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Class 24/95 - Anvil or plate


Subclass of Class 24 - Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Definition: Devices provided with a part which deflects the prongs by
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 04/13/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7694394Button
A button is disclosed that includes a die cast button body for which a secondary or an additional process (e.g., a squeeze process) is unnecessary and for which a degree of freedom for design of the upper surface center of the button body can increase. A shank of a ...
04/13/2010
7690087Button
A button comprises a button body (10, 10a, 10b) and a prong (20, 20a, 20b) adapted to be arranged on the side of cloth (30) opposite to the side thereof on which the button body mentioned above is set in...
04/06/2010
7158822Electrode holder, headwear, and wire jacket adapted for use in sleep apnea testing
An electrode holder is adapted for cooperating with a strap applied to a body part of a patient to hold a surface electrode to the skin. The electrode holder includes a base and a post projecting from the base. The post is adapted for extending through the strap and...
01/02/2007
7097378Accessory for a writing board, file or the like which is equipped with such an accessory
An accessory for a writing board, a file or the like, characterized in that it at least consists of a holder (4) which can be provided to a file or the like (3) whereby this holder (4) works in conjunction with or can work in conjunction with a ...
08/29/2006
7073968Fastening binder ring mechanisms to binders
Ring binder mechanism with special pronged fasteners secured thereto for fastening it to a binder, the special fastener per se, and a method of making the fasteners involving sheet metal stamping. ...
07/11/2006
7008435Surgical stapling device and method
A surgical stapling device is provided having an elongate housing and a surgical staple slidable longitudinally within the housing towards a free forward end thereof, the staple having a back and two forwardly pointing legs. The housing contains a staple-firing mech...
03/07/2006
RE38731Ring binder
A ring binder adapted to be secured to an article by at least one integral rivet, the ring binder comprising a substantially rigid integral upper plate supporting a pair of pivotable lower plates to which a plurality of ring members are mounted, the rivet comprising...
05/03/2005
6742230System and method for snap stud
A stud snap system includes a pin, a receiver, and a stud. The receiver fixedly engages with the pin and also fixedly engages with the stud to attach of the stud snap system to a material. The material can include apparel, clothing, sportswear, outdoor gear, fabrics...
06/01/2004
6457213Tack for button
The present invention provides a tack which prevents puckering phenomenon from being generated when the tack is pierced into cloth and enables a firm engagement between the tack and a boss portion of a button. In the tack for button, a cylindrical post st...
10/01/2002
6360405Security anchor/tether assemblage for portable articles
An anchor/tether assemblage for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides a securement for securely attaching the portable article to a stationary fixture. The anchor includes an internal member, an external member, and a mea...
03/26/2002
6317936Security anchor for portable articles
An anchor device for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides an anchor for attaching a cable or other security device. The anchor device includes an internal member, an external member, and a securement for securing them to...
11/20/2001
6081974Security anchor for portable articles
An anchor device for use with a security slot in a portable electronic article that provides an anchor for attaching a cable or other security device. The anchor device includes an internal member, an external member, and a securement for securing them to...
07/04/2000
5685049Alloy button for jeans
An alloy button including a socket member, and a stud for fastening to the socket member to secure it to the cotton fabric of a piece of garment, the socket member having a cylindrical socket body, an axial mounting hole defined within the socket body, a ...
11/11/1997
5647105Male component of press-stud particularly for items of clothing
The male component of a press-stud has a dome that extends, so as to form an undercut region, from a first base that is formed by blanking and plastic deformation from a metal plate. An intermediate tubular element, which is also formed by blanking and pl...
07/15/1997
5575043Button for clothing
A button for clothing, comprising a metallic dome associated with an equally metallic bell-shaped part, which contains a core and is associable with the fabric of the item of clothing by means of a nail. The core is provided with a disk-shaped portion wit...
11/19/1996
5115548Button for use on garments and the like
A button wherein the deformable shank of a rivet (which carries the enlarged portion that is to pass through a buttonhole) must be caused to penetrate through a layer of textile or other carrier material and to thereupon enter a retaining device having a ...
05/26/1992
5035526Concealed rivet element and setting method for ring binder construction
A multi-element product and the method of making it which product is held together by a rivet. The product includes a hard layer adjacent a compressible soft layer to form a composite. A hole in the hard layer receives an anvil which is urged into the com...
07/30/1991
4967452Attaching device for garment fastener element
An attaching device for attaching a fastener element to a garment fabric includes a stud body having an enlarged head and including a clinching member and a relatively thick reinforcing member joined with the clinching member and forming at least a part o...
