MXPA97002096A - Subject buttons and bro - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fastener and a brooch that is used to attach a button to a garment or a piece of cloth. In one embodiment, the fastener consists of a flexible U-shaped filament and a pair of transverse legs disposed at opposite ends of the flexible U-shaped filament. Generally, the U-shaped filament is rectangular in cross-section, has a substantially uniform width, a greater thickness in its arched area and ler as it descends towards the legs. The size and shape of the legs serves to pass through the hole of a button and to firmly hold the garment. To minimize contact with a person's skin, the legs are preferably shorter than the transverse bars of the existing fasteners and are similar, relative to their total size, to a knot of yarn conventionally used to fix buttons. The legs have rounded ends, a flat surface and a contoured bottom surface to minimize irradiation on the skin of a person

Description

"Buttons and Brooch" The present invention is related to a new and novel fastener, which is especially suitable for putting or replacing a button or something similar to a garment or a similar material, and is also related to a new and novel brooch includes one or more of said fasteners. The conventional method for sticking buttons to clothing or fabrics, either by machine or by hand, is with thread. The button is held in place and a thread needle is passed several times through each of the two, three or more perforations of the button and into the material, several times until you have enough strands of thread to hold tightly the button to the material. Next, the thread must be tied or secured in any other way so that it does not come loose. In some cases, when you want to raise the button of the material, a pedestal effect is achieved by laterally turning the strands with additional thread. There are several disadvantages of this method to secure the buttons to the fabric or clothing. First of all, it is a slow and tedious work and the button can fall soon if only one of the threads breaks or if one of the ends of the thread is not properly secured. In US Patents Nos. 3,399,432, 3,479,834, and 3,494,004, assigned to the community, which are incorporated herein by reference, a plastic clip, which can be used instead of thread to attach a button described a piece of clothing. Normally the fastener includes a flexible filament with a head at one end and a transverse stick at the opposite end. A variety of such fasteners are generally manufactured as part of a clasp in which the row fasteners are interconnected to a stripping or sliding rod attached to the crossbars of the fasteners, by means of their corresponding masts or coupler posts. Usually a setter fastener device for detaching an individual fastener and retainer clip attaching the fastener to the desired detached article (for example, through a button hole and into an article or material) is used. Usually, such a device includes a casing, a needle projecting from the cover needle and the cover with longitudinal bores aligned with one another, a piston slides back and forth within said bores, a handle it is telescopically projecting from the rear of the cover for sliding said pin into said perforations, and means for successively feeding fasteners into the device, with • the transverse bars in alignment with said bores ahead of the pin so that they can project through the needle giving back and forth movement to the pin. Normally, the back of the needle is shaped like a blade at the tip so that the insertion of the transverse stick into the longitudinal piercing of the needle using the pin, causes the needle-shaped tip of the needle to detach the connector post that connects the bra to the rest of the fastener. Although it has been found that the fasteners described above are generally satisfactory for putting buttons on certain articles of clothing, they are not universally applicable for the following reasons: First, when they are put in direct contact with the skin of a person, the Cross bar bra tends to irritate. This is due, in part, to the fact that the break described above of the connector post often leaves a burr on the underside of the transverse stick, and partly because the ends are somewhat sharp and the transverse bar is too large in size. . Second, often the fasteners are too large to be used with several buttons, and therefore the use of specially designed buttons with large holes is required. Third, fasteners are often too visible due to the fact that a separate fastener is used for each hole in the button, instead of looping between two or more holes in the button, as happens when sewing normally.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a novel and novel fastener that is especially suitable for putting a button or something similar to a garment or a similar material. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fastener as described above, which is less irritating than similar existing fasteners, when used in such a way that they are placed in direct contact with the person's skin; for example, when it is used to put a button on a garment. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fastener as described above, having the proper size for use with normal buttons. Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a fastener as described above, which, when used to attach a button to a garment or something similar, is not too visible; that is, it looks similar to what you have when you use yarn. Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a fastener as described above, which is designed so that, even though it is very resistant, it allows its installation through very small holes, such as those of fine garments. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel and novel fastener clip that includes one or more of the fasteners described above. