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EP1557107B1
EP1557107B1 EP05250299A EP05250299A EP1557107B1 EP 1557107 B1 EP1557107 B1 EP 1557107B1 EP 05250299 A EP05250299 A EP 05250299A EP 05250299 A EP05250299 A EP 05250299A EP 1557107 B1 EP1557107 B1 EP 1557107B1
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Kenji Hasegawa
Akira Morishita
Yoshio Takamura
Munemasa Oobayashi
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B1/00—Buttons
    • A44B1/18—Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening
    • A44B1/44—Buttons adapted for special ways of fastening with deformable counterpiece
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/36—Button with fastener
    • Y10T24/3611—Deflecting prong or rivet

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  • the present invention relates to a button for buttoning garments and a decorative button mainly used as decoration, specifically, a button to be attached by interposing a fabric between a button body and a fixture.
  • buttons attached by interposing a fabric between a button body and a fixture.
  • Such button has a button body with a concave portion therein and a fixture with its tip end to be inserted into the concave portion.
  • Figs. 4A to 4D show typical examples of this type of conventional button.
  • Fig. 4A shows a button body 50 with a common shape, which is widely-used and called "F-bar".
  • the button body 50 has an engaging portion 50B with a curved concave portion 50A therein, a folded portion 50C greatly folded back from an opening end of the engaging portion 50B, and a flange 50D extending from the folded portion 50C toward the outside and inclined toward the opening end.
  • Fig. 4B shows a button body 51 with a common shape, which is widely-used and called "E-bar".
  • the button body 51 has a center portion 51B with a concave portion 51A having a substantially rectangular shape therein, a folded portion 51C slightly folded back from an opening end of the center portion 51B and a flange 51D extending straight from the folded portion 51C toward the outside.
  • Fig. 4C shows a shank type rivet 52 as a fixture to be coupled with the button bodies 50, 51.
  • the rivet 52 has a flange 52A and a shaft 52B provided at the center of the flange 52A, a tip end of the shaft 52B having a sharp edge.
  • Fig. 4D shows a header type rivet 53 as a fixture to be coupled with the button bodies 50, 51.
  • the rivet 53 has a flange 53A and a shaft 53B provided at the center of the flange 53A, edges of a tip end of the shaft 53B being cut off.
  • a fabric is interposed between the button bodies 50, 51 and the rivets 52, 53.
  • the engaging portions 50B, 51B of the button bodies 50, 51 are so formed that parts forming the opening end project from the flanges 50D, 51D to press the fabric. Therefore, since spaces between the flanges 50D, 51D of the button bodies 50, 51 and the flanges 52A, 53A of the rivets 52, 53 are wide, thin fabrics cannot be pressed sufficiently. If the fabric is not pressed sufficiently, the button bodies 50, 51 and the rivets 52, 53 can come off from the fabric unexpectedly. In addition, there is a possibility that foreign bodies or nails of a user are caught between the fabric and the button bodies 50, 51 or the rivets 52, 53.
  • forming the flange of the rivet into an inverted-conical shape without changing the shape of the button bodies 50, 51 can be a possible solution, but it is difficult to process the flange into the inverted-conical shape.
  • buttons having button bodies and fixtures with specific shapes as shown in Figs. 5A and 5B for attaching a button to a thin fabric.
  • Fig. 5A shows a button called “stud”, which has a button body 60 with a concave portion 60A therein and a fixture 61 called “post” and molded with a thin plate.
  • the fixture 61 has a flange 61A and a leg 61B formed at the center of the flange 61A, and formed on a tip end of the leg 61B is a flare 61C processed to open toward the outside.
  • the fabric is cut between the flare 61C and the concave portion 60A of the button body 60. Therefore, the concave portion 60A of the button body 60 is formed into a specific shape having a narrow opening end and the width being gradually widened toward the inside in order to cut the fabric with the flare 61C.
  • Fig. 5B shows a button having a button body 62 called “G-bar” and a fixture 63 called "post rivet”.
  • the button body 62 has a specific shape including a front portion 62A formed with its edge folded and an engaging portion 62B with its outer edge engaged with the edge of the front portion 62A and with its inner edge forming a sharp cutting edge 62C.
  • the fixture 63 has a flange 63A and a leg 63B formed at the center of the flange 63A, the leg 63B being provided with an inclined portion 63C to cut the fabric with the cutting edge of the engaging portion 62B.
  • the button disclosed in Reference 1 has a structure including a button body having a conical projection, an engaging portion with its tip end adapted to bend when abutting on the conical projection and a flange for the engaging portion to be attached to the center thereof, the engaging portion being provided with a plurality of cutting edges arranged circularly to cut the fabric with the button body portion.
  • Figs.5A and 5B have a problem in which the attaching structure cannot be utilized for widely-used button bodies such as F-bar and E-bar due to its specific shapes.
