Patent Application
20160007689
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a button device, and especially applying to garments of all kinds with buttons, where the button device features the replacement of the lost button with an electronic type of button having a display to simulate the appearance of the lost button and to make the dressing neat.
2. Description of Related Art
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Most of the buttons are sewn on the clothing by needlework which is vulnerable to be pulled off by external forces. Besides, the buttons always belong to small items, which are not easy to be found once lost, and that would cause the dressed person looked untidy and also offend aesthetic sensibility of others. Shirts always have spare buttons sewn on the inner side or bottom corner. But once someone is out of home and does not carry the sewing kit, that is, no spare buttons for backup, which would make someone embarrassed in the public places.
In view of the foregoing circumstances, the inventor has invested much time to study the relevant knowledge. After quite many experiments and improvement, the button device of this invention is eventually succeeded, substantially settles the aforesaid embarrassment and also meets the urgent use.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a user, who lost loose buttons of clothing, a device similar to the original button to simulate the original style, thereby making the overall look neat and no excessive exposure, which improves the aforesaid drawbacks for clothing having buttons. Accordingly, the present inventors strive to achieve the purpose and function of this invention. A button device of this invention, is available to be attached to clothing, comprising: a main grip body, having a clip member at its one side, where the clip member connects to the main grip body at its one end while the other end is elastically buckled away from or close to the main grip body. And the clip member is provided with a joint member on the outer side of the other end without connecting to the main grip body; and a subsidiary grip body, attaching to the clothing and being buckled with the main grip body, where the position of the subsidiary grip body on the clothing is in the same height to that of the main grip body. The subsidiary grip body is provided with a coupling member corresponding to the joint member for mutual engagement, and is provided with a latch member on the side opposite to the side with the coupling member, where the latch member connects to the subsidiary grip body at its one end while the other end is elastically buckled away from or close to the main grip body. Accordingly, once the main grip body and the subsidiary grip body are attached to the clothing, and the joint member and the coupling member are engaged one with the other, the dressing is then aesthetic and the new button device is functional, which saves time and efforts for the replacement.
A further technical traits of the present invention lies in that the main grip body is provided with a display mounting on its outer side, where the display and the clip member are located in opposite side of the main grip body, and the main grip body has a built-in database electrically connected to the display. And the main grip body has a power supply electrically connected with the display. The database is provided with information of plural button patterns, where the display shows the information and corresponding button patterns.
The present invention is further characterized in that the subsidiary grip body is provided with a power member, and the joint member and the coupling member are realized as positive and negative electrodes respectively accompanied by the setup of the power member. By way of the electrical coupling for the joint member of the clip member and the coupling member of the subsidiary grip body, electric power is available to be transmitted for use by the display.
The present invention is further characterized in that the main grip body is provided with an input member adjacent to one side of the display, and the input member is a camera featuring images taking. The input member is electrically connected to the database, takes shots of the button patterns and stores them in the database for later use.
The present invention is further characterized in that the input member is available to be a microphone or a CMOS integrated circuit for setting purpose.
The present invention is further characterized in that the main grip body is provided with a backlight member electrically connected to a power supply member near a side of the display, the backlight is a LED or an OLED, and the backlight member is for illuminating and enhancing the button patterns shown by the display.
The present invention is further characterized in that the joint member and the coupling member are realized as positive and negative electrodes respectively and connected one with the other, and electric power is available to be transmitted for use by the backlight member.
The present invention is further characterized in that the joint member and the coupling member are magnets that one attracts the other, VELCRO or male and female buckles.
The present invention is further characterized in that the clip member and the latch member are L-shape resilient clamp, magnet, crochet, paper clips, clips or earrings.
The various objectives and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.
To describe clearly that the present invention achieves the foregoing objective and function, the technical features and desired function are described with reference to a preferred embodiment and accompanying drawings. Reference to
Once someone is away from home, there is always lacking of sewing kit, which for sure causes embarrassment for the lost buttons. This invention is applicable to such urgent situation. The main grip body (1) and the subsidiary grip body (4) are attached to the clothing by means of the clip member 2 and the latch member 42 respectively to the two sides of front opening of the clothing, and the assembled positions are in the same height and in mutually correspondence. The clip members 2 and the latch member 42 are in resilient clamping to the clothing. As the two sides of the front opening of the clothing are drawn together and the subsidiary grip body 4 is placed below the main grip body 1, followed by having the coupling member 41 and the joint member 3 buckled one with the other, the dressing is then aesthetic and the new button device is functional.
Aside from the functional replacement of the original button, the main grip body 1 is provided with a display 11 mounting on its outer side, where the display 11 and the clip member 2 are located in opposite side of the main grip body 1, and the main grip body 1 has a built-in database 12 electrically connected to the display 11. And the main grip body 1 has a power supply 13 electrically connected with the display 11. The database 12 is provided with information 121 of plural button patterns, where the display 11 shows the information 121 of corresponding button patterns. As the main grip body 1 and the subsidiary body 4 are engaged one with the other, the information 121 in the database 12 is shown in the display 11, which shows conformity in the appearance of the buttons, shown in
The joint member 3 of the main grip member 1 and the coupling member 41 of the subsidiary grip member 4 are magnets that one attracts the other, VELCRO, male and female buckles or positive and negative electrodes. Reference to
The present invention is further characterized in that the main grip body 1 is provided with an input member 5 adjacent to one side of the display 11, for a supplement during lacking enough information 121 of button patterns. The input member 5 is disposed adjacent to the display 11 and is electrically connected to the database 12 in wireless or wired connection (the input member 5 can be located on peripheral side or the same side with the display 11, not intend to limit its position). There are some types of embodiments to realize the input member 5. As the input member 5 is a camera, the user takes images of his own button pattern, stores the images in the database 12 and shows the appearance of the images on the display 11 to exhibit conformity in the appearance of the buttons. The input member 5 is available to be a microphone or a CMOS integrated circuit for setting purpose. The microphone features primarily the voice control over the exhibition of the button patterns and the recording (not shown in the figures). The CMOS integrated circuit for setting purpose is to provide users the setting the button pattern beforehand, and controls the button pattern shown on the display 11 (not shown in the figures).
The present invention is further characterized in that the main grip body is provided with a backlight member 6 electrically connected to the power supply member 13 near a side of the display 11, the backlight 6 is made out of plural LEDs or OLEDs, and the backlight member 6 is disposed to surround the display 11 for illuminating and enhancing the button patterns shown by the display. Once the joint member 3 and the coupling member 41 are realized as positive and negative electrodes respectively, the power member 43 of the subsidiary grip body 4 transmits electric power to the backlight member 11. By means of the power supply member 13 and the power member 43, to stabilize the illumination of the backlight member 6, shown in
The present invention is further characterized in that the clip member 2 and the latch member 42 are L-shape resilient clamp, magnet, crochet, paper clips, clips or earrings, where the buttons are fixed firmly to the clothing with the support of these clamping devices. However, the exemplifications are not intended to limit the kinds of the clamping devices.
The foregoing descriptions are merely the exemplified embodiments of the present invention, where the scope of the claim of the present invention is not intended to be limited by the embodiments. Any equivalent embodiments or modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention are therefore intended to be embraced.
The disclosed structure of the invention has not appeared in the prior art and features efficacy better than the prior structure which is construed to be a novel and creative invention, thereby filing the present application herein subject to the patent law.