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a fastener as described above, which can be produced in series, and which can include a large variety of the fasteners described above. The additional objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth, in part, in the following description; and in part, they will become obvious from the description, or they will be known upon putting the invention into practice. The objects, characteristics and advantages of the invention can be realized and achieved with the means and combinations indicated especially in the appended claims. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fastener includes a flexible U-shaped filament and a pair of transverse legs, the transverse legs being disposed at opposite ends of the flexible U-shaped filament. The flexible U-shaped filament is, for example, generally, rectangular in its cross section. The width of the filament is substantially uniform throughout its length, while the thickness of the filament is greater in its arched region (to maximize the strength of the fastener) and smaller near the legs. The filament, due to its U-shape, can pass between two adjacent holes of the button, thus giving the appearance of thread. The transverse legs, which extend parallel to each other, and perpendicular to the plane of the filament, have the size and shape suitable for fitting through the hole of the button and, once inserted through the hole of the button and the underlying garment, to be secured on the back of the garment. In order to minimize contact with the person's skin, the legs of the present fastener are preferably shorter than the transverse bars of the existing fasteners and are preferably similar in size to the normal size of the knot of thread used. to attach a button to a cloth or clothing material. In addition, preferably the legs have rounded ends, a flat upper surface, and a contoured lower surface so as to minimize contact with the person's skin, and therefore irritation thereof. Preferably, two fasteners of the type described above are incorporated in a unitary molded plastic structure, hereinafter referred to as a fastening clasp, the fastener also including a pair of parallel sliding bars. Each fastener is attached to the pair of sliding bars by means of a pair of removable connecting rods, each connecting bar extending between the side of one of the legs and one of the corresponding sliding bars, so that when the connection rod is detached there is no burr on the underside of the legs in a place that can irritate the skin of the person, but it is on the side of the legs where it will not be in contact with the skin of the person. The outer ends of the sliding bars preferably have teeth, which, as we will discuss later, are used to correctly feed the fastener clip to a tool to place the fastener. One of the sliding bars extends a little more downwards than the other, to facilitate the insertion of the fastener in the tool to place the fastener.

The present invention is also directed to a method for making the fastener pin described above, so that groups of points, ie regions with structural weakness caused, during the molding, by the convergence of the same, are not formed within the clips of the fastener pin. Two frontal intersecting loops of molten plastic. The present invention is also directed to a method for using the fastener pin described above, together with a tool for attaching fasteners, for dispensing fasteners that can be used to glue buttons to clothing or similar materials.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which by this document are incorporated into this specification and become part of it, illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, like reference numbers represent like parts: Figure 1 is an enlarged front perspective view of an embodiment of a fastener constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, for sticking a button to a garment or similar material; Figure 2 is a front view of the fastener shown in Figure 1, the rear view being a mirror image thereof; Figure 3 is a view from the top of the fastener shown in Figure 1; Figure 4 is a bottom view of the fastener shown in Figure 1; Figure 5 is a right side view of the fastener shown in Figure 1, the left side being a mirror image thereof; Figure 6 is an enlarged front perspective view of an embodiment of a fastener clip constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; Figure 7 is a front view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figure 8 is a right side view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figure 9 is a rear view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figure 10 is a left side view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figure 11 is a top view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figure 12 is a bottom view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 6; Figures 13 (a) and 13 (b) are plan views of a pair of working molding plates, which are used to mold the fastening clasp of Figure 6; Figure 14 is an enlarged front perspective view of one of the fasteners shown in Figure 6 after it has been detached from the rest of the fastening clip; Figure 15 is a top view of an embodiment of a device for attaching fasteners, manufactured in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, for gluing one of the fasteners of the fastener of Figure 6 to a garment, through a couple of holes of the button, so that you can stick the button to the garment; Figure 16 is a top view, displaced, of the fastener placing device shown in Figure 15, the body of which has been separated into parts; Figure 17 is a sectional view of the body shown in Figure 16, taken along line 1-1; Figures 18 (a) to 18 (d) are the front, rear, top