  • the shape of the concave portion fitted to the flare of the fixture 61 is determined without variation, so that button bodies of the F-bar or E-bar shown in Figs. 4A to 4B " cannot be applied to the fixture 61.
  • the flare of the fixture 61 is formed to have thin tip end, when attached to a thick fabric like a denim fabric, the denim fabric cannot be cut sufficiently between the tip end of the flare and the concave portion of the button body. If the fixture 61 is forcibly attached to the thick fabric, the tip end of the flare is deformed, which makes the attachment even more difficult.
  • the button disclosed in Reference 1 has a problem in which the cutting edge is deformed or broken when the fabric is thick or stiff.
  • the button also has a problem when the fabric is thin or soft, in which the button cannot press the fabric sufficiently and catches the fabric in cutting so that the button cannot be attached to the fabric appropriately.
  • EP-A-101065 , EP-A-1110469 and GB-A-2137868 show buttons in which a male member pierces the fabric.
  • FR-A- 2553268 shows another button arrangement.
  • the tip of the male member is deformed to hold the male member in place.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a button that can be attached to a fabric by using a widely-used button body with common shape regardless of thickness and stiffness of the fabric.
  • the present invention provides a buttom as set forth in claim 1.
  • the fabric is cut between the edge formed on the shoulder and the insertion end of the housing of the button body while being pressed by the tip end of the fixture, so that the button can be attached.
  • the fabric is cut between the edge formed on the shoulder of the fixture and the insertion end of the housing of the button body.
  • the plate thickness does not have to be thinned compared with that of the flare or the edge shown in the related art, so that it does not face a problem of being damaged even when a big force is applied to the cutting portion.
  • its center alignment capability is not deteriorated. Therefore, in the present invention, the fabric can be easily cut without damaging the fixture regardless of the thickness of the fabric.
  • the button body is shaped to have the housing in the present invention, a widely-used button body can be used without making any changes by employing a common shape like F-bar, E-bar, etc.
  • the edge formed on the shoulder preferably has a curvature radius R of 0.5 mm or less, more preferably 0.3 mm or less.
  • the cutting portion is formed continuously or intermittently on the circumference of the shoulder.
  • the fabric can be appropriately and easily cut along the insertion end of the housing.
  • the shoulder is hardly deformed, and the damage on the cutting portion can be prevented more efficiently.
  • the tip end has a projection projecting from the shoulder.
  • the fabric is stretched and pressed by the projection projecting from the shoulder in cutting the fabric between the cutting portion of the fixture and the insertion portion of the housing of the button body, which facilitates cutting the fabric so that the fabric can be cut smoothly without damaging the cutting portion.
  • the tip end is adapted to be dented and bulged outwardly when pressed by the button body so that the bulged tip end is engaged with the housing.
  • the edge 12F as the cutting portion of the present invention and the projection 12E can be provided even if it is processed from a plate, and thus the fabric can be cut easily.
  • the thickness of the plate used as a material of the fixture should preferably be in the range of 0.2 mm to 1 mm, more preferably, 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm.
  • Fig. 1A is a cross section showing a first embodiment.
  • a button 10 has a button body 11 and a fixture 12 attached to each other with a fabric 1 interposed therebetween.
  • the button body 11 is called F-bar and has a structure identical to the button body shown in Fig. 4B .
  • the button body 11 is made of aluminum, iron, stainless steel alloy, copper alloy including brass or other kind of metals or alloys by an appropriate processing such as press working.
  • the button body 11 has a structure in which a center portion 11B provided with a concave portion 11A as a housing, a folded portion 11C slightly folded back from an edge of an opening end as an insertion end of the center portion 11B, a flange 11D extending straight from the folded portion 11C toward the outside are integrally molded.
  • the center portion 11B is formed to have a cylindrical shape with a bottom face, and the inner side thereof is the concave portion 11A.
  • the concave portion 11A has a substantially rectangular shape with its opening end 11E rounded by appropriate curvature.
  • the folded portion 11C is inverted from the center portion 11B, and the flange 11D extends at approximately square angle from an end of the folded portion 11C.
  • the flange 11D is formed to have a substantially widened-ring shape.
  • the fixture 12, as well as the button body 11, is made of aluminum, iron, stainless steel alloy, copper alloy including brass or other kind of metals or alloys by an appropriate processing such as press working.
  • the fixture 12 has a structure in which a tip end 12A having a substantially disk-shaped and inserted into the concave portion 11A, a tubular portion 12B having a substantially cylindrical shape and formed continuously from the tip end 12A, a shoulder 12C formed between the tip end 12A and the tubular portion 12B and a flange 12D having a substantially widened-ring shape and formed continuously from an end of the tubular portion 12B are integrally molded.
