Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Takashi Kimoto ·
Assignee(s)	None listed in document.  View assignee updates
Correspondent	Michael S. Leonard;Everest Intellectual Property Law Group ·
Application Number	US11021359
Filing date	12/23/2004
Publication date	06/30/2005
Predicted expiration date	12/23/2024
U.S. Classifications	24/90.1  ·
International Classifications	--
Kind Code	A1
Foreign Priority	JP2003429180 - 12/25/2003 ·

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Abstract

A button has a button body (1) including an attachment to a fabric (6) and an extending portion (4) extending from the button body (1) in a predetermined direction. The button body (1) is turnably fixed to the fabric (6) by the attachment. The extending portion (4) has an insert portion (54) adapted to be inserted into a buttonhole, a guide (55) extending arcuately from the insert portion (54) toward the button body (1), the guide (55) guiding the button body (1) to the buttonhole when the button body (1) is turned.

Independent Claims | See all claims (14)

1. 1. A button comprising: a button body having an attachment to a first fabric; and an extending portion extending from the button body in a predetermined direction, the button being adapted to be fastened into and unfastened from a buttonhole formed on a second fabric, wherein the button body is turnably fixed to the first fabric, and wherein the extending portion has an insert portion adapted to be inserted into the buttonhole and a guide extending arcuately from the insert portion toward the button body, the guide guiding the button body to the buttonhole when the button body is turned.
2. 12. A button comprising: a button body having an attachment to a first fabric; and an extending portion extending from the button body in a predetermined direction, the button being adapted to be fastened into and unfastened from a buttonhole formed on a second fabric, wherein the button body is turnably fixed to the first fabric, and wherein the extending portion has an insert portion adapted to be inserted into the buttonhole and a guide extending from the insert portion toward the button body, the guide guiding the button body to the buttonhole when the button body is turned.