Alloy button for jeans
OwnerHung-Ming Wuinventor
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Abstract
An alloy button including a socket member, and a stud for fastening to the socket member to secure it to the cotton fabric of a piece of garment, the socket member having a cylindrical socket body, an axial mounting hole defined within the socket body, a tapered bottom hole at one end of the socket body for guiding the plain end of the stud into the axial mounting hole, a coupling hole at one end of the axial mounting hole remote from the tapered bottom hole for retaining the plain end of the stud, a tapered flange outwardly raised from one end of the socket body around the coupling hole, and a tapered top hole defined within the tapered flange and covered with an ornamental cap.
Claims1
An alloy button comprising:
- a stud having a plain end;
- a socket member made by die casting and including a cylindrical socket body, a dome-like head at one end of said socket body, an axial mounting hole, said axial mounting hole is a blind hole defined within said cylindrical socket body, a tapered bottom hole at one end of said axial mounting hole for guiding said plain end of said stud into said axial mounting hole, a radial coupling hole at one end of said socket body adjacent to said dome-like head and in communication with said axial mounting hole for retaining said plain end of said stud as said plain end is deformed by force, a reinforcing rib connected between said socket body and said dome-like head, and said reinforcing rib disposed within said axial mounting hole and extending toward said radial coupling hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.