and right lateral views, respectively, of the needle block shown in Figure 16; Figure 19 is a sectional view of the body shown in Figure 16, taken along line 2-2; Figures 20 (a) to 20 (d) are views from the top, right side, left side and rear, respectively, of one of the needles shown in Figure 16; Figures 21 (a) and 21 (b) are views from the top and right side, respectively, of the ejection mechanism shown in Figure 16; Figure 22 is a top view, partially exploded, of a second embodiment of a fastener placing device, constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, for gluing one of the fastener clips of Figure 6 to a fastener garment through a couple of button holes, so that you can stick the button to the garment; Figures 23 (a) to 23 (g) are perspective views from above, from the top, bottom, right side, left side, front and rear, respectively, of a third embodiment of a fastener sticking device constructed in accordance with what is disclosed in the present invention, for sticking an individual fastener of the fastening snap of Figure 6 to a garment through a pair of holes of a button, such that the button is attached to the garment; Figures 24 (a) to 24 (d) are perspective views illustrating the manner in which the fastener clip of Figure 6 is loaded into the fastener tool of Figure 23; Figure 25 is a view, in enlarged section, of the front end of the device for positioning the fastener of Figure 22, shown with the pair of ejection rods in the forward position, to illustrate how one of the fasteners shown in FIG. Figure 1 through a pair of button holes and secure it to the garment; Figure 26 is an enlarged view, similar to Figure 25, but after the device for placing the fastener has been removed, showing how one of the fasteners shown in Figure 1 is used to attach a button to a article of clothing; Figure 27 is a top view of the combination constituted by the button, the garment and the fastener shown in Figure 26; Figure 28 is a fragmentary front view of a second embodiment of a fastener brooch constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; Figure 29 is a left side view of the fastener clip shown in Figure 28; and Figure 30 is a view from the top of the fastener pin shown in Figure 29.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS With reference to Figures 1 to 5, several views of a fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention for sticking a button to a garment or similar material are shown, being represented by generally, the fastener with the reference number 11. The fastener 11 includes a flexible U-shaped filament 13 and a pair of cross bars or legs 15-1 and 15-2 disposed at opposite ends thereof. In order to maximize the strength of the fastener 11, the flexible U-shaped filament 13 is generally rectangular in cross section, the filament 13 has a width w that is almost uniform over its entire length and has a non-uniform thickness; that is, that the arcuate zone 16 has a thickness t, greater than the thickness t2 near the legs 15-1 and 15-2. The legs 15-1 and 15-2, which extend parallel to one another, and perpendicular to the plane of the filament 13, have the appropriate dimensions to be able to be inserted into the desired garment through a pair of holes of the normal size button and remain supported by the underside of the garment. In order to be able to use the fastener 11 with garments in which the legs 15-1 and 15-2 are placed in direct contact with the skin of a person, the legs 15-1 and 15-2 include the following characteristics, which They were designed to minimize contact with the person's skin and irritation. First, legs 15-1 and 15-2 have a length that is relatively small, i.e. approximately 2 mm, compared to the 6 mm of cross bars of similar existing fasteners, and a general size that is similar to that of a knot Of thread. Therefore, the legs 15-1 and 15-2 have a relatively small surface area that can be brought into contact with the person's skin. Second, the upper surfaces 19-1 and 19-2 of the legs 15-1 and 15-2, respectively, are generally flat. This makes the legs 15-1 and 15-2 are not very visible and prevents the rotating movement of the legs 15-1 and 15-2 with respect to the internal side of a garment to which the fastener has been placed. 11 (see Figure 26). Third, legs 15-1 and 15-2 have rounded ends 21-1 / 21-2 and 23-1 / 23-2, respectively, as compared to the straight and square ends of the cross bars. Fourth, the lower surfaces 25-1 and 25-2, respectively, of the legs 15-1 and 15-2 are contoured so that they cause only minimal irritation to the person's skin, by spreading downward as much as possible and having a greater transverse diameter at their respective midpoints 27-1 and 27-1, and making an upward curve and decreasing their transverse diameter on the opposite sides of the midpoints 27-1 and 27-2. Preferably, one or more fasteners 11 are constructed as part of a fastener. Referring now to Figures 6 to 12, several views of an embodiment of a fastener broach constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention are shown, in which the fastener pin is generally shown with the reference number 41. Brooch 41 is a unitary structure preferably molded with translucent or transparent polyurethane, or with some similar material. Brooch 41 includes two identical fasteners 11 that will be used to attach a button that has four holes; however, it is obvious that the number of fasteners required is not necessarily two and that it can be any number, depending on the specific application in which the fasteners will be placed 11. The Brooch 41 also includes a pair of 43-1 sliding bars. and 43-2. The 43-1 slide bar is longer than the 43-2 slide bar, so that by inserting the clip into the correct opening of a fastener tool (see Figures 24 (a) and 24 (b)) , one does not need to simultaneously