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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096023 | Button composed of three cooperating elements A button having three cooperating elements, 1) a traditional rivet, whose pin is engaged and held inside a corresponding housing centrally on the back of 2) a cylindrical joint with enlarged head, which is frontally provided with a central cylindrical conduit receiv... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7797799 | Directional retention device A directional retention device is provided that provides reliable retention of items as desired when force is applied in one direction but allows easy removal or detachment of the items from one another when force is applied in another direction. Specifically, the d... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7526839 | Structure of an outer button An improved button structure which includes a pillar element and a zinc casting body. The pillar element is provided with a hollow cylinder at the bottom and an expanding disk, which is provided with pluralities of through holes, on the top. The zinc casting body is... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7429143 | Detachable fastening system An improved connector (15) for selectively joining two parts (16, 32), each of the parts having inner (18, 33) and outer (19, 34) surfaces and a keyhole opening (20, 35) between the inner and outer surfaces, each of the keyhole ope... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7216404 | Pouch mounting system A fastener system mounts a pouch onto a shirt or other clothing article, wherein the pouch provides a receptacle aperture into which a fastener is placed with its flanges positioned on opposing sides of the aperture. The cloth to which the fastener is mounted is gri... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150081 | Device for joining clothing items and textile item including said device A device for joining sets of two or more clothing items, such as socks, gloves or the like, comprises at least two identical components (1, 1′) that can be coupled to each other, as well as a textile item including entire sets of underwear, home linen etc. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137176 | Arrangement introduced in an electronic device for the identification of apparel goods within production chain Arrangement in a device for identifying counterfeit apparel including a cylindrical button body (1) coupled to a circular base, (2) forming a circular space (4) housing an encapsulated assembly formed by a chip (6) and an antenna (5 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7008435 | Surgical 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 |
| 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 |
| 6925692 | Easy-locking buckle structure An easy-locking buckle structure is composed of a male buckle element and a female buckle element having a smaller area than that of the male buckle element. A post extends downwardly from the bottom of one end of the male buckle element for engagement with a socket... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6766565 | Self-opening vent and pocket system A garment with a flexible fabric shell has a pocket or vent opening with a resealable closure such as a zipper, snaps, or hook and loop fasteners, which is operable between a closed position, in which the opening in the shell is closed, and an open position, in whic... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6615457 | Button replacement device An apparatus for temporarily holding a button on a garment to replace a button which has been detached or lost from the garment. The apparatus includes a spring-like U-shaped clip that has an upper planar portion and a lower planar portion. The upper and ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6584653 | Button combination A button combination includes a base part to be attached to an article of clothing and a main part to be detachably connected to the base part (1). The main part (8) is provided with two disc-shaped portions (9, 9') extending parallel to each other, which... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568044 | Attachment device for pliant material An attachment device or replacement button device for mounting on at least one piece of pliant material includes a carrier member having a carrier head and a carrier shank extending outwardly from the carrier head. The carrier shank includes a piercing po... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6430786 | Synthetic resin opening and closing press fastener A synthetic resin opening and closing press fastener comprises a front side flat plate portion and a rear side flat plate portion which are attached to the end edges of a flat plate shaped attached body. One end of these portions are connected by means of... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6353984 | Device for holding a patch A device for holding a patch for holding a patch stationary with respect to a fabric so that the patch may be easily sewn to the fabric. The device for holding a patch includes a female plate having central wall with a top surface and a bottom surface. A ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6067694 | Press-stud A press-stud comprising a female part (11; 317) to which one end (14; 318) of a male part (15; 330) is anchored in the closed configuration by forcing with elastic deformation of a ring (12; 100; 200; 311; 411) that is accommodated in a circumferential gr... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5655268 | Button-substitute fastening device A button-substitute fastening device for use with a companion surface fastener member, comprises: a generally-C-cross-section support body molded of thermoplastic synthetic resin and having substantially parallel first and second plates integrally joined ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5628096 | Button type strap fastener and methods of making and using same A button type strap fastener, a method of making same, and a method of using same are provided. The strap fastener includes a mounting strap that is provided with cogs, and also includes a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on the cogs of ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5603143 | Temporary replaceable garment fastening button on a tear-a-way backing and method A method of manufacture and apparatus for a temporary garment fastening button (20) for fastening to a garment (21). The button apparatus (20) includes a garment button (21) having a plurality of holes (25) extending therethrough. A tear-a-way backing pat... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5584104 | Button attachment device A button attachment device (10) is adapted to replace the standard thread known for holding buttons to fabric. Device (10), typically fabricated from molded plastics material comprises one or more spearhead (13) upon a leg (18). To allow for compression o... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5575043 | Button 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 |
