Method for reconnecting a button to a garment and apparatus therefor

A method for reconnecting a button to a garment, comprising:

• (a) providing a garment having a front side and an opposite back side;
• (b) providing a button that has come loose from said front side of said garment, said button having a plurality of thread receiving holes, said thread receiving holes having a diameter;
• (c) providing a wire having a first end, a second end, and a wire thickness that is less than said diameter of said thread receiving holes of said button, said wire having a stiffness that both (1) permits said wire to be manually pushed through said garment from said front side to said back side, and (2) permits said wire to be manually bent over so that it abuts said back side of said garment;
• (d) positioning said button having thread disposed in said thread receiving holes in a desired location on said front side of said garment;
• (e) manually inserting said first and second ends of said wire into said thread receiving holes without removing said thread from said thread receiving holes and pushing said wire through said garment from said front side to said back side so that said wire urges said button into contact with said first side of said garment, and said first end and said second end penetrate said back side of said garment thereby forming first and second protruding legs respectively;
• (f) manually twisting said first and second protruding legs together;
• and,
• (g) bending over said twisted first and second legs until they abut said back side of said garment.

An apparatus for reconnecting a button having a plurality of thread receiving holes, the thread receiving holes having a diameter, to a garment having a front side and an opposite back side, the button having come loose from said front side of said garment, comprising:

• a wire having a first end, a second end, and a wire thickness that is less than the diameter of the thread receiving holes of the button;
• said wire having a stiffness that both (1) permits said wire to be manually pushed through the garment from the front side to the back side, and (2) permits said wire to be manually bent over so that it abuts the back side of the garment;
• and,
• a sheet that is shaped and dimensioned to be adhesively applied to the back side of the garment and cover said wire after said wire is pushed through the garment and bent over.