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AssigneeOsumi Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsKinzo Osumi, Toshio Ozawa
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AssigneeOsumi Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsKinzo Osumi, Toshio Ozawa
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A button of the type including a body of which bottom portion is formed with a recess or stepped part at the central area thereof, a fastening leg member made of resilient material, the fastening leg member having an opposing pair of end parts bent outwardly, and a holder with a slot formed therein through which the fastening leg member is inserted by manual force, wherein fitting of the fastening leg member to the body is achieved by way of the steps of fitting the holder onto the fastening leg member at the position as determined between the central part and the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member, inserting the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member through a slot on the bottom portion of the body, turning the fastening leg member within the slot and then causing the pair of end parts to be expanded in a pair of cutouts under the effect of expansive resilient force of the fastening leg member.
A button of the type including a body of which bottom portion is formed with a recess or stepped part at the central area thereof, a fastening leg member made of resilient material, said fastening leg member having an opposing pair of end parts bent outwardly, and a holder with a slot formed therein through which the fastening leg member is inserted by manual force, wherein fitting of the fastening leg member to the body is achieved by way of the steps of fitting the holder onto the fastening leg member at the position as determined between the central part and the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member, inserting the pair of end parts of the fastening leg member through a slot on the bottom portion of the body, turning the fastening leg member within said slot and then causing the pair of end parts to be expanded in a pair of cutouts under the effect of expansive resilient force of the fastening leg member.
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