EP 0790789 A1 19970827 - SELF-CONTAINED BUTTON ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY
Title (en)
SELF-CONTAINED BUTTON ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY
Title (de)
AUTONOME ANORDNUNG FÜR KNOPFBEFESTIGUNG
Title (fr)
ENSEMBLE AUTONOME POUR LA FIXATION DE BOUTONS
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9513835 W 19951011
- US 32153594 A 19941011
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9610940A1] A self-contained button attachment assembly comprising a fastener dispensing tool (11) which includes a hollow, open-ended, unitary housing (19) generally cylindrical in shape. Four hollow, slotted needles (27-1 through 27-4) are fixedly mounted in the housing. Four ejector rods (35-1 through 35-4) are slidably mounted within the four needles, the four ejector rods being fixedly mounted at their respective top ends on a pusher plate (37) that is slidably mounted within the housing and is accessible through the open top end thereof. The assembly also comprises a conventional garment button (17) of the type having four transverse openings. The button is positioned and releasably retained within the housing by a circumferential lip (25). The assembly further comprises a pair of fasteners (15-1, 15-2), each fastener comprising a U-shaped flexible filament (43) and a pair of transverse feet (45-1, 45-2) which are disposed at opposite ends of the filament and extend perpendicularly to the plane of the filament.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A41H 37/00 (2006.01); A43D 100/08 (2006.01); A44B 1/18 (2006.01); D05B 97/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A41H 37/008 (2013.01); A43D 100/08 (2013.01); A44B 1/185 (2013.01); D05B 97/10 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9610940 A1 19960418; AU 4011795 A 19960502; EP 0790789 A1 19970827; EP 0790789 A4 19980114; TW 342320 B 19981011
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9513835 W 19951011; AU 4011795 A 19951011; EP 95938908 A 19951011; TW 84111842 A 19951108