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Buttonright
Method of ensuring that one buttons up one's clothes correctly | |
One of life's minor frustrations is the
discovery that you have buttoned up your
coat/shirt incorrectly.
The evidence usually waits until you have
reached the last button, only to discover
that it has nowhere to go. The entire
garment then has to be unbuttoned, and
buttoned up again.
Buttonright ensures that this can never
happen.
The Buttonright system consists of two
parts. The buttons have been restyled to
have a contoured profile similar to the
tokens used at some car wash machines.
No longer just a stitched slot, the button
holes are also now an individual,
manufactured
component, designed
to
receive the correct button like a key.
As each button hole and button are sold
as unique, numbered pairs, they act like
simple locks
and keys.
With Buttonright fitted, you simply
cannot
button your coat up "the wrong way" ever
again.
Irregular fastener spacing
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Very similar idea [hippo, Aug 06 2007]
Buttinfront
Buttinfront_20Fashions
I could adapt this technology [normzone, Aug 07 2007]
[link]
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Not great if you need to replace a button though... |
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Most buttons come off in your hand due to
the thread becoming loose in time, in
which case you simply sew it back on. |
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If a button becomes lost somehow, you
just check the number on the button hole
and get the correct replacement. This is
probabaly easier than trying to get a
match for an obscure "designer" button. |
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It occurs to me that misalignment is normally only by one position, so it would suffice to alternate between two button designs. The simplest format would be every second button and matching hole to be larger than the holes between - you'd make a maximum of one wrong-buttoning before discovering your mistake. |
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I do believe the three Vinces are correct. |
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I think the alternating pattern is dead on. Is there a way to alternate magnets that will only link up with each other? (hurts brain trying to muddle through this notion) |
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(tosh. i see i've echoed [po] exactly from the link! great minds and all that...) |
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Irregular fastening pattern can still go
wrong - with Buttonright no button can
ever go into the wrong button hole. It
also stops you from accidentally
buttoning your self unto someone else's
coat, should the circumstances be
created where this is most likely to
occur - for example, if you were
crushed together on a train, and the
airconditioner unexpectedly went
haywire, releasing a sustained icy
blast.... dozens of folk could be
expected to end up buttoned unto
growling, snarling stangers, but not
you,
as your Buttonright holes would smugly
spurn the unwelcomed advances from
alien buttons. |
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//but not you, as your Buttonright holes would smugly spurn the unwelcomed advances from alien buttons.// |
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[xenzag], would this be like an IQ puzzle? becasue those are no fun first thing in the morning. may we have an illustration of some sort please. |
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I winter I often wear a gilet and a fleece to work - both manufactured by the same guys using the same sort of zip. I often get home to find I have zipped my gilet to my fleece and have to unwrap myself, spirally. |
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//spirally// Very nice to see that word
getting out more. |
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(We have secretly interchanged two xenzag's Buttonright coat buttons while he has been dining with his friend xenzig. Watch now as he attempts to impress xenzig with his new invention.) |
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//Most buttons come off in your hand due to the thread becoming loose in time// |
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I guess I'll take your word for it, but most of mine come back broken from the cleaner's. |
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You could just give the top button another button on the inside, and sew a little rough pattern on the corresponding button hole. |
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//Most buttons come off in your hand
due to the thread becoming loose in
time// |
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//You could just give the top button
another button on the inside// |
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That has just given me an idea to avoid
the misery of detached buttons.
Recursive buttons! Each button on the
garment is replaced by _two_ buttons
back-to-back, and there are
buttonholes on the button-bearing side
of the garment. Thus, each button is
actually buttoned in place. |
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Horrible thought just dawned - I have
reinvented cufflinks by a tortuous route. |
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Second thought also dawned: button is
one of those words that looks funny
when you type it enough times. |
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So does Buttinfront [link] |
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Do this with magnets - the button face alternating positive and negative, and the inner button hole alternating oppositely. When they resist coming together, you are on the wrong hole. |
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sigh, [global], you're following hard after [po] and myself. but good description. two points. |
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