US2924037A - Patrick - Google Patents

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Feb. 9, 1960 D. PATRICK BUTTON COVER Filed June 7, 1956 INVENTOR. Janie! Pa 770/ Any.

United States Patent BUTTON COVER Daniel Patrick, East Providence, RI.

Application June 7, 1956, Serial No. 590,019

3 Claims. (Cl. 40-315) The present invention relates generally to the jewelry art, and more specifically to an ornamental cover for buttons.

A primary object of the instant invention is the provision of a cover for buttons which is of particular utility on mens shirts whereby conventional barrel cuffs may readily be made to assume the appearance of French cuffs.

Another object is the provision of a cover for buttons having novel and improved means for mounting same in position whereby the cover is less likely to become inadvertently detached and lost,

A further object is the provision of a button cover which readily lends itself to a plurality of ornamental appearances.

Still another object of the instant invention is the provision of an ornamental cover for buttons which is simple and economically feasible to manufacture but which nevertheless is efiective and attractive in use.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds when considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings which illustrate the best mode presently contemplated by me for carrying out my invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shirt cuff having thereon a button cover constructed in accordance with the instant invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my button cover per se;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing my button cover at the beginning of its mounting operation; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing my button cover in completely assembled position,

It has been found desirable to provide a button cover which may be readily and simply mounted in position and which when in said position will be securely and rigidly mounted against inadvertent detachment. My button cover readily lends itself to a plurality of ornamental. appearances and is of particular utility in connection with mens shirts whereby conventional barrel cuffs may readily be made to assume the appearance of French cuffs. It will be understood that the instant invention is not necessarily limited to this use, however, and thus my button. cover may have utility in connection with womens dresses or the like as a means for readily providing and varying ornamental buttons.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown generally at 10 an ornamental button cover constructed in ac-- cordance with the instant invention. The cover 10 com-- prises an ornamental facing 12 having a substantially flat rear surface 14 to which is secured a spiral wire 16. The inner end of wire 16 may be secured to the rear surface 14 by any desirable means, such as soldering or the like, as shown at 18, Fig. 4. As will be seen most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, the wire 16 comprises a series of conice 'volutions of gradually increasing diameter, the smallest convolution 20 being located closely adjacent to the surface 14. Preferably, the smallest convolution 20 is a diameter slightly larger than that of a button generally found on a mans shirt. The outer end of wire- 16 is provided with a spherical head 22, which bead functions to eliminate the presence of any sharp edges such as might cause inadvertent tearing of the garment with which the cover is to be associated.

It will be understood that the ornamental facing 20 may be of any desired material but .is preferably metallic. Hence said facing may be engraved to provide any pleasing or attractive design or may otherwise be ornamented, such as by the mounting of ornamental stones or the like thereon. It will be understood that the specific ornamentation utilized forms no part of the basic inventive concept herein presented, and it will be further understood that the ornamental facing 12 may assume any desired size or shape. Similarly, the construction of the spiral wire 16 may be slightly altered by varying the number of convolutions or the diametrical sizes thereof without departing from the scope of the instant invention. As hereinbefore stated, however, it is preferred that the diameter of the smallest convolution of the spiral wire be slightly larger than the button with which the cover is to be associated, for reasons hereinafter to be made apparent.

For purposes of illustration, my button cover has been disclosed in the drawings in connection with a mans shirt cuff, and the operation of my invention in connection with this use will now be set forth. Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, there is shown a conventional shirt cuff having separable portions 24 and 26. It will be noted that portion 24 carries thereon a button 28, while the portion 26 is provided with a conventional button hole 30. For purposes of illustration, the thread 32 which mounts the button 28 to shirt cuff 24 has been shown as being somewhat more elongated than normally would be the case. After the- shirt cuffs 24 and 26 have been buttoned together in the conventional manner, the cover 10 is centered over the button 28, and the outer end 22 of spiral wire 16 is caused to penetrate the button hole 30, as shown in Fig. 5. After the button hole has been so penetrated, the button cover is rotated whereby the spiral wire 16 in effect screws inwardly through the button hole whereby to assume the position of parts shown in Fig. 6. In this position, the button cover has been drawn tightly down onto the button whereby the latter is positioned within the smallest convolution 20 in engagement with the central portion of rear surface 14. When the button and button cover reach this relative position, no further rotation of the cover is possible, and thus this serves as an indication that the cover is securely mounted in position. Once so positioned, it will be apparent that the button cover will be securely maintained in place against inadvertent detachment, the only way of detaching same being to reverse the rotation of the cover whereby to unscrew the spiral wire 16 from the button hole 30.

Thus it will be seen that there has been provided in accordance with the instant invention an extremely simple but yet effective ornamental cover for buttons and the like. As will be obvious from the foregoing description, my invention is applicable to any button, providing that said button has been buttoned through a conventional button hole.

While there is shown and described herein certain specific structure embodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that various modifications and rearrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the underlying inventive concept and that the same is not limited to the particular forms herein shown and described e2;-

3 cept insofar as indicated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A button cover comprising an ornamental faclng having a substantially fiat rear surface, and a spiral wire secured to said rear surface and extendinghelically therefrom, said wire having gradually increasing convolutions, the smallest of which is juxtaposed to said rear surface.

2. In the button cover of claim 1, the free outer end of said spiral wire having an enlarged, spherical bead.

3. A button cover comprising an ornamental facing having a substantially flat rear surface, and a spiral wire secured to said rear surface and extending helically therefrom, said wire having gradually increasing convolutions, the smallest of which is located closely adjacent to said rear surface and is of a diameter just slightly larger than the button to which the cover is to be applied.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 37,777 Simon Feb. 24, 1863 581,111 Goodwin Apr. 20, 1897 1,278,466 Parra Sept. 10, 1918 1,419,034 Fishel June 6, 1922 1,774,033 Myers Aug. 26, 1930 1,962,953 Erwin June 12, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 449,968 Italy July 5, 1949

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