Patent ID: 8726469

Claim:
An article ( 100 ) for covering a button of apparel, the article comprising: a body portion ( 102 ); and a coupling member ( 104 ) including a first portion ( 104 a ) and a pair of opposed resiliently deflectable second and third portions ( 104 b , 104 c ) extending from the first portion ( 104 a ) and structured to outwardly deflect responsive to insertion of a neck ( 900 a ) of a button ( 900 b ) therebetween, each of the second and third portions ( 104 b , 104 c ) terminating in an associated free end ( 128 , 130 ), and wherein the coupling member ( 104 ) is secured to the body portion ( 102 ) such that each of a distal end of the first portion ( 104 a ) and the second and third portion free ends ( 128 , 130 ) are secured directly to the body portion ( 102 ) during insertion of the button neck ( 900 a ) therebetween.