ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,916, issued on May 19.
"Button attachment configuration with detachable piercing device" was invented by Jezekiel Ben-Arie (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button assembly configured for fast button attachment to a cloth. The assembly includes button attached to a spacer attached to a pole attached to a terminal element and a separate cone. This configuration is retained by a ring with multiplicity of resilient gates. The terminal element has holding cavity at its bottom end. The cone has a pointed end pointing downwards and a wide upper side with an attached holding pole which facilitates temporary attachment to the...