DECORATIVE ELEMENT

Abstract

The invention relates to a decorative element for use on a piece of clothing, which decorative element has a decorative surface and can be placed onto a button-shaped body, such as in particular a seam-end button of a cap. According to the invention, a receptacle is formed on a side facing away from decorative surface. According to the invention, a design shape is formed on the decorative surface.

Claims

1. A decorative element for use on a piece of clothing, having a decorative surface, wherein the decorative element can be placed on a button-shaped body such as in particular a seam-end button of a cap, and to this end forms a receptacle on the side facing away from the decorative surface, wherein a design shaping is provided on the decorative surface.

2. The decorative element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the design shaping forms a cantilever element extending away from the receptacle.

3. The decorative element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cantilever element forms two outer surfaces facing away from each other, which can be grasped together from opposite sides of the cantilever element.

4. The decorative element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cantilever element extends away from a convex surface of the remaining decorative element by a cantilever length of at least 5 mm.

5. The decorative element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle is formed by a cup-shaped and dimensionally substantially stable base body of the decorative element.

6. The decorative element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base body is formed from an elastic material.

7. The decorative element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base body is formed from metal.

8. The decorative element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle has a receptacle wall, within which a reception opening is formed, on which fastening means are provided.

9. The decorative element as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fastening means have a tapering section that is formed by the receptacle wall towards the reception opening.

10. The decorative element as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fastening means have an engagement collar that protrudes radially inwards around the circumference of the reception opening away from the receptacle wall.

11. The decorative element as claimed in claim 10, wherein the engagement collar is integrally formed with the receptacle wall.

12. The decorative element as claimed in claim 10, wherein the engagement collar is formed by an elastic spring element.

13. The decorative element as claimed in claim 12, wherein the elastic spring element is held in a reception groove that is recessed next to the reception opening on an inner side of the receptacle wall.

14. The decorative element/button assembly comprising a button and a decorative element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the button has an outer diameter that is slightly greater than a free inner diameter on the reception opening of the decorative element.

15. The decorative element/button assembly as claimed in claim 14, wherein the button is formed by a seam-end button of a cap.

16. A decorative element/button assembly comprising a decorative element for use on a piece of clothing, which has a decorative surface (8), on which a design shaping is provided, wherein the decorative element can be placed on a button-shaped body in the form of a seam-end button of a cap and to this end forms a receptacle on the side facing away from the decorative surface, wherein the receptacle is formed by a cup-shaped base body of the decorative element that is produced from an elastic material and has a receptacle wall, within which a reception opening is formed, on which the fastening means are provided, wherein the fastening means have an engagement collar that is integrally formed with the reception wall and protrudes radially inwards around the circumference and thus delimits the reception opening, wherein the button has an outer diameter that is slightly larger than a free inner diameter of the reception opening of the decorative element in order to form a form lock therewith.

17. The decorative element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cantilever element extends away from a convex surface of the remaining decorative element by a cantilever length of at least 5 mm.

18. The decorative element as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cantilever element extends away from a convex surface of the remaining decorative element by a cantilever length of at least 5 mm.

19. The decorative element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the receptacle is formed by a cup-shaped and dimensionally substantially stable base body of the decorative element.

20. The decorative element as claimed in claim 3, wherein the receptacle is formed by a cup-shaped and dimensionally substantially stable base body of the decorative element.

Description

[0021] The figures show an exemplary embodiment of the invention, wherein:

[0022] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a cap with a decorative element according to the invention,

[0023] FIG. 2 shows a section through the decorative element according to FIG. 1,

[0024] FIG. 3 shows a section through an alternative embodiment of the decorative element with an elastic spring element,

[0025] FIG. 4 shows a top view of the spring element according to FIG. 4,

[0026] FIG. 5 shows a top view of an alternative embodiment of the spring element,

[0027] FIG. 6 shows a lateral view of the decorative element with a design shaping in the form of a cantilever element,

[0028] FIG. 7A shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of the cantilever element,

[0029] FIG. 7B shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of the cantilever element, and

[0030] FIG. 7C shows a perspective view of a third embodiment of the cantilever element.

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a piece of clothing 2 in the form of a cap, on which an elastically deformable button-shaped body 4 in the form of a seam-end button is provided. The seam-end button may here be used as a mere creative element of the cap or as a functional element, such as for example for covering a rivet connection or the ends of seams, by which the for example textile interfaces of the cap are held together.

