EP0292892A1 - Pair of snappingly engageable members - Google Patents
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- EP0292892A1 EP0292892A1 EP88108133A EP88108133A EP0292892A1 EP 0292892 A1 EP0292892 A1 EP 0292892A1 EP 88108133 A EP88108133 A EP 88108133A EP 88108133 A EP88108133 A EP 88108133A EP 0292892 A1 EP0292892 A1 EP 0292892A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
- A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
- A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
- A44B17/0029—Press-button fasteners made of plastics
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44D—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES OR SLIDE FASTENERS, AND TO JEWELLERY, BRACELETS OR OTHER PERSONAL ADORNMENTS
- A44D2200/00—General types of fasteners
- A44D2200/10—Details of construction
- A44D2200/12—Details of construction made of two identical elements
Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to a pair of snappingly engageable members of synthetic resin for snappingly engaging two parts of a snap fastener such as a snap botton for use on a garment or a bag, or a cord stopper, or the like.
- Conventional snappingly engageable members of synthetic resin for snap fasteners such as snap buttons are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 39-11309 published April 30, 1964 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 43-4035 published February 14, 1968, for example. These known snappingly engageable members comprise a male member having an annular stud projecting from one side of a base and a female member having an annular socket on a base. The male and female members can be combined with each other by inserting the annular stud snappingly into the annular socket.
- One problem with the known snappingly engageable members is that care should be taken in assembling them since the male and female members are structurally different from each other and have to be sorted out from each other.
- In view of the aforesaid problem of the conventional snappingly engageable members, the present invention seeks to provide a pair of snappingly engageable members which can easily be assembled in a foolproof process without taking special care.
- According to the present invention, there is provided 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, said male snap legs having bulging portions, respectively, projecting laterally away from each other, and a pair of female snap legs disposed on said one surface in spaced confronting relation to each other, said female snap legs having a pair of locking portions, respectively, projecting laterally toward each other, said bulging portions and said locking portions having longitudinal ends confronting each other.
- When the snappingly engageable members are put together, the male snap legs on the base of one of the snappingly engageable members snappingly engage the female snap legs on the base of the other snappingly engageable member, and the female snap legs on the base of said one snappingly engageable member snappingly engage the male snap legs on the base of the other snappingly engageable member.
- Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which preferred structural embodiments incorporating the principles of the present invention are shown by way of illustrative example.
- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of snappingly engageable members according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 2 is a plan view taken along line II - II of Figure 1, showing a base;
- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III - III of Figure 2;
- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV - IV of Figure 2;
- Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the snappingly engageable members, as assembled, of Figure 1;
- Figure 6 is a front elevational view of snappingly engageable members according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 7 is a plan view taken along line VII - VII of Figure 6, showing a base;
- Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the snappingly engageable members, as assembled, of Figure 6;
- Figure 9 is a front elevational view of snappingly engageable members according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
- Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X - X of Figure 9;
- Figure 11 is a side elevational view taken along line XI - XI of Figure 9;
- Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a snappingly engageable member of Figure 9 with a cord inserted therethrough; and
- Figure 13 is a front elevational view of the snappingly engageable members, as assembled, of Figure 9.
- Identical parts are denoted by identical reference numerals throughout views.
- Figure 1 shows two
snap fasteners 11 shown as snap buttons each incorporating a snappingly engageable member according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Each of thesnap buttons 11 comprises anattachment 14 made of synthetic resin and having acentral stud 13 projecting from the back of ahead 12, and a snappingly engageable member made of synthetic resin and including abase 16 having acentral insertion hole 15 extending transversely therethrough. - The snappingly engageable member is fixed to the distal end of the
stud 13 inserted into theinsertion hole 15 with a piece of cloth C clamped between thehead 12 and thebase 16, the distal end of thestud 13 being deformed into aflange 17 which engages the face of the base 16 (see also Figure 5). - As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the
base 16 is of a disc shape having on its face a pair ofmale snap legs 19, a pair offemale snap legs 20, and aguide leg 21, all projecting away from theattachment 14 and having substantially rectangular elongate shapes. Themale snap legs 19, thefemale snap legs 20, and theguide leg 21 are of substantially the same height, and project beyond the top surface of theflange 17. - The