align the two sliding bars with the opening, but it will only be necessary to align the sliding bar 43-1 with the opening, and then, once the sliding bar 43-1 is inserted into the opening, insert the sliding bar 43-2. The different lengths of the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2 also make it easier for the user to grab and pull the fastening clip 42 by means of a tool to place the fastener, after the fastening pin 41 has been loaded therein. . The upper ends of the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2 are joined together to form a handle 45, which can be taken by the user when loading the fastening clip 41 into a tool for positioning the fastener. As best seen in Figures 6 and 11, the handle 45 does not have a uniform thickness, the middle 45-1 of the handle 45 is thinner than the left 45-2 and the right 45-3 of the handle 45. The reason why the middle part 45-1 became thinner than the left and right parts 45-2 and 45-3, respectively, is to avoid the formation of groups of points within the fasteners 11. The groups of points are areas with structural weakness caused, during the molding, by the convergence of two frontal loops of intersection of the molten plastic. As can be easily appreciated, the formation of groups of dots in the fasteners 11 is totally undesirable. Referring to Figures 13 (a) and 13 (b), a pair of co-operating molding plates 47-1 and 47-2, respectively, can be seen which are used to mold the "41" fastener clasp. Molding bale 47-1 is shaped so as to include a cavity 48-1 defining the upper half of the fastening clasp 41, and the molding plate 47-2 is shaped to include a cavity 48-2, which defines half bottom of the fastener 41. In the plate 47-1 a transverse opening 49 and a channel 50 are formed to carry the molten plastic or similar to the cavities 48-1 and 48-2 once the plates 47-1 and 47- 2 have been joined by means not shown.As can be seen, if the cavities 48-1 and 48-2 had a shape such as to delimit a handle 45 of uniform thickness, it is possible that a group of dots was formed somewhere inside. of the fasteners 11, since the molten plastic would rapidly approach the regions of the fastener from the two directions indicated by the arrows A and B. However, because the cavities 48-1 and 48-2 are limited to the area of the middle part 45-1, inhibiting the flow of liquid therethrough, the flow of molten plastic through the fasteners 11 is unidirectional, ie, only in the direction indicated by the arrow A. This prevents the formation of a group of spots within the fastener 11. Referring again to Figures 6 to 12, it can be seen that each fastener 11 is attached to the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2 by removable connecting posts 51-1 and 51-2, respectively, which go from the outer sides 55-1 and 55-2 of the legs 15-1 15-2, respectively, towards the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2. In this way, when the posts 51-1 and 51-2 are detached, the burrs 57-1 and 57-2 (see Figure 14) remain on the outer sides 55-1 and 55-2, where it is not possible for they come in contact with the person's skin as they would if they were on the lower surfaces 25-1 and 25-2 of the legs 15-1 and 15-2. The outer edges of the 43-1 and 43-2 slide bars have teeth 60, which, as will be seen below, help to correctly feed the clasp 41 into the tool with which the fasteners are placed. To use a fastener 11 of the fastener 41 to glue a button to a garment, one of the fasteners 11 of the fastener 41 is first peeled off by detaching the connector posts 51-1 and 51-2. Next, the legs 15-1 and 15-2 of the detached fastener 11 first pass through the corresponding pair of holes in the button and then through the desired garment. The two steps, the detachment and the insertion, can be carried out manually or with the help of a suitable tool to detach the fastener. Referring now to Figures 15 and 16, there is shown an embodiment of a tool for attaching fasteners, suitable for use with the fastening clasp 41 in the manner described above, wherein the tool for positioning the fastener is generally represented by the number of the fastener. reference 151. The tool 151 includes a body 153, a needle block 155, a needle pair 157-1 and 157-2, a spring 159, and an ejection mechanism 161. The body 153 is a unitary structure preferably molded with a resistant and light plastic. The shape of the body 153 is such that it defines a pair of transverse openings 163-1 and 163-2, which are provided so that a user can operate the tool 151 as a syringe, by placing the index and middle fingers through the openings 163-1 and 163-2, at the same time that it operates the ejection mechanism 161 with the thumb. The body 153 also has a feed groove 164 extending transversely downward and through which the fastening pin 41 can be inserted in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body 153. As can best be seen in Figure 17, the The shape of the slot 164 includes a pair of feeder bars 164-1 and 164-2, which, as discussed below in greater detail, are used to match the teeth 60 with the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2 , respectively, so as to be able to correctly align the fastening clasp 41 inside the tool 151. The needle block 155, which is removably mounted in a cavity 165 formed in the body 153 and which is accessed by the end front of it, is shown in more detail in Figures 18 (a) to 18 (d). As can be seen there, section 155 is a unitary structure, generally rectangular, with a pair of notches of generally cylindrical shape 167-1 and 167-2 adapted to receive needles 157-1 and 157-2, respectively. The block 155 is retained within the opening 165 by means of several outwardly projecting tabs 169-1 to 169-3, and which snap into the corresponding slots 171-1 through 171-3 (see Figure 19) in the cavity 165.

