Patent ID: 9282789
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A44B

Claim Text:
1. A cufflink, comprising: a) a decorative head member having an outward facing decorative surface and a back surface; b) an elongate post member having a proximal end permanently affixed to said back surface of said decorative head member, an elongate toggle member pivotally attached to a distal end of said elongate post member and moveable between an open position wherein said elongate toggle member is colinear with said elongate post member, for insertion through one side of a cuff of a shirt, and a closed position wherein said elongate toggle member is rotated perpendicular to said elongate post member, on an opposite side of the cuff of the shirt with said elongate post member and a portion of said elongate post member inserted through the cuffs of the shirt; c) a rigid cap member having an aperture centrally disposed in said cap member for receiving therethrough said toggle member and said distal end of said elongate post member; and d) a compressible spacer member having a generally centrally located aperture for receiving therethrough said toggle member and said distal end of said elongate post member on the opposite side of the cuff of the shirt, said compressible spacer member being made of a rubber based material, said compressible spacer member having a size and shape to be received into said cap member, said rigid cap member and said compressible spacer member having a combined thickness such that when assembled on the shirt sleeve with said elongate toggle member in the closed position it abuts an outer face of said rigid cap member to reduce inadvertent pivoting of the elongate toggle member into colinear alignment with said elongate post member.