Abstract: A socket element assembly for snap fasteners is composed of a socket member and a capped eyelet adapted to be joined together with a garment fabric sandwiched therebetween. The socket member and the capped eyelet have substantially the same outside diameter and include respective annular gripping portions of arcuate cross-section projecting from the outer peripheries thereof. In assembled condition, the socket member and the capped eyelet are firmly retained on the garment fabric against rotation with the garment fabric firmly gripped by and between the annular gripping portions. With the annular gripping portions located remote from the joint between the socket member and the capped eyelet, the garment fabric is free from any wrinkle.

Abstract: A plastics button assembly comprises an outer body component, an inner body component trapped substantially non-retrievably within a recess in the rear of the outer body component, and a cloth cover substantially covering the front of said outer body component, the edges of which are trapped securely between the engaging surfaces of said outer and inner body components. A shank extends from within the recess of the outer component and the inner component is engaged about and supported by the shank. The inner component is a specially shaped annular plastic washer having a flat inner face and a contoured outer face. An annulus of reduced thickness extends about a central aperture, and this annulus is surrounded by an annulus of maximum thickness which tapers towards the periphery of the washer. This allows the plastics button to be assembled in a conventional two piece die set as used for metal shell buttons.

Abstract: A buckle comprising a decorative outer frame having a circumferential top wall and opposed depending side walls extending rearwardly of the top wall. A channel is defined between the depending side walls under the top wall. A casted back member is provided with a projection portion which is configured to be received in the channel. The outer frame is retained on the casted back member by bending the outer one of the side walls under the projection portion which is received at least in part in the channel. The casted back may have a variety of designs and attachments all formed in a single casting.

Abstract: A socket constituting the female member of a snap fastener, which comprises a metal spring button part including an annular base, an inner portion extending inwardly and downwardly from the inner portion of said annular base, and further extending inwardly and upwardly and split into flaps which terminate with tongues arranged circularly for elastic engagement with a stud as the male member of the snap fastener, an outer portion curvedly extending outwardly and downwardly from the outer portion of said annular base and then inwardly to form portions to guide and receive the legs of a backing member of the snap fastener, and a cover plate having a circular opening of a larger diameter than the inside diameter of the circle defined by said tongues, said cover plate being secured to the periphery on the tongue side of said annular base.

Abstract: A button comprising a button head of plastic resin formed with a cavity having an internally expanded portion, and a metallic leg piece including a generally disc-shaped base larger in diameter than the inlet of the cavity and at least one leg upstanding from the disc-shaped base, said base being fitted in the internally expanded portion through the narrow inlet of the cavity.

Abstract: A button cover for use in particular with shirt cuff button and generally to cover buttons on any article of clothing, formed by a button covering member and a button engaging member pivotally connected one to another. A perimeter spacing edge is provided therebetween, divided in two portions respectively integral with the covering member and the engaging member, an opening being formed in it. By rotating the covering member with respect to the engaging member, a passage is provided for the button thread when accomodating the button therebetween. Fastening means are provided for securing said covering member and said engaging member one to another after the button is interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A plug for closing an opening or hole in a panel, plate or wall, comprising a head portion and a shank portion. The head portion has a peripheral flange forming an internal groove in which is disposed the edge of an annular base portion of the shank portion, the annular base portion being split and elastically compressible for engaging, during assembly, the edge thereof within the groove when the annular member is allowed to relax to is original dimension and shape.

Abstract: A kit having components capable of being assembled and permanently attached to an object or animal appendage for identification purposes. The kit comprises a collar, an identification plate having a needle extending therethrough and outward therefrom, and a locking device adapted to permanently receive the needle therein. The locking device comprises a first locking plate and a second locking plate connected to the first locking plate in axial alignment therewith. The first locking plate has a pocket within which to receive a retention plate and the base of a needle guard. The needle guard extends outward through a bore in the plate pocket to permit maximum visibility of the needle guard and covers the point of the needle. A method of assembling and attaching the kit is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structure for fixing a knob to a part to be operated through the knob, e.g. a switch of an electric circuit and the like. The fixing relies upon snap-fitting or engagement projections (or recesses) formed on the inner wall of the cap-shaped knob with recesses (or projections) formed on the surface of the part. At least one of the knob and the part is provided with at least one elastic tab unitary therewith, which tab exerts, when the knob is fitted to the part, a resilient force to bias the inner wall of the knob away from the part, so as to eliminate the shakiness of the knob on the part, affording a stable and safe fixing without necessitating unextraordinarily high dimensional precision of the knob and the part.

Abstract: A button construction which enables upholstery to be formed and held in tufted shape with concealed nails and without the danger of accidental dislodgement of the button. The button comprises a round holding member having a central recess for receiving the nail head, and a cover member insertable in said recess so as to be flush with the holding member. The tuft will only exert upward pressure on the fastened holding member and there will be no tendency of any portion of the assembly to be dislodged by upward pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a button designed to be fastened to a carrier material without the use of stitches. The button includes a button body having two parts, one part being a lower part with a top and bottom surface, the later adapted to lie upon the carrier material, the lower part having at least two apertures through the top and bottom surface and at least two recesses upon the top surface proceeding from the apertures, the other part being an upper part mountable on the lower part above the top surface of the latter. Also provided are means adapted to pass through the carrier material and the apertures, and adapted to lie within the recesses for fastening the lower part to the carrier material.

Abstract: A button having a button body including a central portion defining a button base having an uninterrupted outer wall and an inner wall with interspaces within said button base between said outer and inner walls, and an attaching means comprising a supporting plate including a plurality of pins projecting from one face of the supporting plate and having pointed heads adapted to be punched through a sheet material to which the button is to be attached, and then inserted into openings into the interspaces between said outer and inner walls, the openings being constricted to require temporary deformation of the materials of the structure as the heads of the pins are inserted into the openings.

Abstract: An improved metal button assembly adapted to be attached to a fabric by an automatic sewing machine without producing a pucker in the fabric in which a stamped sheet metal shell is formed with thread-receiving holes and with a peripheral flange for retaining an unperforated plastic blank swaged into the shell, the blank being formed with a central area of reduced thickness which is pierced by the sewing needle in the course of attaching the button to the garment, the blank having an undersurface lying generally in the plane of the flange edge and being sufficiently rigid to avoid puckering of the fabric.

Abstract: Button cover comprises a thin first part defining a hole to receive the button and a slit leading to said hole, said first part being hinged to an ornamental second part which covers the button. Spring means are provided for biassing the two parts together and a latch engages the slit when the cover is mounted on a button.

Abstract: A button comprising a button head of plastic resin formed with a cavity having an internally expanded portion, and a metallic leg piece including a generally disc-shaped base larger in diameter than the inlet of the cavity and at least one leg upstanding from the disc-shaped base, said base being fitted in the internally expanded portion through the narrow inlet of the cavity.