The invention consists basically of a button, provided with the means to fasten it to the article of clothing with manual pressure, avoiding the use of thread, as used with buttons now.
At the present time, to button garments such as shirts, pants, and all kinds of clothing, buttons are generally used. These must be sewn on, using a needle or a sewing machine with thread to keep them fastened on the garment opposite the buttonhole, through which the button goes to fasten both sides of the garment together.
Another way of fastening is to use metal snaps which are riveted with specially designed machines directly on the article of clothing.
Zippers are also used for fastening, which require the use of sewing machines to fasten them to the article of clothing. Velcro is also used as a fastener which like the previous fastener, requires a sewing machine or glue to fasten it to the garment.
Referring to the previous process, we can refer to U.S. Invention Pat. No. 5,115,548 which refers to a button or snap formed by a spherical piece or the buttonhole of a pressure button, made up respectively of a bottom part and a top part riveted together lodging between them a flat flexible material, like a textile or something similar, with the shank of the rivet, made up by one of the pieces, axially fastened by the widened part of the shank beyond the penetrated opening, and for waterproofing between the flat material and bottom and top parts without using additional waterproofing means, proposes that upon inserting the shank of the rivet in the opening, the flat material can be fastened between the shank and one side of the opening, forming a neck.
Another patent in the state of the art is invention patent E96944586 which refers to a fastener with a pressure button that can be locked. The male part is fastened with a locking edge formed on a roller after its joining with the female casing. The roller moves transversally along the direction of insertion of the male part in the female casing and is held in its extended position by a spring in its center. At that moment, the locking edge of the roller acts on the male part. The roller also has an unlocking edge that is in the male part, connected upon the action of the roller and permits it to be unfastened.
To get a pressure button fastener that can be used comfortably, the plan is to use two rollers beside each other in the female casing and put them under the pressure of a spring in opposite direction of the extension. The locking and unlocking edges are created in the slot between the two rollers, partially in each of the rollers. This allows a quick fastening of the two parts of the pressure button without operating the rollers.
Although these systems of joining or fastening articles of clothing meet the proposed objectives, they also have certain drawbacks, such as: The placement on the article of clothing requires other elements, such as machinery in the case of the snaps; needle and thread (as occurs with traditional buttons or Velcro fasteners). This limits the quick placement or repositioning of the part.
The button system of this invention solves the problem in a completely separate and independent way, both in the placement as well as the repositioning, in this last situation it is only necessary to get the replacement there and the change can be performed by any person, without the need of other elements, as happens with the previous systems.
For better understanding of the pressure button system of this invention we will describe it based on the drawings that make up an integral part of the invention, without limiting the invention to the drawings.
This invention offers a button with a pressure fastening system that allows quick, manual replacement or installation, avoiding the use of machinery or the like, needle and thread, as with the present systems.
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This pressure stop (4) allows the fastening of the main part (1) to the article of clothing (5). In addition, the main part (1) has a rod that sticks out of the lower center of the pressure stop (4) which is shaped like a pin with a succession of fastening grooves (7) which are located opposite the point (8) of the shank (6).
The second part is made up of a movable pressure backstop (9) with grooves on the inside that are located opposite the grooves (7) of the shank (6) in a way that allows its placement and keeps it from coming apart upon connecting together and becomes part of the fastening of the system to the article of clothing.
The shank (6) is pointed on the end to allow the penetration or perforation by manual pressure of the material (5) or the cloth of the article of clothing to later join and set with the pressure backstop (9).
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2514 2003 | Dec 2003 | CL | national |