Insert for converting a button cover for use as another type of jewelry article

An insert for converting a button cover for use as another type of jewelry article, wherein said button cover is of the type comprising a cover portion having a recessed opening in a back side thereof for receiving a button therein, a back plate operable to cover said recessed opening, said back plate including an opening therein for receiving button attachment means, said opening comprising a circular central aperture and an outwardly diverging slot extending radially therefrom, and means for releasably maintaining said back plate in closed relation over said recessed opening, said insert comprising:

• an insert body having opposite first and second sides, and a thickness substantially equal to a depth of said recessed opening in said button cover;
• a raised surface on said first side comprising a centrally located disk portion and an outwardly tapering stem portion extending radially therefrom;
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• means on said first side for converting said button cover for use as another type of jewelry article,
• said insert being received in said recessed opening so that said first side is adjacent said back plate and so that said raised disk and stem portions are received in interfitting engagement with said central aperture and said diverging slot in the back plate when said back plate is received in closed relation over said recessed opening, said means for converting said button cover extending outwardly through said back plate.

In combination, a button cover and an insert for converting said button cover for use as another type of jewelry article,

• said button cover comprising a cover portion having a recessed opening in a back side thereof for receiving a button therein,
• a back plate which is hingeably connected to said cover portion so as to hingeably close over said recessed opening, said back plate having an opening therein for receiving button attachment means, said opening comprising a circular central aperture and an outwardly diverging slot extending radially therefrom, and
• means for releasably maintaining said back plate in closed relation over said recessed opening;
• said insert comprising an insert body having opposite first and second sides and a thickness substantially equal to a depth of said recessed opening in said button cover, said insert body further having a raised surface on said first side comprising a centrally located disk portion and an outwardly tapering stem portion extending radially therefrom, and
• means on said first side for converting said button cover for use as another type of jewelry article,
• said insert body being received in said recessed opening in said cover portion so that said first side is adjacent said back plate and so that said raised disk and stem portions are received in interfitting engagement with said circular central aperture and said outwardly diverging slot in said back plate when said back plate is received in closed relation over said recessed opening, said means for converting said button cover extending outwardly through said back plate.