US3534446A - Fastener with ornamental front - Google Patents

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US3534446A
US3534446A US737192A US3534446DA US3534446A US 3534446 A US3534446 A US 3534446A US 737192 A US737192 A US 737192A US 3534446D A US3534446D A US 3534446DA US 3534446 A US3534446 A US 3534446A
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Bernard R Silver
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
    • F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
    • F16B21/07—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part
    • F16B21/073—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part the socket having a resilient part on its inside
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B17/00—Press-button or snap fasteners
    • A44B17/0064—Details
    • A44B17/0082—Decoration
    • 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
    • Y10T24/3606—Cloth shanks and covers
    • 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
    • Y10T24/3694—Ornamental type

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  • the invention relates to improvements in snap fasteners and is more particularly concerned with a snap fastener component, either male or female, embodying novel means to secure a novelly constructed ornamental front thereto.
  • the snap fastener component includes either a male or female fastener element having integrally attached thereto a tack, the stem of which may be and preferably is formed with circumferential grooves or other undulations to resist removal of an ornamental front attached thereto.
  • the ornamental front includes a back plate having a central aperture to receive the tack stem. The aperture is surrounded by a plurality of spring flanges or fingers that have tight biting engagement with the tack stem. The spring fingers are reinforced to resist flexing in one direction and thereby prevent withdrawal of the tack stem.
  • Another object is to provide a snap fastener component with novel means to receive an ornamental front attached thereto.
  • Another object is to provide an ornamental front with novel means to engage over a stem.
  • Another object is to provide an ornamental front of a type having a back plate formed with novel spring fingers to facilitate its assembly with a snap fastener component.
  • Another object is to provide an assembly of the character referred to which is not expensive or difficult to manufacture, and one that is easy to assemble and very eflicient in its use.
  • FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the ornamental front-fastener assembly
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the bottom face of the back plate
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the back plate taken substantially on line 33 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a modified assembly.
  • the assembly is essentially comprised of three parts; a snap fastener element 11, a tack 12 and an ornamental front 13.
  • the snap fastener element which may be either a socket member or a stud member, as shown, is arranged on one face of a support sheet 14 with the stem of the tack extending through the sheet and anchored in the ornamental front which is arranged on the other face of said support sheet.
  • the male fastener element 11 includes a barrel 15 adapted to be engaged with a complemental socket element, not shown, having a base flange 16 against which the head 17 of tack 12 is seated.
  • the peripheral margin 16a of the base flange is rolled over the peripheral margin of the tack head to permanently secure the two parts together, with the stem 18 of the tack extending outwardly from the assembly.
  • the tack stem 18 is preferably formed with a series of undulations such as the several circumferential grooves 19 shown.
  • the ornamental front 13 illustrated is comprised of a back plate 20 over which is secured, as by edge rolling, an outwardly dished cover 21. If desired, a covering layer of fabric 22, or other pliable material, may be incorporated in the front assembly.
  • the base plate 20 has a central aperture 23 defined by a series (four shown) of resilient fingers 24.
  • This aperture is normally of a size slightly smaller than the diameter of the tack stem 18.
  • each finger 24 is substantially triangular in shape with its base integral with the base plate, and each has its free edge margins 25 disposed angularly in a direction away from the exposed face of the base plate and toward cover 21.
  • the angularly disposed edge margins 25 taper to nothing radially from the apex of each finger to the base thereof.
  • the central area 26 of the base plate is offset outwardly from the exposed surface of the base plate as shown.
  • the novel disposition of the free marginal edges 25 of fingers 24 affords substantial rigidity to the fingers so as to resist flexibility or distortion in one direction while at the same time they afford a yieldable cup-shaped entrance to the central aperture 23.
  • the fastener element 11 is arranged on one face of the support sheet 14 with the tack stem 18 projecting therethrough beyond the other face thereof.
  • the ornamental front 13 is arranged over the other face of said support sheet and is pressed downwardly so as to telescope its apertured base plate over tack stem 18.
  • fingers 24 flex sufficiently to permit passage of the tack stem.
  • each triangular finger 24 bites firmly into the tack stem and, because of the presence of circumferential grooves 19 in said stem and/ or by reason of resistance to outward flexing afforded by the inturned free edge margins 25, said ornamental front 13 and the attached fastener element 11 are secured together in such manner as to resist their separation.
  • both the fastener element and the ornamental front are secured firmly to each other and to the support sheet by single means.
  • the fastener-tack assembly is like that previously described, but here there is attached a front 27 comprised of solid plastic, such as nylon, casein, or the like, having limited resiliency so as to cause the tack stem 18 to be snugly received in a restricted aperture 28 for holding the front firmly in assembled relation.
  • a front 27 comprised of solid plastic, such as nylon, casein, or the like, having limited resiliency so as to cause the tack stem 18 to be snugly received in a restricted aperture 28 for holding the front firmly in assembled relation.
  • a snap fastener assembly comprising, in combina tion, a snap fastener element having a tack secured permanently thereto with the tack stem projecting outwardly therefrom, and an ornamental front including a base plate secured to said tack stem, wherein the improvement comprises; said base plate having a central aperture therein to receive the tack stem therethrough, a plurality of stem engaging triangular fingers formed in the base plate and surrounding the aperture, said triangular fingers having their bases integral with the base plate and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the base plate, and the marginal portions of a major portion of the free edges of said fingers being disposed angularly to the plane of the fingers and in a direction upwardly from the base plate for reinforcing the fingers outwardly of their base and gripping the tack stem in a manner to prevent its withdrawal from the aperture, said angularly disposed margins of the fingers tapering to nothing radially from the apex of the finger to its base.
  • a snap fastener assembly comprising, in combination, a snap fastener element having a tack secured permanently thereto with the tack stem projecting outwardly therefrom, and an ornamental front including a base plate secured to said tack stem, wherein the improvement comprises; said base plate having a central aperture therein to receive the tack stem therethrough, a plurality of stem engaging triangular fingers formed in the base plate and surrounding the aperture, said triangular fingers having their bases integral with the base plate and lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the base plate, the central area of the base plate having the fingers therein being offest outwardly from the plane of said base plate, and the marginal portions of a major portion of the free edges of said fingers being disposed angularly to the plane of the fingers and in a direction upwardly from the base plate for reinforcing the fingers outwardly of their base and gripping the tack stern in a manner to prevent its withdrawal from the aperture.

