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US 6,035,494 AGranted
Button
AssigneeSusan Duke
InventorsSusan Duke, Bruce Wood
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Abstract
A button (10) consists of a base (12) for securing to a garment or the like, and a removable cover (14). The cover defines a pair of resilient arms (22, 24) adapted for releasable engagement with a mounting profile (16) on the rear of the base (12). In a preferred embodiment, the mounting profile (16) and arms (22, 24 are provided with recesses (18) and corresponding projections (26) for secure mounting, and projections (28) enabling the arms to be bent outward in order to release the cover.
Claims19
A button comprising:
- a base for attachment to a garment, said base having a coupling profile protruding rearwardly from a rear portion thereof, and a cover removably coupled to said base and having a cover portion extending in a plane over a front portion of said base and one or more resilient arms for releasable engagement with said coupling profile, said arms extending substantially parallel to the plane of said cover portion to permit said cover to be coupled and uncoupled from said base by relative lateral movement.
A button comprising:
- a base for attachment to a garment, said base having a coupling profile on a rear portion thereof;
- and a cover removably coupled to said base and having a cover portion extending in a plane over a front portion of said base and one or more resilient arms for releasable engagement with said coupling profile, said arms extending substantially parallel to the plane of said cover portion to permit said cover to be coupled and uncoupled from said base by relative lateral movement, wherein said coupling profile defines a groove extending around said coupling profile for co-operating with said resilient arms for retaining said cover on said base.
A button comprising:
- a base for attachment to a garment, said base having a coupling profile on a rear portion thereof;
- and a cover removably coupled to said base and having a cover portion extending in a plane over a front portion of said base and one or more resilient arms for releasable engagement with said coupling profile, said arms extending substantially parallel to the plane of said cover portion to permit said cover to be coupled and uncoupled from said base by relative lateral movement, wherein said coupling profile defines a plurality of peripheral recesses spaced around said coupling profile for co-operating with said resilient arms for retaining said cover on said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.