Button repair kit

Abstract

A button repair kit includes a snap fastener which includes a socket side and a stud or post side and has adhesive on the socket side thereof and a release covering on the adhesive. The adhesive is used to attach the socket side of the snap fastener to a button, and the snap side of the fastener is placed through the material on which a button is to be attached. A clutch element is attached to the post to hold the button in place on the material.

1 . A button repair kit comprising:
 A) a button having a first surface which is an outer surface when the button is in use and a second surface which is a rear surface when the button is in use;   B) a layer of material having
 (1) a first surface which is located adjacent to the second surface of the button when the layer of material is in use, 
 (2) a second surface, 
 (3) a first layer of adhesive material on the first surface of the layer of material, the first layer of adhesive material affixing the layer of material to the second surface of the button when the layer of material is in use, 
 (4) a release liner removably mounted on the first layer of adhesive material on the first surface of the layer of material, and 
 (5) a second layer of adhesive material on the second surface of the layer of material; 
   C) a stud element which includes
 (1) a mounting plate which has a first surface that is located adjacent to the second surface of the layer of material and which is adhered to the second surface of the layer of material by the second layer of adhesive material and a second surface, and 
 (2) a post which is unitary with the mounting plate and extends from the second surface of the mounting plate; and 
   D) a clutch element which is releasably mounted on the post when the clutch element is in use, the clutch element including
 (1) a body having a hole defined therethrough through which the post extends when the clutch element is mounted on the post, 
 (2) a spring-operated clasp in the body which engages the post when the post is in the body, and 
 (3) wings on the body which are operatively connected to the clasp to move the clasp into an open position to release the post from the body. 
   
   
   
       2 . A button repair kit comprising:
 A) a button having a first surface which is an outer surface when the button is in use and a second surface which is a rear surface when the button is in use;   B) a stud element which includes
 (1) a mounting plate which has a first surface that is located adjacent to the second surface of the button and which is attached to the second surface of the button, and 
 (2) a post which is unitary with the mounting plate and extends from the second surface of the mounting plate; and 
   C) a clutch element which is releasably mounted on the post when the clutch element is in use.