Button assembly
OwnerDanny Mateiinventor
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Abstract
A button assembly including a button head operable to rotate in three-dimensional space. The button assembly having a mounting portion and an elongated shaft attached to a base is provided. The button assembly includes a bearing member disposed on one end of the shaft. The bearing member is configured to fittingly engage the mounting portion of the button head so as to pivotably attach the button head to the shaft. The base may be inserted into an article of clothing in alignment with a corresponding buttonhole. Accordingly the user is able to rotate and pivot the button head about the bearing member of the shaft so as to facilitate the insertion of the button head into the buttonhole.
Claims8
A button assembly comprising:
- a button head having a first head portion and a second head portion, the first head portion having a fastener and the second head portion having a female portion configured to engage the fastener so as to couple the first and second head portions together, the button head further including a mounting portion having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, the first mounting portion is disposed on the first head portion and is generally cone shaped, a distal end portion of the first mounting portion having a pocket, the pocket being generally hemispherical, and the second mounting portion is disposed on the second head portion, and is shaped so as to slidingly engage an outer surface of the first mounting portion and partially enclose the pocket;
- a base having a receiving portion;
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- an elongated shaft, the elongated shaft includes a plurality of grooves disposed along an outer surface of the elongated shaft, each of the plurality of grooves spaced apart from the other so as to define a plurality of ridges extending circumferentially about the elongated shaft, each of the plurality of ridges spaced apart from each other, wherein one end of the elongated shaft is configured to engage the receiving portion of the base and the other end of the elongated shaft includes a bearing member configured to be disposed within the pocket of the mounting portion of the button head wherein the button head is rotatable in three-dimensional space about the elongated shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.