Button cover

Abstract

A button cover for removable placement onto a button of a garment comprises a front wall portion having a front-facing surface, a back-facing surface, a top and a bottom, and a back wall portion having a front-facing surface, a back-facing surface, a top and a bottom. A peripheral wall portion connects the front wall portion and the back wall portion one to the other, in spaced-apart fixed relation, so as to form a button-receiving cavity between the front wall portion and the back wall portion. A thread-receiving slot is disposed in the back wall portion, and has an open end and a closed end. A button-receiving opening is disposed between the bottom of the front wall portion and the bottom of the back wall portion for permitting a button to enter the button-receiving cavity.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A button cover for removable placement onto a button of a garment, said button cover comprising: 
 a front wall portion having a front-facing surface, a back-facing surface, a top and a bottom;    a back wall portion having a front-facing surface, a back-facing surface, a top and a bottom;    means to connect said front wall portion and said back wall portion one to the other, in spaced-apart fixed relation, so as to form a button-receiving cavity between said front wall portion and said back wall portion; and,    a thread-receiving slot disposed in said back wall portion, and having an open end and a closed end;    a button-receiving opening disposed between the bottom of said front wall portion and the bottom of said back wall portion for permitting a button to enter said button-receiving cavity.    
     
     
         2 . The button cover of  claim 1 , wherein said front wall portion, said back wall portion, and said means to connect said front wall portion and said back wall portion one to the other, together comprise a unitary structure.  
     
     
         3 . The button cover of  claim 1 , wherein said thread-receiving slot has a narrow throat portion disposed adjacent said open end and a wider portion disposed adjacent said closed end.  
     
     
         4 . The button cover of  claim 3 , wherein said thread-receiving slot is open to the bottom of said back wall portion.  
     
     
         5 . The button cover of  claim 1 , wherein said means to connect said front wall portion and said back wall portion one to the other comprises a peripheral wall portion,  
     
     
         6 . The button cover of  claim 1 , wherein said peripheral wall portion is discontinuous adjacent the bottom of said front wall portion, and said peripheral wall portion defines said button-receiving opening.  
     
     
         7 . The button cover of  claim 6 , wherein said peripheral wall portion extends between left and right bottom edges.  
     
     
         8 . The button cover of  claim 7 , wherein said bottom of said back wall portion is disposed below said left and right bottom edges of said peripheral wall portion.  
     
     
         9 . The button cover of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of said back wall portion is disposed above the bottom of said front wall portion and below the left and right bottom edges of said peripheral wall portion.  
     
     
         10 . The button cover of  claim 9 , wherein the bottom of said back wall portion is disposed above the bottom of said front wall portion, about one-half of the way between the bottom of said front wall portion and said left and right bottom edges of said peripheral wall portion.  
     
     
         11 . The button cover of  claim 1 , further comprising a disk member removably mountable on said front wall portion.  
     
     
         12 . The button cover of  claim 11 , wherein said disk member is removably mountable on said front wall portion by means of a magnet.  
     
     
         13 . The button cover of  claim 12 , wherein said magnet is disposed in said front wall portion.  
     
     
         14 . The button cover of  claim 13 , further comprising a reduced step portion disposed in the periphery of the front facing surface of said front wall portion.  
     
     
         15 . The button cover of  claim 14 , wherein said reduced step portion is disposed adjacent the top of said front wall portion.  
     
     
         16 . The button cover of  claim 15 , wherein said reduced step portion is disposed adjacent to bottom of said front wall portion.