Button fastener system
AssigneeLee Fisher Dorman
InventorsLee Fisher Dorman, Louis Bruce Hornstein
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Abstract
A button fastening apparatus is provided. The button fastening apparatus includes at least a first and second assemblies and a method for converting button-style fasteners to push-pull detachable fasteners, enabling individuals with limited manual dexterity to wear the button-up clothes they desire. The first assembly may be dimensioned and adapted to attach a magnetic portion thereof to any button-style fastener. The second assembly may form a cover portion interconnected to a ferromagnetic portion through a button placket, so that the first and second assemblies may be easily removably secured via a push-pull detachable fastener system, which subsumes the button-style fastener.
Claims20
A button fastening apparatus for converting button-style fasteners to push-pull detachable fastener, comprising:
- a first assembly comprising:
- an attaching portion for securing to at least a portion of a button of the button-style fastener;
- and
- a first fastening portion;
- and
- a second assembly comprising:
- a cover portion for engaging a button hole of the button-style fastener;
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- a second fastening portion adapted to removably attached to the first fastening portion, wherein the second fastening portion comprises a ferromagnetic material.
A button fastening apparatus for converting button-style fasteners to push-pull detachable fastener, comprising:
- a first assembly comprising:
- an attaching portion for securing to at least a portion of a button of the button-style fastener;
- an enclosure formed by the attaching portion, wherein the enclosure is dimensioned and adapted to securely enclose the at least a portion of the button;
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- a first fastening portion;
- and
- a second assembly comprising:
- a cover portion for engaging a button hole of the button-style fastener;
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- a second fastening portion adapted to removably attached to the first fastening portion.
A button fastening apparatus for converting button-style fasteners to push-pull detachable fastener, comprising:
- a first assembly comprising:
- an attaching portion for securing to at least a portion of a button of the button-style fastener;
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- a first fastening portion;
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- a second assembly comprising:
- a cover portion for engaging a button hole of the button-style fastener;
- a second fastening portion adapted to removably attached to the first fastening portion, wherein the cover portion and the second fastening portion are configured to sandwich the button hole
- a male protrusion extending from the second fastening portion;
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- a female cavity formed in the cover portion, wherein the female cavity is dimensioned and adapted to removably mate with the male protrusion, wherein the male protrusion protrudes through the sandwiched button hole when removably mating with the female cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.