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US 8,938,861 B1Granted
Removably attachable button
OwnerShan McLendoninventor
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Abstract
A removably attachable button includes a pin assembly and a cap assembly. The pin assembly has a pair of pins which releasably engage the cap assembly. The cap assembly has a front surface which has the appearance of a button and a rear surface which accepts the pin assembly. The button is utilized to embellish or to replace a missing button on a piece of clothing without needing to access sewing equipment.
Claims5
A removably attachable button comprising:
- a cap assembly having a perimeter edge, a front surface, a rear surface with a first receiving means having a first interior portion and a second receiving means having a second interior portion;
- and
- a U-shaped pin assembly having a first tip with a first sharpened end for passing into said first interior portion and a second tip with a second sharpened end for passing into said second interior portion;
- wherein said pin assembly is comprised of a resilient material sufficiently strong such that said first tip and said second tip can be inserted through an article of clothing;
- wherein said first tip is inwardly deflected when said first tip is fit into said first interior portion;
- wherein said second tip is inwardly deflected when said second tip is fit into said second interior portion;
- wherein pin assembly bias retains said first tip in said first interior portion and said second tip in said second interior portion;
- and,
- wherein said first and second receiving means each further comprises a generally semi-circular form having a closed side, an open side facing outwardly opposite from said rear surface, and a closed top surface defining a hollow interior portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.