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A channel cover is used to protect nonfunctional buttons until such time as the nonfunctional buttons are made functional in consequence of a system upgrade. The channel cover includes a bight, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a lip for mating engagement with female structure on at le

A channel cover is used to protect nonfunctional buttons until such time as the nonfunctional buttons are made functional in consequence of a system upgrade. The channel cover includes a bight, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a lip for mating engagement with female structure on at least one of the buttons.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A channel cover assembly, comprising:a button comprising a head plate and a neck, the head plate presenting a greater surface area than does the neck to provide a first female receptacle on one side of the neck beneath the top plate and a second female receptacle on another side of the neck oppos

1. A channel cover assembly, comprising:a button comprising a head plate and a neck, the head plate presenting a greater surface area than does the neck to provide a first female receptacle on one side of the neck beneath the top plate and a second female receptacle on another side of the neck opposite the first female receptacle beneath the head plate; a channel cover for use in covering the button, comprising a central bight connected to a first leg and a second leg to define a channel-shaped recess therebetween, the first leg comprising a first wall of transverse orientation with respect to the central bight and a lip protruding from the first wall into the channel-shaped recess, the second leg comprising a second wall of transverse orientation with respect to the bight and a nib protruding from the second wall into the channel-shaped recess opposite the lip, the channel cover having sufficient flexion to permit expansion of the channel-shaped recess to accommodate the button when the lip passes over the button as the button is inserted into the channel-shaped recess to achieve mating engagement of the lip into the first female receptacle and of the nib into the second female receptacle.