Patent ID: 8656561
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for replacing a button of a shirt, comprising: a pin comprising a head configured to engage a button hole of the shirt, and a stem having a first end fixedly attached to the head and a second end longitudinally opposing the first end and configured to pass through a fabric of the shirt; and a base configured to receive the stem, the base comprising: wherein the engagement portion of the first spring is forced toward the engagement portion of the second spring by the first spring and the engagement portion of the second spring is forced toward the engagement portion of the first spring by the second spring, the engagement portion of the first spring and the engagement portion of the second spring configured to frictionally retain the pin, the first release button and the second release button each travelling along linear paths parallel to each other, in response to pinching by a user, based on the configuration of the first opening and the second opening, respectively, and being fixed to the first spring and the second spring, respectively.