| 5490309 | Fastener assembly The present invention is a fastener assembly that is readily attached to fabric material and the like, without need of sewing. One embodiment of the fastener assembly includes a pair of interlocking male and female members, each for placement upon an oppo... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5467510 | Sock tagging device and method A sock tagging device and associated method for tagging socks to facilitate their mating, sorting and selection. The preferred embodiment of the device comprises four color-coded components including a tack (1), so named for its resemblance to a common th... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5428867 | Device for draping curtains A device for draping curtain fabrics includes a retainer for positioning the curtain fabric in a predetermined arrangement. A disk-like cover is secured to the retainer. The disk-like cover includes a mounting side and securing means removably secured the... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5173997 | Tongue plate stopper A tongue plate stopper has a first disc having its webbing side face formed with at least one needle to be inserted through a webbing; and a second disc having a fitting portion for fitting the needle therein. At least one of the first and second discs ha... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5137483 | Device for connecting a cord to a body board or the like There is disclosed a connector consisting of a male coupler having a shank and head member and a female coupler including a cylindrical member having a bore and being open at one end for receiving the shank of the male coupling member. The female coupler ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5107573 | Rotating connector A rotating connector, which is especially suitable to assemble a button or a badge etc. to the clothing or other articles of daily use, and to lap the flat pieces of things such as packsack belts, wherein, said connector is composed of a fixed unit and a ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4982480 | Pair of snappingly engageable members A pair of snappingly engageable members of identical shape each comprising a base having a pair of male snap legs disposed on one surface thereof in spaced confronting relation to each other, the male snap legs having bulging portions, respectively, proje... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4926527 | Ornamental button An ornamental button to be down on a clothing, furniture or the like which comprises a main body including a back seat plate having an arcuate slot adjacent to the periphery and a holding hole extending radially outwardly from the center of the plate and ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4899556 | Jewelry with interchangeable ornamentation A removable member, having a front surface for receiving a flexible sheet of ornamental material thereover, is attachably engageable with a backing member. A peripheral edge of the sheet is gripped and held between the engaged members. The backing member ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4813110 | Snap connector, lever A snap connector lever for mating threadless buttons or fasteners for securing overlapping sections of materials such as garments such as men's shirts or women's blouses that are usually secured by buttons. The snap connector lever may be a replacement fo... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4805273 | Snap fastener for molding on to fabric and apparatus for making it A plastic molded snap fastener including a stud head having solid thin annular base flange and a top, the top and the flange being held in spaced relation by radial ribs preferably in the form of a cross piece, the top being annular but "flattened" on the... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4735753 | Method of making a fastener An article of manufacture comprises a molded-plastic fitment such as one of the halves of a snap fastener molded in situ to a porous substrate such as a garment fabric. Various embodiments are described for the article, as well as dies for forming the sam... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4653292 | Earring kit An earring kit is provided to allow the user to assemble an ornamental earring combination comprising as discrete members and an ear penetrating post, a post clamp and a decorative member. Various decorative members such as buttons are provided for interc... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4608734 | Snap connector, lever A snap connector lever for mating threadless buttons or fasteners for securing overlapping sections of materials such as garments such as men's shirts or women's blouses that are usually secured by buttons. The snap connector lever may be a replacement fo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4579493 | Push button for Christmas tree stud A push button is provided which is adaptable for pressing onto a stud having redges extending radially therefrom. The push button is provided with at least one resilient finger protruding from the wall of a blind hole formed in the shank of the button. Th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4571136 | Plastic push-on fastener A one-piece plastic fastener is disclosed as being designed to be pushed on a threaded stud. The fastener has a head portion and a cylindrical body portion. The cylindrical body portion is formed with a pair of diametrically opposed rib sections extending... | 02/18/1986 |
| 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 |