The block 155 is also preferably molded with a strong and lightweight plastic.

Needle 157-1, which is a mirror image of needle 157-2, reflected along its longitudinal axis, is shown in greater detail in Figures 20 (a) to 20 (d). As can be seen there, the needle 157-1 is a unitary structure shaped to be able to include a generally cylindrical grooved bore 173-1. The perforation 173-1 has a cross-sectional diameter slightly longer than the leg 15-1 of the fastener 11. The front end 175-1 of the needle 157-1 is pointed so as to allow its insertion by the garment and by The normal size button holes. The rear end 177-1 of the needle 157-1 is open and sized to allow the leg 15-1 to be loaded into the bore 173-1 with the adjacent end of the filament 13 extending through the bore slot 173 -1. The needle 157-1 is retained within the slot 167-1 of the block 155 by means of a downwardly angled protrusion 179-1, which fits into the corresponding slot 181-1 of the notch 167-1 (see Figs. 18 (b) and 18 (c)).

The left side of the needle 157-1 (viewing the needle 157-1 from its rear end 177-1, opposite its front end 179-1) is shaped so as to delimit a blade 183-1. As will be described later in greater detail, the blade 183-1 is used to cut the connector post 55-1 connecting a desired fastener 11 to the slide bar 43-1. (Likewise, one end of the corresponding blade formed on the right side of the needle 157-2 is used to cut the connector post 55-2 connecting the same fastener to the sliding bar 43-2.) Preferably, the needles 157-1 and 157-2 are cut and stamped from a metal sheet. The ejection mechanism 161, which is shown in greater detail in Figures 21 (a) and 21 (b), is slidably mounted within a longitudinally extending channel 189, formed in the body 153, and whose access is from the back end of it. As can be seen there, mechanism 161 includes a rectangular, generally elongated, ejector block 191 with a front portion 191-1 having a relatively smaller cross section and a rear portion 191-2 having a relatively longer cross section . At the front end of the front portion 191-1 a pair of ejection rods 193-1 and 193-2 are fixedly mounted. As will be described later in greater detail, the ejection rods 193-1 and 193-2 have the correct dimensions and are positioned in such a way that as the ejector block 191 moves along the channel 189, the front ends of the ejection rods 193-1 and 193-2 cause the legs 15-1 and 15-2 of the fastener 11, properly disposed within the slot 164, to be loaded on the needles 157-1 and 157-2, to subsequently be expelled from them. At the rear end of the rear part 191-2 a disk-shaped base 195 is fixedly mounted to facilitate handling of the mechanism 161. Preferably, the ejector rods 193-1 and 193-2 are made of metal , and the rest of the ejection mechanism 163 is preferably molded with lightweight durable plastic. The longitudinal movement of the mechanism 161 within the channel 189 is restricted by the base 195 and by a pair of posts 197-1 and 197-2 formed integrally and disposed on the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the rear part 191-2 , which are dezlized by the corresponding guide slots 199-1 and 199-2 (see Figure 16) formed in the body 153. Posts 197-1 and 197-2 are made so that they can be pressed inwardly, thus allowing the insertion of the block 191 into the channel 189. The spring 159, which makes contact with the front of the channel 189 by one of the ends, and by the front end of the rear part 191-2 at the opposite end, deflects ejection mechanism 161 towards the rear of channel 189. Figure 22 shows a fastener distribution tool of similar construction to tool 151, in which, in general, the tool is represented with the number of reference 201. There are few drences between the tool 201 and the tool 151, the main drences being the shape of the body 203, the lack of a base 195 in the tool 201, and the construction of the spring 205. The tool 201 functions of the same as tool 151. Figures 23 (a) to 23 (g) show a fastener distribution tool, similar in construction to tool 201, in which the tool with the number is usually represented reference 301. There