Patent ID: 7964808

Claim:
A button apparatus, comprising: a rear plate; a cover plate coupled to the rear plate so as to form an installation space therebetween, the cover plate having a button area, the button area including at least one compression boss that protrudes rearward from a rear surface of the button area; a button recess formed in a front surface of a casing portion of the button apparatus, wherein the cover plate is positioned on a front surface of the button recess such that a front surface of the cover plate and an adjacent front surface of the casing portion form a substantially continuous surface, wherein the button recess comprises: at least one pair of hook holes formed at opposite ends of the button recess; at least one fitting hole extending through the button recess; and a multi-function button hole extending through the button recess; at least one hole formed in the button recess, corresponding to the at least one compression boss, wherein the at least one hole extends from the front surface of the button recess through to a rear surface of the button recess formed by a rear surface of the casing portion, wherein the at least one compression boss extends through the at least one hole in the button recess; and at least one switch provided on a substrate positioned at a rear side of the casing portion of the button apparatus, in the installation space formed between the rear plate and the cover plate, wherein a position of the at least one switch on the substrate corresponds to a position of the at least one compression boss that extends through the at least one hole in the button recess such that the at least one compression boss contacts the at least one switch and manipulates the at least one switch.