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US3945089A (en) * 1975-01-20 1976-03-23 Gagnon Kenneth M Securing device
US4654934A (en) * 1985-03-04 1987-04-07 Scovill Japan Kabushiki Kaisha Covered button
US4662034A (en) * 1986-04-07 1987-05-05 John Cunningham Snap-on button
US20050115999A1 (en) * 2002-01-24 2005-06-02 Johnson Phillip L. Personal device fastening system
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US2028423A (en) * 1932-12-09 1936-01-21 De Long Hook & Eye Co Nonseparable fastener
US1981813A (en) * 1932-12-28 1934-11-20 L C White Company Pivot back button
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US3945089A (en) * 1975-01-20 1976-03-23 Gagnon Kenneth M Securing device
US4654934A (en) * 1985-03-04 1987-04-07 Scovill Japan Kabushiki Kaisha Covered button
US4662034A (en) * 1986-04-07 1987-05-05 John Cunningham Snap-on button
US20050115999A1 (en) * 2002-01-24 2005-06-02 Johnson Phillip L. Personal device fastening system
US20110056049A1 (en) * 2009-09-08 2011-03-10 Rice Jason W Button assembly with detachable button cover
US8757696B2 (en) * 2011-06-09 2014-06-24 Nivel Holdings, LLC Vehicle enclosure and method and system of installation
US20120311825A1 (en) * 2011-06-09 2012-12-13 Schneider Eric R Vehicle enclosure and method and system of installation
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US9375057B2 (en) 2014-03-14 2016-06-28 Annalee Oakley Snap button and method of use
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