are few drences between tool 201 and 301, these being essentially the same as tool 121 described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/185 , 679, filed January 24, 1994. Figures 24 (a) to 24 (d) show the manner in which a fastener 41 is loaded into any of the tools 151, 201 and 301. As shown in FIG. you can see, this is done by taking the handle 45, inserting the sliding bar 43-1 into the groove of the tool and then pulling the brooch 41 down the groove until the teeth 60 of the sliding bars 43-1 and 43 -2 corresponding to the desired fastener 11 are hooked by the bars inside the tool. When this is done, the legs 15-1 and 15-2 of the desired holder 11 are positioned behind the needles and aligned with their corresponding holes. To glue a button to a piece of fabric using a fastener loaded in the tool 151, the tips of the needles 157-1 and 157-2 are first inserted through a pair of button holes and then through the workpiece. cloth. Then the ejection mechanism 161 advances through the channel 189 towards the front of the body 153. The initial advance of the ejection mechanism 161 causes the expulsion rods 193-1 and 193-2 to push the legs 15-1 and 15-2 of the desired holder 11 towards the holes 173-1 and 173-2. As the advancement of the ejection mechanism 161 continues, the ejection rods 193-2 and 193-2 push the legs 15-1 and 15-2 up past the edges of the knife 183-1 and 183-2 of the needles. 157-1 and 157-2, causing detachment of connector posts 51-1 and 51-2. Finally, at the end of the advancement of the ejection mechanism 161, the ejection rods 193-1 and 193-2 cause the legs 15-1 and 15-2 to be ejected from the front ends of the needles 157-1 and 157- 2. Then, the ejection mechanism 161 is allowed to retract and the needles 157-1 and 157-2 are removed. Figure 25 shows a fastener 11 at the time of being inserted through a pair of holes Bi and B2 and the button on a piece of cloth F, using a tool 151. Referring now to Figures 26 and 27, they are shown the views in section and another taken from the top, respectively, of a button B that has been glued to a piece of cloth F using a fastener 11. As can best be seen in Figure 26, the advantages resulting from joining the fastener 11 the sliding bars 43-1 and 43-2 on the external sides of the legs 15-1 and 15-2 are important, since the burrs 57-1 and 57-2 are not in the lower parts of the legs 15 -1 and 15-2, where it is very possible that they irritate the skin of the person. In Figure 26 you can also see the consequences of making the upper surfaces of legs 15-1 and 15-2 flat, instead of curves, so that legs 15-1 and '15-2 are not as visible as to prevent the legs 15-1 and 15-2 from reciprocating in the directions indicated by the arrows C and D. As can best be seen in Figure 27, another advantage of the fastener 11 is that, having the filament 13 extended between the holes Bl and B2 of the button in a curved manner, give the impression that thread was used and not a plastic fastener, to attach the button to the fabric. Referring now to Figures 28 to 30, various views of a second embodiment of a fastener broach constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention are shown, in which the fastening clasp is generally represented by the reference number 331. fastener fastener 331 includes several identical fasteners 333 and, each fastener 333 includes a flexible filament 334 having a head 335 at one end and a leg 337 at the opposite end. The leg 337 is similar in size and shape to the legs 15-1 and 15-2 of the fastener 11. The fastening pin 331 also includes a sliding bar 341 that is detachably attached to the fasteners 333 by means of connecting posts 343, each connector post 343 being attached to the side of its corresponding leg 337. The embodiments of the present invention described herein are intended to be merely examples, and those of skill in the art will be able to make numerous variations and modifications without departing of the spirit of the present invention. It is intended that all such variations and modifications fall within the scope of the present invention, as defined in the claims appended thereto.

