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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Yoshio Takamura, Kurobe, JP;
Daisuke Hayashi, Meerbusch, DE;
Yoshio Takamura, Kurobe, JP;
Daisuke Hayashi, Meerbusch, DE;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a button including a button bodyand a fixturefor fixing the button body to fabric. The button bodyincludes a shell memberconstituting a button outer shell and an accommodation member. The shell memberincludes a button coverand a neckformed cylindrically on the back side of the button coverand having an openingat an outer edge thereof. The accommodation memberhas a shaftaccommodated in the neck with a portion thereof protruding from the opening, and an insert holeformed on the protruding end face of the shaft for the fixture to be inserted therein. Crimping partsare formed on one of the inner periphery of the opening or on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft at specified positions with a prespecified space therebetween along the circumferential direction so as to crimp into the other.