Patent ID: 7721394

Claim:
A button tool adapted to assist a person fastening a button through a button hole; the tool comprising: a handle; a button hook; the tool having a longitudinal dimension disposed from the button hook through the handle; a tapered button hole spreader disposed between the button hook and the handle; the button hole spreader functioning to spread open a button hole before the button passes through the hole; the handle including a pair of arms that extend outwardly in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the handle; the pair of arms extending farther outwardly than the handle and farther outwardly than the tapered button hole spreader; and the handle including four longitudinally disposed ribs; each of the ribs being elongated in a direction parallel to the longitudinal dimension; one of the ribs functioning as a base rib with the other three ribs being spaced apart and disposed perpendicular to the base rib; the arms projecting from the base rib.