A two part button system comprising:
- at least one decorative top piece having an underside perimeter surface and a fenestrated and domed angular insertion protrusion, said fenestrated and domed angular insertion protrusion centrally depending from said underside perimeter surface, said fenestrated and domed angular insertion protrusion further having a outwardly flared bottom edge movable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration, said underside perimeter surface selected from a group consisting of horizontally-extending perimeter surfaces and slightly upwardly-angled perimeter surfaces;
- a button base member having a top surface with a central opening in communication with a recessed thread pan, said top surface having an inner perimeter edge adjacent to said central opening and an outer perimeter edge remote from said central opening, said inner perimeter edge and said outer perimeter edge each having an elevation dimension, said elevation dimension of said inner perimeter edge being greater than said elevation dimension of said outer perimeter edge and creating a slightly downward angle to said top surface, said recessed thread pan having an outer perimeter with an angled inset groove, said angled inset groove complementary in configuration to that of said outwardly flared bottom edge when in said expanded configuration, allowing secure engagement between said at least one decorative top piece and said button base member when said outwardly flared bottom edge is received within said angled inset groove, and said button base member also having a downwardly-narrowing sloped inner wall between said inner perimeter edge of said top surface and said inset groove of said recessed thread pan;
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- said underside perimeter surface of said decorative top piece and said outer perimeter edge of said button base member together creating a small crevice when said fenestrated and domed angular insertion protrusion of said decorative top piece is received in said inset groove, said crevice configured for receipt of a combined compressing and upward prying force pushing inwardly against said domed and fenestrated angular insertion protrusion until said outwardly flared bottom edge is in said compressed configuration and withdrawn from said angled inset groove, while said upward prying portion of said combined force directed at said small crevice also pushes upwardly against said underside perimeter surface of said at least one decorative top piece, which in combination with said slightly downward angle in said top surface of said bottom base member causes said underside perimeter surface to move in an upwardly direction away from said top surface of said button base member while concurrently drawing said outwardly flared bottom edge of said angular insertion protrusion upwardly beyond said downwardly-narrowing sloped inner wall, wherein one said at least one decorative top piece can be securely combined with said button base member by centering said one at least one decorative top piece above said downwardly-narrowing sloped inner wall of said button base member and applying a downward force against said one at least one decorative top piece until said downwardly-narrowing sloped inner wall causes movement of said outwardly flared bottom edge into said collapsed configuration, allowing entry thereof into said thread pan and concurrent movement of said outwardly flared bottom edge into said expanded configuration and entry into said angled inset groove, receipt of said outwardly flared bottom edge into said angled inset groove preventing separation of said decorative top piece from said button base member until a combined compressing and upward prying force applied to said small crevice first moves said outwardly flared bottom edge into said compressed configuration causing release from said angled inset groove, and thereafter forcing said underside perimeter surface of said decorative top piece to move away from said top surface of said button base member while said downwardly-narrowing sloped inner wall concurrently guides complete withdrawal of said angular insertion protrusion from said central opening in said button base member, allowing for a change in appearance of said button system.