Patent ID: 9408439
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A44B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A replaceable decorative cover for interchangeable attachment to a generally flat disc-shaped button to change the decorative or thematic appearance of the button, wherein the decorative cover comprises: a base member having a cylindrical part with a hollow bore therein extending through at least one end of said base member, said bore having a length and a diameter, said diameter being approximately twice as great as said length and being slightly smaller than the diameter of the button to which the base member is to be attached, and said base member being made of an elastomeric material having a durometer to enable an outer peripheral margin of the button on which the base member is engaged to deform and press into an inner surface of said bore to frictionally retain said base member on the button against inadvertent removal but permit it to be removed when desired; a detent in said hollow bore at said one end, said detent comprising an annular lip projecting into said bore for engaging behind a peripheral marginal edge of the button when the base member is pressed onto the button to retain said base member on the button against inadvertent removal but permit it to be removed when desired, said annular lip being tapered on a surface thereof facing toward said one end of said bore to facilitate pressing of said base member onto the button; and a decorative part permanently attached to an outer end of said base member opposite said one end, whereby said base member and the decorative part may be removed from the button and replaced with another base member and associated different decorative part to form a different decorative cover on said button.