamping said edges between said peripheral wall and said flange portion,
- the distal edge of said tubular portion being uniformly outwardly deformed around said washer means to engage and retain said washer means in clamping relationship against said support,
- whereby the inner surface of said tubular portion provides an inwardly extending substantially rigid ring-like surface for releasable engagement with a resilient stud.
A snap fastener stud assembly comprising:
- a continuous annular resiliently deformable washer having substantially flat opposite major faces and a central opening;
- a base member having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of said deformable washer and a substantially flat face adjacent one major face of said deformable washer;
- a substantially flat washer means adjacent the other major face of said deformable washer, said flat washer means having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of said deformable washer;
- means connected to said base member and to said flat washer means and extending through said central opening in said deformable washer for clamping said deformable washer between said base member and said flat washer means;
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- means for connecting the stud assembly to a support.
A snap fastener comprising a socket portion and a stud portion adapted for releasable engagement with one another,
- said stud portion including
- a continuous circular resiliently deformable member;
- means for axially retaining said deformable member and for exposing and permitting deformation of only the peripheral margin thereof;
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- means for attaching said stud portion to a first support;
- said socket including
- means for defining an annular, radially inwardly extending, substantially rigid wall having a minimum diameter smaller than the undeformed outer diameter of said deformable member;
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- means for attaching said socket portion to a second support;
- said deformable member having a central opening,
- said means for axially retaining said deformable member and for exposing and permitting deformation of only the peripheral margin thereof including
- a generally circular base member having a central opening aligned with said deformable member central opening, and
- an eyelet having a substantially flat annular portion and a tubular portion passing through the central openings of said base member and said deformable member, the distal edge of said tubular portion being bent outwards to engage said base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.