  • the tip end 12A has a projection 12E at the center thereof, which has a cylindrical shape with a bottom face and projects toward the concave portion 11A.
  • the projection 12E is adapted to be dented when pressed by the button body 11. Since the fixture 12 functions as a rivet, when the projection 12E is dented to be lower than a flat portion of the tip end 12A, the whole part of the tip end 12A bulges outwardly. Then, the bulged tip end 12A presses lateral side of the concave portion 11A to engage. ( Fig. 2A )
  • the flange 12D is gradually inclined toward the button body 11 at the part closer to the outer periphery.
  • the shoulder 12C has an edge 12F formed continuously on its circumference of the outer periphery, and the edge 12F forms a cutting portion to cut the fabric 1 with the opening end 11E of the concave portion 11A of the button body 11.
  • the curvature radius R of the edge 12F is 0.5 mm or less, more preferably 0.3 mm or less. The smaller curvature radius R is more preferable, but the present embodiment employs 0.3 mm to 0.2 mm.
  • the outer diameter of the edge 12F is formed to be same as or little smaller relative to the inner diameter of the opening end 11E of the concave portion 11A.
  • the shoulder 12C has an outer periphery radially bulged relative to the tubular portion 12B.
  • the fabric 1 is interposed between the button body 11 and the fixture 12, and the tip end 12A of the fixture 12 is pressed against and inserted into the concave portion 11A of the button body 11.
  • the fabric 1 is cut between the edge 12F formed on the shoulder 12C and the opening end 11E of the concave portion 11A of the button body 11 while being pressed and stretched by the projection 12E of the tip end 12A of the fixture 12.
  • the projection 12E is dented to be lower than a flat portion of the tip end 12A as shown in Fig. 2A , and thus the tip end 12A and the whole part of the tubular portion 12B are bulged outwardly so that it is pressed against and engaged with the lateral side of the concave portion 11A.
  • the second embodiment only differs in the structure of a button body, and the structure of the fixture is the same with the fixture 12 of the first embodiment.
  • the same numerals are attached to omit the description thereof.
  • the present embodiment is applied to a decorative button.
  • Fig. 1B shows a cross section showing a second embodiment.
  • a button 20 has a button body 21 and the fixture 12 attached to each other with the fabric 1 interposed therebetween.
  • the button body 21 is called F-bar and has the same structure as the button body shown in Fig. 4A .
  • the button body 21, as the button body 11 in the first embodiment, is made of aluminum, iron, stainless steel alloy, copper alloy including brass, or other kind of metals or alloys by an appropriate processing such as press working, and has a structure in which a center portion 21B provided with a concave portion 21A as a housing, a folded portion 21C slightly folded back from an opening end of the center portion 21B and the flange 21D extending from the folded portion 21C toward the outside are integrally molded.
  • the center portion 21B is formed to have a cylindrical shape with a bottom face, and the inner side thereof is the concave portion 21A.
  • the concave portion 21A has a curved shape with its opening end 21E rounded by appropriate curvature.
  • the folded portion 21C is inverted from the center portion 21B to extend to the vicinity of the top of the center portion 21B, and the flange 21D extends at approximately square angle from an end of the folded portion 21C.
  • the flange 21D shapes like a widened ring.
  • the fabric 1 is interposed between the button body 21 and the fixture 12, and the tip end 12A of the fixture 12 is pressed against and inserted into the concave portion 21A of the button body 21 as in the first embodiment.
  • the fabric 1 is cut between the edge 12F formed on the shoulder 12C and the opening end 21E of the concave portion 21A of the button body 21 while being pressed and stretched by the projection 12E of the tip end 12A of the fixture 12.
  • the projection 12E is dented to be lower than the flat portion of the tip end 12A, and thus the whole part of the tip end 12A is bulged outwardly so that it is pressed against and engaged with the lateral side of the concave portion 21A.
  • the housing is the concave portion 21A and the insertion end is the opening end 21E, but the structures of the housing and the insertion portion are not limited to the embodiment.
  • the housing of the button body 21 may have a shape with an opening 21G formed on the top thereof.
  • an insertion end 21H is an opening located opposite to the opening 21G.
  • a numeral 30 denotes a button attaching tool.
  • a structure in which a shell 12G is attached to the flange 12D of the fixture 12 may be employed.
  • buttons are exemplified.
  • the present invention is for buttoning garments, and it may be applied to a button for practical use. Further, the button of the present invention may also be used for items other than garments.
  • tubular portion 12B is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and a squared tubular portion shape may also be employed.
  • the cutting portion is not limited to the one formed continuously on the circumference of the shoulder 12C, but the one formed intermittently may also be employed. In such case, by perforating the fabric 1 and pressing the cutting portion against the fabric 1, the fabric 1 can be cut.

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