Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Button with fastener – Covers
Patent
1990-04-13
1991-10-29
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Button with fastener
Covers
24113MP, A44B 114
Patent
active
050603566
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an ornamental cover for an operating element such as a clothing button arranged on a shirt or blouse cuff or an ornamental element wherein the ornamental cover is adapted to be mounted and demounted on the operating element.
It is well known to have conventional ornamental buttons for shirt or blouse cuffs which comprise a plate-like top portion with a bottom thereof. The bottom has secured thereto a central stem portion with a free end having a two-armed lever which is pivotally mounted to an axle extending parallel to said top portion and being secured to said central portion and being designed as a stud or the like. Ornamental cuff links of the above type are adapted to be used with shirts or blouses having cuffs with end portions being formed with button holes. Long-sleeve shirts and blouses normally have cuffs with one end portion being formed with a button hole and the other end portion having a button. Therefore, the conventional ornamental cuff links cannot be used with such shirts and blouses.
A cover for ornamenting conventional shirt cuff links or clothing buttons is known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,343,230. Here the cover comprises a first plate and a second plate which is formed as a fork and which is opposite to the bottom of said first plate. For the purpose of simplification the fork plate will be referred to only as a fork. The button is clamped between the plate and the fork. The bottom of the plate and the top of the fork that faces the bottom of the plate thus each provide one clamping surface for the button. As illustrated therein, the fork is in all dimensions narrower and shorter than the plate and over a certain extent of its breadth, it is integrally formed with the plate by means of a frame which is greater than the above-mentioned forked portion and which extends vertically downward from the edge of the plate. The fork is inclined with respect to the plate in such a manner that a free fork end is in closer proximity to the plate than the other fork end. Accordingly, the fork and the plate must be allowed to bend from each other prior to the mounting on the button. Therefore, the variety of materials for the cover is limited to elastic materials, unless an early breakage of the relatively narrow abutting area of fork and plate or frame is accepted. However, many materials for ornamental elements such as platinum allows and ornamental stones are brittle or rigid. Consequently, it is not possible to manufacture the described cover from merely these materials. At best these materials may be coated on the cover, but this method is intricate and does not comply with the demand for quality of many persons. In addition, in the cover according to U.S. Pat. No. 3,343,230, the fork is shorter than the plate, and thus the fork cannot be easily operated to detach the cover from the button.
Considering the above prior art it is the object of the invention to provide a cover of the aforementioned general type which may be manufactured of any material, has a long service life, and which is easy to handle and as versatile as possible.
This object is attained by a cover which is formed with a receiving portion for the operating element which has at least two points facing each other to define two facing clamping surfaces for the operating element and wherein a distance between the at least two clamping surfaces decreases at least partially along a mounting direction of the cover. As the distance between the clamping surfaces decreases along the mounting direction (it is not the smallest at the beginning of the cover), the cover may thus be mounted on buttons of various shape. The clamping surfaces need not permit elastic bending with respect to each other. Consequently they may extend rigidly with respect to each other. This means that they need not be linked to each other by means of a film link or the like, but may be rigidly connected with each other along whole edges, for example from castings or elements carved out of stone or wood.
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