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1. WHAT IS REVIVED IS: 1. A fastener for sticking a button to a piece of fabric, the button having two or more holes, said fastener having a flexible filament, a first transverse bar at one end of said flexible filament, and a second transverse bar at the opposite end of said flexible filament, said flexible filament having a folded shape before being used to stick the button to the piece of fabric, said first and second transverse bars being parallel to each other and perpendicular to said filament flexible, said flexible filament and said .par of transverse bars of the appropriate size so that said pair of transverse bars can be inserted through the corresponding pair of holes of the button, and then through the piece of fabric, in such a way that it remains held by the underside of the piece of fabric, said flexible filament extending between the pair of holes. The fastener, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible filament and said pair of cross bars are integrally formed as a molded plastic structure. The fastener, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible filament is, generally, rectangular in cross section. The fastener, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible filament has a substantially uniform width along its entire length. 5. The fastener, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible filament has a non-uniform thickness. The fastener, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flexible filament is bent at the mid point between said transverse bars, and wherein said flexible filament is thinner near said transverse bars and thicker in said middle point. 7. A fastener for sticking a button to a piece of fabric, the button having two or more holes, said fastener including a flexible filament, a first transverse bar at one end of said flexible filament, and a second transverse bar at the opposite end of said flexible filament, said first and second transverse bars being parallel to each other and perpendicular to said flexible filament, each of the first and second transverse bars having a flat upper surface, said flexible filament and said pair of bars transverse the appropriate size so that said pair of transverse bars can be inserted through the corresponding pair of holes of the button and then through the piece of fabric, in such a way that it is held by the underside of the piece of fabric, said Flexible filament between the pair of holes. The fastener, as claimed in claim 7, wherein said flexible filament is U-shaped before being used to attach said button to said piece of fabric. 9. A fastener including a flexible filament and a first transverse bar disposed at one end of said flexible filament, said first transverse bar having a flat upper surface. The fastener, as claimed in claim 9, wherein said first transverse bar is perpendicular to said flexible filament. 11. A fastener for gluing a button to a piece of fabric, the button having two or more holes, said fastener including a flexible filament, a first transverse bar at one end of said flexible filament, and a second transverse bar at the opposite end of said flexible filament. flexible filament, said first and second transverse bars being parallel to each other and perpendicular to said flexible filament, each of the first and second transverse bars having a flat bottom surface, said lower surface extending further down and having its larger diameter transverse at its midpoint and ascending in an upward curve and decreasing its transverse diameter in the opposite sides of said midpointsaid flexible filament and said pair of transverse bars having the appropriate size so that said pair of transverse bars can be inserted through the corresponding pair of holes in the button and then through the piece of fabric, in such a way that it is held by the inner side of the piece of fabric, said flexible filament extending between the pair of holes. The fastener, as claimed in claim 11, wherein said flexible filament is U-shaped before being used to stick said button to said piece of fabric. 13. The fastener, as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of said first and second transverse bars has a flat upper surface. The fastener, as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of said first and second transverse bars have rounded ends. A fastener including a flexible filament and a first transverse bar at one end of said flexible filament, said first transverse bar having a lower surface, said lower surface extending further down and having its greater transverse diameter at its mid-point and ascending in an upward curve and decreasing its transversal diameter in the opposite sides of said midpoint. 16. The fastener, as claimed in claim 15, wherein said first transverse bar is perpendicular to said flexible filament. A fastener clip adapted to be fed into a tool for attaching the fastener, said fastener clip including: a) a first fastener including a flexible U-shaped filament, a first transverse bar at one end of said flexible filament and a second transverse bar at the opposite end of said flexible filament; b) a first sliding bar; c) a second sliding bar, said second sliding bar generally extending parallel to said first sliding bar and extending down more than said first sliding bar; and c) a detachable connector for attaching said first sliding bar to said first fastener; and d) a detachable connector for attaching said second sliding bar to said first fastener. The fastening clasp, as claimed in claim 17, further including a second fastener, said second fastener being identical to said first fastener, a detachable connector for attaching said first sliding bar to said second fastener, and a connector removable to join said second sliding bar to said second fastener. 19. The fastening clasp, as claimed in claim 17, wherein said fastening clasp is made by injection molding using molds having a shape that prevents the formation of groups of dots in said fastener. The fastening clasp, as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first and said second sliding bars form a handle, and wherein said group of points is formed in said handle.