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US 9,375,057 B2Granted
Snap button and method of use
OwnerAnnalee Oakley, Gloria Alicia Schwartzinventors
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Abstract
A button assembly includes a back member, a socket or a stud secured with an eyelet or a rivet to the back member and a shell crimped onto the back member. Indicia may be disposed on the exterior surface of the shell. The button assemblies, each with a unique image, can be used to form a puzzle or provide a method of personal expression or a method of communication.
Claims19
A button assembly comprising:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly;
- a socket or a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket or said stud in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion;
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging thickness portions of said base portion and said socket or said stud adjacent said first and second apertures so as to secure said socket or said stud to said base portion;
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- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein a peripheral edge of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange.
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a picture puzzle comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of button assemblies, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- a socket or a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket or said stud in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging abutting thickness portions of said base portion and said socket or said stud so as to secure said socket or said stud to said base portion, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein a peripheral edge of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange;
- each of said plurality of button assemblies having a unique image disposed on an exterior surface of said shell;
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- a combination of said unique images, when positioned on said substrate, constructing said picture puzzle, wherein each unique image defines a portion of said picture puzzle.
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A system for communication, discussion and/or expression of individual personality, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of button assemblies attached to said substrate, each of said plurality of buttons including:
- a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly,
- a socket or a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket or said stud in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion,
- a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging abutting thickness portions of said base portion and said socket or said stud so as to secure said socket or said stud to said base portion, and
- a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein an interior surface of said second peripheral flange abuts a peripheral edge of said first peripheral flange;
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- each of said plurality of button assemblies having a unique image disposed on an exterior surface of said shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.