11/06/1990
4924559Monolithic disk-like element in material sensitive to magnetic attraction, for magnetic buttons
The magnetic button, comprises a male element and a female element which cooperate magnetically with one another, and fixing elements for rearwardly fixing the male and female elements to flaps of fabric. The male element comprises a disk-like body in mat...
05/15/1990
4815173Open-faced button
An open-faced button includes a button body having an annular reinforcement plate disposed between an annular flange of a button back and an annular cap so as to prevent undesirable deformation of the annular flange which would otherwise occur when a tack...
03/28/1989
4813106Telescopic button
In a button which includes a button body and a tack member adapted to be joined with the button body when attaching the button to a garment fabric, the button body has a contractible and stretchable hollow hub in the form of a double tube composed of an o...
03/21/1989
4809407Open-faced buttons
A button body of an open-faced button includes an ornamental face disk rotatably supported on a cylindrical retainer firmly fitted in the tubular stem of a button back. The retainer has an axial hole for receiving the shank of a tack, and a radial groove ...
03/07/1989
4751771Button
A button includes a button body and a tack member for attachment of the button to a garment fabric. The button body includes an annular brace holding a button back and a head plate peripherally together. The head plate is made of a die-cast zinc having it...
06/21/1988
4706344Button assembly
A button assembly includes a hollow button body having a garment-engaging base portion through which a shank of an eyelet is inserted into the botton body for being staked on the base portion to join the button body with the eyelet. The base portion inclu...
11/17/1987
4700435Tack button
A tack button utilizes a pivot tack that has a long taper on its shank which prevents buckling and a subsequent loose connection of the assembled button parts, particularly the assembly of the back member of the button with the fabric to which the button ...
10/20/1987
4697313Tack button
A button body of a tack button comprises a back member, a front member, and a backing core fitted securely in a space formed between the two members, the back member has a plurality of projections formed on the side in contact with the core. The projectio...
10/06/1987
4686749Capped eyelet for attaching snap fastener
A capped eyelet, for attachment of a snap fastener member to a garment fabric, comprises an eyelet body including a shank with a flange, a cap covering over the flange and secured to a periphery thereof, and at least one punched buffer wing projecting fro...
08/18/1987
4683621Flexible 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
4607415Button 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
4571781Drainable button assembly
A button includes a button body having a funnel-shaped button back and a cap mounted on a wide end of the button back, and a tack member adapted to be joined with the small end of the button back for attachment of the button to a garment fabric, the butto...
02/25/1986
4571780Button having attachment tack deformed by anvil
A tack member, which is adapted to be joined with a button body for attachment of a button to a garment fabric, has a shank composed of a tapering end portion and a stem portion. The shank has a cold-pressed recess near the tapering end portion. The taper...
02/25/1986
4570307Button having plate for deflecting an attaching tack
A button for being attached to a garment fabric has a button body composed of a double-walled tubular stem with an annular flange extending radially outwardly therefrom, a cap having an internal back place mounted on the annular flange, and a tack member ...
02/18/1986
4512063Button
A tack member, which is adapted to be joined with a button body for attachment of a button to a garment fabric, has a shank of a hollow and solid combined structure. The shank is composed of a tapering hollow end portion and a solid base portion. The holl...
04/23/1985
4280255Button
A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the neck, the nec...
07/28/1981
4197617Button
A button or the like to be joined in one-point - fastening having two parts lying on both sides of the carrier material, the two parts to be connected to one another. One of the button parts has a hollow shaft, the pointed front end section of which is of...
04/15/1980
4180899Method of assembling a fastener
A round disk having a central aperture therein, such as the base of a shotgun shell or a facsimile thereof is utilized in the fabrication of a fastener, and a tubular member such as the sleeve of a primer is positioned through the aperture and formed into...
01/01/1980
4137607Button, particularly for clothing pieces
A double-layered counter holder plate having a support bent from an inner layer thereof, the support supporting the inner and outer layers spaced opposite one another by resting on an inner surface of the spaced layer, the latter layer serving as a suppor...
02/06/1979
4112993Grommet assembly
A two piece grommet assembly comprising an inner and an outer member wherein each member has an enlarged head at one end formed to bear upon opposite sides of a panel skin. The outer member has a recessed area intermediate its ends and the inner member ha...
09/12/1978
4084295Button
A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow button shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the constr...
04/18/1978
4033012Button, particularly for clothing pieces
A button, particularly for clothing pieces, comprising a foot part secured on a clothing piece with clamping of the carrier material, and a button plate freely tiltably seated on the foot part. The foot part includes a head end which is formed with an ins...
07/05/1977
 
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