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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203999 | Button protector for laundering, dry-cleaning and ironing operations A detachable, heat resistant, flexible button protector protects against button degradation during laundering, dry-cleaning or hot ironing operations. The protector has an enclosure for forming a cavity surrounding at least one button. A slit in the side of the encl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179032 | Blind rivet There is described an expanding blind rivet assembly having a flange (3) provided with an undercut surface facing the rivet shank. A resilient cap (20) is formed with a cavity (22) having an opening surrounded by an undercut surface (23) ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7066051 | Method and apparatus for forming multi-colored cap part of snap button A method for forming a multi-colored cap part of a snap button including the steps of forming a design portion of the cap part of snap button using a first group of molds, which includes a first female mold, a first male mold, and a plate-shaped middle mold, and a s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6997265 | Method and apparatus for offline standbuilding A method and apparatus for moving pipe on a rig floor between a number of different stations including an off-floor rack, a preparation opening, a borehole, and a storage area, such that tubulars can be loaded onto the drill floor, prepared at the preparation openin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976540 | Method and apparatus for offline standbuilding A method and apparatus for moving pipe on a rig floor between a number of different stations are provided. Generally the apparatus includes pipehandling equipment arranged to interact with an off-floor rack, a preparation opening, a borehole, and a storage area, suc... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6266853 | Non-rotatable enclosing buckle of fabric article A not rotatable enclosing buckle of fabric article, including a female buckle body formed with a shaft hole passing through a bottom end thereof and a male buckle body including a main body and a nail post upward projecting from the main body. The nail po... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6209615 | Partition mount In a spring-loaded curtain mount, the mount includes a pole interface at a proximal end, a compressive mechanism, and a head at a distal end. The pole interface is adapted to receive the end of a standard length adjustable pole or a painter's pole. The co... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5644820 | Crown button of a cap A cap crown button comprises a female retaining body, a decorating cloth, a fastening element, and a male retaining body. The female retaining body has an arcuate top, a periphery and a receiving space provided centrally with a projection having an axial ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5517730 | Crown button of a cap A cap crown button comprises a female retaining body, a decorating cloth, a fastening element, and a male retaining body. The female retaining body has an arcuate top, a periphery and a receiving space provided centrally with a projection having an axial ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5513422 | Crown button of a cap A cap crown button comprises a female retaining body, a male retaining body and a covering body. The female retaining body is provided with a retaining hole having at the upper end thereof a receiving space in which a connection portion, a receiving porti... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5375303 | Covered buckle A covered buckle comprises an upper annular member of inverted U cross-section into which is telescoped a lower annular member of U-shaped cross-section having a generally upstanding outer peripheral leg which either cants outwardly or is provided with an... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5093965 | Plastic button A plastic button having a tiltable button cap (1) with a rotationally symmetrical bottom part (3) that can be riveted to a carrier cloth (5) by means of a tack (6). To provide a permanent connection between button cap (1) and bottom part (3) even under fr... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4969241 | Button cover assembly An apparatus wherein a first embodiment includes a dome cover assembly, including spaced parallel resilient legs for directing through associated apertures of a button, with projections directed orthogonally relative to the legs to lock the cover relative... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4943197 | Non-perforated nail button A nail button and a method for manufacturing the nail button are disclosed. The nail button consists of a button cap and a base. The base comprises a collet and an attaching means associated with the collet. The collet is characterized in that it is not p... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4788753 | Expansion compensating two piece button A button for attachment to a sheet of compliant material that includes an elastic body and a cap formed from malleable material secured to the body. The flange of the elastic body has an integral thin ring to which the outer portion of the cap is wrapped ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4683621 | Flexible button A tiltable button has a two-piece interior part of rigid material including a disk-like member non-turnably held between a cap and a button back, and a separate socket member extending through a hollow hub of the button back and joined with a tack member ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4672719 | Upholstery button A plastics button assembly comprises an outer body component, an inner body component trapped substantially non-retrievably within a recess in the rear of the outer body component, and a cloth cover substantially covering the front of said outer body comp... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4662034 | Snap-on button A button device including a standard button having the usual holes, a pair of pin members snapingly received in two of the holes in the button and projecting downwardly from the underside of the button, a housing adapted to be positioned against the under... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4662033 | Tack button assembly A tack button assembly includes a solid, deformable button body having an anchoring socket with first and second ends. The socket extends along the longitudinal axis of the body and is adapted to retainingly receive the shank of an associated tack through... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4654934 | Covered button A covered button comprises a button body consisting of a mushroomlike head and a shank, a covering material covering the head and a washer adapted to retain the peripheral edge of the covering material in position on the back of the head. The inner periph... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4625862 | Support assembly for golfing accessories An accessory support assembly for use with golf bags, belts, garment loops and the like comprising a first component having a Velcro section, said component being suspended from said golf bag or other article, a second component carrying a Velcro section ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4607415 | Button for garment A button for attachment to a garment fabric comprises a capped button body and a tack member adapted to be joined with the button body, wherein a shank of said tack member includes a free end portion being deformable into a radially uniformly and axially ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4549331 | Button for receiving and securing a fabric covering therefor and fabric-covered button assembly formed therewith A button for receiving and holding a fabric covering which includes a base element having a hollow cylindrical body with a conical outwardly tapering flange extending from one axial end toward the other and a cap member to be outwardly covered by a fabric... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4541148 | Tiltable tack button A button has a unitary interior member of thermoplastic synthetic resin. The interior member includes a disk-like portion non-rotatably held between a cap and a button back, a socket portion joined with a tack member with a garment fabric sandwiched there... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4539731 | Button-cover A button cover for use in particular with shirt cuff button and generally to cover buttons on any article of clothing, formed by a button covering member and a button engaging member pivotally connected one to another. A perimeter spacing edge is provided... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4495678 | Button for receiving and securing a fabric covering therefor and fabric-covered button assembly formed therewith A button for receiving and holding a fabric covering which includes a base element having a main body with a convex-shaped exterior surface, a flat underside and a tapered central opening and a cap member to be outwardly covered by a fabric piece and havi... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4481696 | Snap-fit button A button includes a button body having a centrally holed boss, and a fastener having a shank adapted to fit forcibly into an axial hole in the boss. The shank has a plurality of axially extending ridges spaced angularly at equal intervals for maintaining ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4387488 | Fabric-covered button A fabric-covered button includes a button body with a domed head to be wrapped by a piece of fabric, a retainer washer of synthetic resin adapted to fit forcibly over a boss projecting rearwardly from the domed head and to press an edge portion of the fab... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4198733 | Fabric covered button A fabric covered button of two-piece construction includes a button portion and a collet retainer. The button portion consists of a button head and a stem integrally formed with the underside of the button head. The backside of the button head is provided... | 04/22/1980 |
