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US 10,420,400 B1Granted
System for zippers
OwnerAbdullah C. Erdalinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus having a left-hand side slider including a left-hand side splitter and configured to slide along a left-hand side zipper chain; a right-hand side slider including a right-hand side splitter and configured to slide along a right-hand side zipper chain; the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider, when placed in contact with each other, allow the left-hand side splitter and right-hand side splitter to act as a single splitter.
Claims20
An apparatus for joining two pieces of material, comprising:
- a left-hand side slider configured to slide along a left-hand side zipper teeth, the left-hand side slider including a left-hand side top piece, a left-hand side bottom piece, and a left-hand side splitter between and in contact with both the left-hand side top piece and the left-hand side bottom piece such that the left-hand side top piece is fixedly coupled to the left-hand side bottom piece by the left-hand side splitter;
- a right-hand side slider configured to slide along a right-hand side zipper teeth, the right-hand side slider including a right-hand side top piece, a right-hand side bottom piece, and a right-hand side splitter between and in contact with both the right-hand side top piece and the right-hand side bottom piece such that the right-hand side top piece is fixedly coupled to the right-hand side bottom piece by the right-hand side splitter;
- the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider further configured to be substantially in contact with each other such that they are capable of sliding substantially in unison along the left-hand side zipper teeth and right-hand side zipper teeth such that, when slid in one direction in unison, the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider will mechanically connect the left-hand side zipper teeth to the right-hand side zipper teeth, and when moved in another direction in unison, will mechanically disconnect the left-hand side zipper teeth from the right-hand side zipper teeth.
An apparatus for zipping two pieces of material together, comprising:
- left-hand side zipper teeth;
- right-hand side zipper teeth;
- a left-hand side slider including a left-hand side upper piece, a left-hand side lower piece, and a left-hand side splitter, the left-hand side upper piece and left-hand side lower piece connected by a left-hand side splitter, the left-hand side slider slidably connected to the left-hand side zipper teeth;
- a right-hand side slider including a right-hand side upper piece, a right-hand side lower piece, and a right-hand side splitter, the right-hand side upper piece and right-hand side lower piece connected by a right-hand side splitter, the right-hand side slider slidably connected to the right-hand side zipper teeth;
- the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider further configured to be substantially in contact with each other such that they are capable of sliding substantially in unison along the left-hand side zipper teeth and right-hand side zipper teeth such that, when slid in one direction in unison, the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider will mechanically connect the left-hand side zipper teeth to the right-hand side zipper teeth, and when moved in another direction in unison, will mechanically disconnect the left-hand side zipper teeth from the right-hand side zipper teeth;
- a left-hand side slider holder coupled to the left-hand side slider upper piece;
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- a right-hand side slider holder coupled to the right-hand side slider upper piece,
- wherein the left-hand side slider holder and right-hand side slider holder are configured to attach to each other such that a contact surface of the left-hand side slider and a contact surface of the right-hand side slider are substantially in contact with each other.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a left-hand side slider including a left-hand side splitter and configured to slide along left-hand side zipper teeth;
- a right-hand side slider including a right-hand side splitter and configured to slide along right-hand side zipper teeth;
- the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider configured to be in contact with each other such that the left-hand side splitter and right-hand side splitter are capable of acting as a single splitter such that, when slid in one direction in unison, the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider will mechanically connect the left-hand side zipper teeth to the right-hand side zipper teeth, and when moved in another direction in unison, will mechanically disconnect the left-hand side zipper teeth from the right-hand side zipper teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.