US1182788A - Button. - Google Patents

Description

K 1. D. PAULL.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION man MAY 2o. 19:5.

Patented May 9,1916.

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JESSE D. PAULL, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOIR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES BOYCE, OF GIBSON, MICHIGAN, AND ONE-HALF TO HARRY F. ANDERSON, OF MARION,

INDIANA.

BUTTON.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed May 20, 1915. Serial No. 29,364.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Jnssn D. PAULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in buttons and more particularly to detachable and convertible buttons, and the primary object of the invention 1s to provide an improved device of this character wherein the facing of the button may be easily and qu-ickly removed and replaced by a facing bearing another design or of a different material, when so desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the different parts of the button can be detachably locked or unlocked by a simple operation7 thereby greatly expediting and simplifying the assembling or disassembling of the diderent parts of the button.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple and durable in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be efficient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects inV view, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation ofmy improved button; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the retainer before it is inserted in the casing; Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the button; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the retainer; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the retainer before the spring locking members is inserted therein; Fig. 7 is a detail view of the spring locking member; and Fig. 8 is a central vertical longitudinal section of my improved button showing the locking spring compressed in the retainer and being spaced above the bottom of the same by the additional locking lugs.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which the numeral l designates an annular casing, internally grooved and having an open top and bottom, the opening at the top being slightly smaller than that at the bottom.

A facing 2 which may be of any desired material and is substantially dome shaped, 1s adapted to be held in the casing l when the button is assembled. To hold the facing 1n the casing, provide a cup-shaped retainer 3 having a plurality of openings l 1n its wall. Positioned in the bottom of the retainer 3 is a flat spring 5 having radially projecting bent arms 6 with inturned ends adapted to form latches for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. The spring 5 has a centrally disposed square opening 3 which is positioned in alinement with a circular opening 9, centrally disposed in the bottom of the cup-shaped retainer 3. This circular opening 9 in the cup-shaped retainer is slightly larger than the square central opening in the spring 5. A shank l0 having one end bent to form an eye 1l and its other end 12 projecting upward through the circular opening 9 in the bottom of the cup-shaped retainer xedly engages the square opening in the spring 5. This end l2 of the shank 10 is preferably squared so that it may fixedly engage with the correspond-ing squared opening of the spring.

In the bottom of the retainer are a plurality of lugs 13 which are adapted to engage apertures 14: in the underside of the spring 5 when the same is in locked position for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. S-paced adjacent the upper side of the spring 5 and below the bottom of the facing 2, is a cushioning member 15.

In operation, when it is desired to assemble the different parts of the button, the dome shaped facing 2y is pushed upward through the larger opening of the bottom of the casing l until its outer sloping edges abut the side walls of the smaller opening of the top of the casing. The cup-shaped retainer 3 is then inserted its full length through the bottom of the casing and the shank 10 is turned by means of the eye 11 which will rotate the spring 5 thereby causing the spring arms 6 and their latch faces 7 which are normally compressed within 110 the retainer, to be sprung out through the openings t in its Wall and engage With the internally grooved Wall of the casing l. This locks the parts of the button in position as Will be readily understood. To insure a perfect locking of the parts when in assembled position and to prevent any acciu dental disengagement, l further provide additional locking means in the form of lugs in the bottom of the retainer 3 which engage .apertures in the bottom of the spring locking member 5 when the same in operative position. lt vvill be noted that to enable the spring to be disengaged from the lugs when the locking member is not in operative position, a slight upward movement of the spring must be allowed for. lt is for this purpose that I have provideda cushion member l5, spaced below the bottom of the facing 2, in the top of the cupshaped retainer.

The dome-shaped facing 2 may be made of any desired material, as for instance, glass, or Wood with a cloth covering, and the ease and simplicity With which this button may be assembled or disassembled, makes it especially adaptable for replacing a facing or for ychanging the same to one of a dierent design.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof Will be readily understood and it Will be seen that l have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention;

While l have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportions, and in the minor details of construction, may be resorted to Within the scope of the appended claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention. j

I claim as my invention:

1. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer for the same, a locking member in said retainer, and a button attaching shank secured to said locking member to move the same in and out of engagement With the casing upon rotation of said shank.

2. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer for the same, a locking member in said retainer, a button attaching shank secured to said locking member to operate the same, and additional co-acting locking means between the locking member and the retainer when the member is in operative position.

3. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer' for the same, a plate positioned in said retainer, arms on said plate, and a button attaching shank secured to said plate to r0- tate the same for movement of the arms.

t. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer disposed in the casing having openings in its Wall, a plate disposed in said casing having projecting arms, and a button attaching shank having one end centrally positioned in said plate and an eye formed on the other end, said shank being rotatable to move the arms in and out through the openings.

`5. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer for said facing, and a plate rotatably mounted in the bottom of said retainer on a central vertical pivot and having arms adapted to be moved into and out of engagement With the casing. I

6. A button comprising a casing, a facing adapted to be held therein, a retainer for said facing, and a rotatable locking member in said retainer having radially projecting bent spring latches adapted to be moved into and out of engagement With the casing.

7. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shaped retainer for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall, and a rotatable locking memi ber in the bottom of said retainer having radially projecting bent spring latches adapted to be pressed in said retainer when not in operative position and to project through the said openings in the retainer to engage the recessed inner surface of the casing when in operative position.

8. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shapedretainer for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall, a rotatable locking member in the bottom of said retainer having radially projecting bent spring arms, and a shank adapted to rotate the said locking member to operate the same.

9. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shaped retainer for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall, a rotatable locking member in the bottom of said retainer having radially projecting bent spring arms, and a shank projecting through the bottom of the retainer and having its free end bent eye shaped and the other end iixedly engaging the locking member to operate the same upon rotation of the shank.

l0. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shaped retainer for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall and a circular centrally disposed opening in the bottom, a flat locking member positioned in the retainer With a square central opening in said locking member and in alinement With the opening in the bottom of the retainer, radially projecting bent spring latches on said locking member, and a rotatable shank having one end bent eye shaped and the other end squared and adapted to project through the central opening in the retainer to iXedly engage the squared opening in the locking member.

11. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shaped retainer for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall, a rotatable locking member in the bottom of said retainer having radially projecting bent spring latches, a shank adapted to rotate the said locking member, and additional locking means 0n the retainer to engage the locking member when in operative position.

12. A button comprising a casing having a recessed inner surface, a facing adapted to be held in the casing, a cup shaped retainer i for said facing having a plurality of openings in its Wall, a rotatable locking member in the bottom of said retainer having radially projecting bent spring latches, said locking member having a plurality of apertures in its side adjacent the bottom of the retainer, a cushion positioned in said retainer adjacent the top of the `locking member and the bottom of the facing, a shank adapted to rotate the locking member to operate the same, and a plurality of lugs in the bottom of the retainer to engage the apertures in the locking member when the same is in operative position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

JESSE D. PAULL. Witnesses:

W. B. GEMMILL, O. J. SHANNON.

Copies of this patent :may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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