Snap button for clothes assembly

- YKK Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a snap button for clothes assembly showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left sidee elevational view;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view;

FIG. 4 is a plan view;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line 5--5 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line 6--6 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the male member tape, the female portion removed for ease of illustration;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line 11--11 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a front elevatinal view of the female member tape, the male portion removed for ease of illustration;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a plan view of FIG. 12; and,

FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on the line 15--15 of FIG. 12.

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U.S. Patent Documents
76861 April 1868 Weston
707054 August 1902 Dowse
2189995 February 1940 Reiter
2799910 July 1957 Weber
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3152376 October 1964 Boser et al.
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Patent History
Patent number: D410412
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 10, 1997
Date of Patent: Jun 1, 1999
Assignee: YKK Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventors: Yutaka Tominaga (Toyama-ken), Shunji Akashi (Toyama-ken)
Primary Examiner: Ralf Seifert
Law Firm: Hill & Simpson
Application Number: 0/82,031
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Snap Engagement (D11/220)
International Classification: 0207;