male snap legs 19 haveside stopper surfaces 23, respectively, aligned with a first central line L1 extending diametrically across thebase 16, and are symmetrically positioned with respect to a second central line L2 extending also diametrically across thebase 16 in perpendicular relation to the first central line L1. Themale snap legs 19 are of the same length in the direction along the second central line L2. As illustrated in Figure 3, themale snap legs 19 have bulgingportions 24, respectively, on outer side edges thereof, the bulgingportions 24 projecting laterally outwardly away from each other. - The
female snap legs 20 haveside stopper surfaces 26, respectively, aligned with the first central line L1, and are symmetrically positioned with respect to the second central line L2. Thefemale snap legs 20 are positioned farther from the second central line L2 than themale snap legs 19, but have theirside stopper surfaces 26 partly contiguous to the side stoppersurfaces 23 of themale snap legs 19. Thefemale snap legs 20 are of the same length in the direction along the second central line L2. The male andfemale snap legs female snap legs 20 have lockingportions 27, respectively, on inner side edges thereof, thelocking portions 27 projecting laterally inwardly toward each other. Thebulging portions 24 of themale snap legs 19 on thebase 16 of one of the snappingly engageable members (on the upper side, for example, in Figure 1) can snappingly engage thelocking portions 27 of thefemale snap legs 20 on thebase 16 of the other snappingly engageable member (on the lower side, for example, in Figure 1). Thebulging portions 24 of themale snap legs 19 and thelocking portions 27 of thefemale snap legs 20 have their longitudinally confronting ends positioned adjacent to and facing each other. - The
guide leg 21 is disposed across the second central line L2 between thefemale snap legs 20 remotely from the first central line L1 and extends along the first central line L1. Theguide leg 21 has a length smaller than the dimension or distance between the inner confronting side surfaces of themale snap legs 19. - The
attachment 14 has aprojection 14a on a periphreal edge thereof for positioning a directional pattern or group of letters on the face of thehead 12. Likewise, thebase 16 of the snappingly engageable member also has aprojection 16a on a peripheral edge thereof for orienting or positioning thebase 16 with respect to the piece of cloth C. - When the snappingly engageable members mounted on the respective pieces of cloth C are to be brought into snapping engagement with each other as shown in Figure 5, the snappingly engageable members are axially aligned and superposed on each other while the
projections 16a being disposed in diametrically opposite relation to each other across theinsertion holes 15. Then, with theguide legs 21 on thebases 16 facing each other across theinsertion holes 15, thebases 16 are pressed against each other. Themale snap legs 19 on one of thebases 16 snappingly engage thefemale snap legs 20 on theother base 16, and thefemale snap legs 20 on one of thebases 16 snappingly engage themale snap legs 19 on the other base 16 (see Figure 5). Theguide legs 21 may not necessarily be required. - The snappingly engageable members are identical in construction to each other and can be brought into interfitting engagement when putting the snap fasteners together. The snappingly engageable members are not required to be sorted out from each other. Therefore, the snap fasteners such as
snap buttons 11 can be assembled in a foolproof fashion without the need for special assembling care. Since thestopper surfaces female snap legs snap buttons 11 are put together, the side stoppersurfaces 23 of themale snap legs 19 of one of thebases 16 are held against theside stopper surfaces 23 of themale snap legs 19 of theother base 16, and the side stoppersurfaces 26 of thefemale snap legs 20 of one of thebases 16 are held against theside stopper surfaces 26 of thefemale snap legs 20 of theother base 16. Accordingly, the snappingly engageable members are prevented from being displaced or wobbling with respect to each other once they are assembled together. Inasmuch as the snappingly engageable members are of the same shape, they can be molded by one type of molds, and a molding machine for molding them is required to have only one hopper and one chute. - Figures 6 through 8 illustrate snappingly engageable members according to a second embodiment of the present invention, incorporated in respective snap buttons. Each of the
snap buttons 11 shown in Figures 6 and 7 comprises aseat 29 having a central insertion hole and a snappingly engageable member having abase 16 with astud 13 projecting from the back thereof. Thestud 13 inserted in the insertion hole of theseat 29 is deformed to secure thebase 16 to theseat 29, with a piece of cloth C clamped between thebase 16 and theseat 29. Acentering guide leg 21 is disposed between thefemale snap legs 20 just beneath the central line L1 of thebase 16, as shown in Figure 7, theguide leg 21 having an engaging surface aligned with the first central line L1. Theguide legs 21 on thebases 16 serve to axially align thesnap buttons 11 with each other when they are put together. The other structural details of the embodiment shown in Figures 6 through 8 are the same as those of the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, when thesnap buttons 11 are put together as shown in Figure 8, theguide legs 21 are held against each other across the first central line L1 to bring the axial centers of thesnap buttons 11 easily into alignment with each other. - Figures 9 through 13 show snappingly engageable members according to a third embodiment of the present invention, incorporated in respective cord stoppers.
