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US 8,726,469 B1Granted
Article of button jewelry
OwnerJacqueline Delaneauinventor
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Abstract
An article for covering a button of apparel is provided. The article includes a body portion and a coupling member secured to the body portion. The coupling member includes a pair of opposed resiliently deflectable portions structured to deflect responsive to insertion of a neck of a button therebetween.
Claims6
An article (100) for covering a button of apparel, the article comprising:
- a body portion (102);
- and
- a coupling member (104) including a first portion (104a) and a pair of opposed resiliently deflectable second and third portions (104b, 104c) extending from the first portion (104a) and structured to outwardly deflect responsive to insertion of a neck (900a) of a button (900b) therebetween, each of the second and third portions (104b, 104c) terminating in an associated free end (128, 130), and
- wherein the coupling member (104) is secured to the body portion (102) such that each of a distal end of the first portion (104a) and the second and third portion free ends (128, 130) are secured directly to the body portion (102) during insertion of the button neck (900a) therebetween.
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An article for covering a button of apparel, the article comprising:
- a body portion (102);
- and
- a coupling member (104) including a first portion (104a) directly attached to the body portion (102);
- a pair of opposed first segments (104b1, 104c1) extending from the coupling member first portion (104a);
- a pair of opposed arcuate second segments (104b2, 104c2), each second segment extending from an end of a respective one of the first segments ((104b1, 104c1);
- a pair of opposed outwardly extending third segments (104b3, 104c3), each third segment extending outwardly from an end of a respective one of the second segments (104b2, 104c2);
- a pair of opposed outwardly extending fourth segments (104b4, 104c4), each fourth segment extending outwardly from an end of a respective one of the third segments(104b3, 104c3),
- each of the fourth segments (104b4, 104c4) being attached directly to the body portion (102);
- wherein the coupling member (104) is secured to the body portion 103) such that a distal end of the first portion (104a) and the second and third portion free ends (128, 130) are secured directly to the body portion (102) during insertion of the button neck (900a) therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.