[0032] On the button-shaped body 4, a decorative element 6 may here be fixed that forms a decorative surface 8 used for forming any desired design. The design may here comprise for example a special colouring, a certain surface finish, special indicia or inscriptions or certain shapes. For example, a design shaping in the form of a cantilever element 7 may be formed on the decorative surface 8, which cantilever element protrudes away from the remaining decorative element 6. The cantilever element 7, which is shown here as being cylindrical merely by way of example, may here have any desired design or any desired shape. In order to facilitate grasping and handling of the decorative element 6, such as in particular when attaching it to or releasing it from the button-shaped body 4 of the cap 2, the cantilever element 7 forms two outer surfaces 9A, 9B facing away from each other, which can be grasped together from opposite sides by the respective user.

[0033] As can be seen in particular from FIG. 2, the decorative element 6 has, for fastening it to the bottom-shaped body 4, a cup-shaped base body 10 that forms a receptacle 12 on the side that faces away from the decorative surface 8. The button-shaped body 4 may here be introduced into the receptacle 12 via a reception opening 14. This reception opening 14 is here formed within a circumferentially extending receptacle wall 16 that forms a tapering section 18 towards the reception opening 14. In this way, the tapering section 18 forms fastening means, by means of which the button-shaped body 4, which is received in the receptacle 12 and is shown by a dotted line, can be engaged. In the course of this, an inner edge 20 of the receptacle wall 16, which in the embodiment according to FIG. 2 delimits the reception opening 14, acts as an engagement collar, through which the decorative element 6 can be fastened to the piece of clothing 2 in a form-locking manner.

[0034] As can further be seen from FIG. 2, the button-shaped body 4 has here, in the unloaded condition, an outer diameter Da that is slightly larger than a free inner diameter Di of the receiving opening 14. As a result, the button-shaped body 4 may be introduced into the receptacle 12 through the receiving opening 14 only in a compressed condition. As soon as the button-shaped body 4 is located within the receptacle 14, its shape returns, as a result of the elastic recovery forces, to its original shape with the outer diameter Da and forms, together with the tapering section 18, a form lock, by means of which the decorative element 6 can be securely fastened to the piece of clothing 2.

[0035] Alternatively or additionally to the elastic deformability of the button-shaped body 4 it is also possible to produce the decorative element 6, or the base body 10 itself, from an elastic material such as plastic and in particular silicone. As a result, during the introduction of the button-shaped body 4 into the receptacle 12, the reception opening 14 may be elastically widened alternatively or additionally to the deformation of the button-shaped body 4. In this way, the decorative element 6 can be securely connected with button-shaped bodies 4, which may differ relatively largely in terms of shape and size.

[0036] As an alternative to the embodiment mentioned above, the decorative element 6 or the base body 10 may also be formed from a substantially rigid material such as for example metal or wood. In order to be able to still achieve a certain elasticity on the reception opening 14, the latter may, at least partially, be delimited by an elastic spring element 22 that protrudes radially inwards from the receptacle wall 16, as shown in FIG. 3. For fastening this spring element 22 to the base body 10, the latter may for example be partially received in a reception groove 24, which is inserted in particular in a circumferential manner into an inside 26 of the receptacle wall 16.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 4, the spring element 22 may to this end be formed for example by a leaf spring 28 that extends at least partially in a circumferential manner. As an alternative, the spring element 22 may also be formed from a spring wire 30 that can be fastened in the reception groove 24, as shown in FIG. 5.

[0038] In any case it is possible here to connect the decorative element 6 with the piece of clothing 2 by means of elastic deformation and recovery by placing the decorative element on the button-shaped body 4. The fastening means may here be designed on the reception opening 14 in such a way that the decorative element 6 may be removed again at any time in order to replace it for example with a decorative element 6 of a different design. Alternatively, the fastening means may also be designed such that the decorative element 6 is permanently fastened to the piece of clothing 2.

[0039] As can be seen in particular from FIG. 6, the cantilever element 7, which by way of example is cylindrical, extends away from a convex surface of the base body 10. Here, the cantilever element 7 may be formed integrally with the base body 10. Moreover, a cantilever length l, by which the cantilever element 7 extends away from the convex surface of the base body 10, is at least 5 mm and preferably 10 mm, in order to allow the user to simply grasp the decorative element 6 by the cantilever element 7.

[0040] FIGS. 7A to 7C show three exemplary designs of the cantilever element 7, each of which extends away from the receptacle 12 thus forming two outer surfaces 9A, 9B facing away from each other. These may be used to grasp the decorative element 6 in order to attach it to the button-shaped body 4 of the cap 2, remove it therefrom or replace it.