Button carrier/adaptor assembly and developed buttonhole

Abstract

A button carrier/adaptor assembly includes an anchor section, to which is attached a head section, and to which is attached a decorative cap. The decorative cap can be a separate removable and replaceable component or incorporated into the head section. The anchor section includes a planar base and a shaped protrusion, which will form the core of the total assembly. From an elevation view, the protrusion has a profile including a teardrop shaped distal section mounted to the base by a proximal shaft. The head section includes an upper mount portion and a hollow central shank that is partially hollow and includes an internal cavity from an open bottom end thereof. The internal cavity has an elevation profile which matches the profile of the shaped protrusion of the anchor section.

1 . A button adaptor assembly, comprising:
 an anchor section comprising a base and a protrusion extending from the base, the protrusion piercing through fabric and retain the anchor section to the fabric, and   a head section comprising an upper portion and a shank, the shank being attached to the protrusion.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least one orientation edge. 
     
     
         4 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has a profile comprising a teardrop shaped distal section mounted to the base by a proximal shaft, wherein the distal section comprises a diverging cone section over an inverted hemisphere section. 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the distal section comprises a ballpoint tip,
 wherein the anchor section and the head section comprise locking and orientation means therebetween, and   wherein the orientation means comprises at least one spline in the anchor section engaged by a corresponding at least one slit in the head section.   
     
     
         7 - 9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the upper portion is configured as a mount portion for a decorative cap, the assembly further comprising a decorative cap for attachment to the mount portion, and wherein the decorative cap is removable. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the upper portion is configured as a mount portion for decorative button face, the assembly further comprising corresponding mating formations between the rear of the button face and the mount portion. 
     
     
         13 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the upper portion comprises a spherical seat for a toggle button to allow the button to tilt and swivel to engage a loop that serves as a buttonhole and swivel back for integrity of fastening. 
     
     
         14 . The button assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the upper portion and the decorative cap comprise orientation means therebetween, wherein the orientation means comprises at least one orientation pin in the upper portion to be received in a corresponding slot in the decorative cap. 
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . The button assembly of  claim 1 , wherein a lower surface of the upper portion comprises a machine assembly orientation formation. 
     
     
         17 . The button assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the locking means comprises an internal cavity in the shank of the head section which extends from an open bottom end thereof, the internal cavity having a profile corresponding to the profile of the protrusion of the anchor section. 
     
     
         18 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The button assembly of  claim 1 , wherein a bottom end of the shank acts as an annular thrust face in use to sandwich and retain the fabric adjacent to the base of the anchor section. 
     
     
         21 . The button assembly of  claim 16 , wherein the decorative cap comprises a decorative upper surface and a lower surface having attachment means for attachment to the upper portion of the head section, and wherein the attachment means comprises a recess dimensioned to receive and provide a fixed press fit with the upper portion. 
     
     
         22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The button assembly of  claim 13 , further comprising toggle buttons having a part spherical recess hollowed out as the attachment means to the spherical seat of the head section. 
     
     
         24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . The button assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the decorative cap comprises a decorative upper surface and a lower surface having temporary attachment means for attachment to the upper portion of the head section, wherein the attachment means comprises a customized insert set into the recess of the cap designed to engage and mesh with a matching upper portion, which can be disengaged and where a different decorative cap can be mounted to the upper portion. 
     
     
         26 - 34 . (canceled) 
     
     
         35 . A button adaptor assembly, comprising:
 an anchor section comprising a base and a protrusion extending from the base, the protrusion comprising an end formation; and   a head section comprising a female recess component for receiving the end formation, the female recess being a mating opening having a radiused throat to enable a tilt action of the button face.   
     
     
         36 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 35 , comprising a protruding pin extending through a centre of the throat. 
     
     
         37 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 35 , wherein the anchor section comprises a spherical orb atop a short profiled hollowed stem having a height less than twice the diameter of the orb, the stem extending from a circular flanged base. 
     
     
         38 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 37 , wherein the orb comprises an aperture extending from an apex opening thereof into the hollow stem that allows full penetration and some protrusion of the pin behind the head section. 
     
     
         39 . The button adaptor assembly of  claim 38 , wherein the anchor section is a two-piece assembly to enable attachment to the garment, the anchor section comprising an upper section to be disposed on the upper surface of the fabric and a pronged flanged anchoring unit that penetrates the fabric on the underside and pushes into the profiled hollowed stem of the upper section, the split in the prong being forced open into the wider top of the hollow by the protruding pin in the head section to secure all three components together and sandwich the fabric of the garment between the flanged bases of the two anchor section components.