- Each of the cord stoppers comprises a
male member 32 and afemale member 33 snappingly inserted in themale member 33. Themale member 32 has ahead 35 with a throughhole 36 defined transversely therethrough for insertion of a cord therethrough. Themale member 32 also has a pair of spacedresilient legs 37 projecting downwardly from the lower surface of thehead 35, as shown in Figure 10. Thefemale member 33 comprises a hollowcylindrical base 16 having avertical hole 38 for insertion of themale member 32 therein and a pair of diametrically oppositecord insertion holes 39 confronting each other horizontally and held in communication with thevertical hole 38 in an upper portion thereof. For further details of the cord stopper, reference should be made to U.S. Patent No. 4,724,584 issued to Kasai on February 16, 1988. - The snappingly engageable members of the third embodiment are substantially the same as those of the second embodiment shown in Figures 6 and 7, except that the
base 16 of each of the snappingly engageable members of the third embodiment comrises the cylindrical female member 33 (see Figure 11). - In use, the cord stoppers are mounted on the opposite ends of a cord D (Figure 12) which has been inserted through the hood or the like of a parka, or any of various items required to be tied by a cord. Then, the snappingly engageable members of the cord stoppers are snappingly coupled to prevent the ends of the cord from swinging around (see Figure 13).
- In the third embodiment, the
base 16 of each snappingly engageable member comprises the cylindricalfemale member 33 of the cord stopper. However, thehead 35 of themale member 32 of each cord stopper may be used as the base of the snappingly engageable member. - The present invention is not limited to snappingly engageable members for use in snap buttons or cord stoppers. However, two snappingly engageable members of the present invention may be incorporated in a pair of various articles or parts that should be brought into snapping engagement with each other. The
male snap legs 19 and thefemale snap legs 20 may be of any of various shapes such as sectorial shapes, other than the illustrated rectangular elongate form.
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JP78409/87 | 1987-05-25 | ||
JP1987078409U JPH0631929Y2 (en) | 1987-05-25 | 1987-05-25 | A pair of snap locks |
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JP (1) | JPH0631929Y2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR900006151Y1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU583209B2 (en) |
BR (1) | BR8802613A (en) |
CA (1) | CA1311109C (en) |
DE (1) | DE3883598T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2043724T3 (en) |
MY (1) | MY102751A (en) |
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EP0368298A2 (en) * | 1988-11-09 | 1990-05-16 | Ykk Corporation | Personal ornaments |
US5384939A (en) * | 1992-02-14 | 1995-01-31 | Fischerwerke Artur Fischer Gmbh & Co. Kg | Fixing element for holding a mat |
GB2327856B (en) * | 1997-08-01 | 2002-01-16 | Iris Whyte | A pair of socks |
US6901646B2 (en) * | 2002-01-16 | 2005-06-07 | Avaya Technology Corp. | Universal snap-fit spacer |
US8484813B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2013-07-16 | Ykk Corporation | Snap button |
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JPH04236905A (en) * | 1991-01-17 | 1992-08-25 | Takata Kk | Tongue plate stopper |
JP4989520B2 (en) * | 2008-02-29 | 2012-08-01 | Ykk株式会社 | Male snap and female snap |
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CH380423A (en) * | 1961-06-26 | 1964-07-31 | Scovill Manufacturing Co | Plastic snap button |
DE1435829A1 (en) * | 1963-10-31 | 1969-01-30 | Scovill Manufacturing Co | Elastic snap fastener male made of plastic material |
FR2135264A1 (en) * | 1971-05-04 | 1972-12-15 | Textima Co Ltd | |
JPS553951U (en) * | 1978-06-23 | 1980-01-11 | ||
EP0228656A2 (en) * | 1985-12-28 | 1987-07-15 | Yoshida Kogyo K.K. | Cord fastener |
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FR896043A (en) * | 1940-03-13 | 1945-02-09 | Elastic closure in several parts | |
CH380423A (en) * | 1961-06-26 | 1964-07-31 | Scovill Manufacturing Co | Plastic snap button |
DE1435829A1 (en) * | 1963-10-31 | 1969-01-30 | Scovill Manufacturing Co | Elastic snap fastener male made of plastic material |
FR2135264A1 (en) * | 1971-05-04 | 1972-12-15 | Textima Co Ltd | |
JPS553951U (en) * | 1978-06-23 | 1980-01-11 | ||
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EP0368298A2 (en) * | 1988-11-09 | 1990-05-16 | Ykk Corporation | Personal ornaments |
EP0368298A3 (en) * | 1988-11-09 | 1990-12-12 | Yoshida Kogyo K.K. | Personal ornaments |
US5177983A (en) * | 1988-11-09 | 1993-01-12 | Yoshida Kogyo, K.K. | Personal ornaments |
US5384939A (en) * | 1992-02-14 | 1995-01-31 | Fischerwerke Artur Fischer Gmbh & Co. Kg | Fixing element for holding a mat |
GB2327856B (en) * | 1997-08-01 | 2002-01-16 | Iris Whyte | A pair of socks |
US6901646B2 (en) * | 2002-01-16 | 2005-06-07 | Avaya Technology Corp. | Universal snap-fit spacer |
US8484813B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2013-07-16 | Ykk Corporation | Snap button |
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