Patent ID: 9375057
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A44B,A44C,A63F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A button assembly comprising: a back member including a base portion having a first aperture formed through a thickness thereof, a peripheral wall and a first peripheral flange extending from a distal edge of said peripheral wall and tapering outwardly; a socket or a stud having a surface thereof in a direct abutting engagement with an interior surface of said back member and a second aperture formed through a thickness of said socket or said stud in an alignment with said first aperture formed through said thickness of said base portion; a fastener passed through said first and second apertures, said fastener caging thickness portions of said base portion and said socket or said stud adjacent said first and second apertures so as to secure said socket or said stud to said base portion; and a shell having a convex partially spherical shape with a second peripheral flange being tapered inwardly, wherein a peripheral edge of said second peripheral flange abuts an exterior surface of said first peripheral flange.