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US 11,678,729 B2Granted
Curved zippers
AssigneeTalon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHerman Sydney Roup, Steven Smith
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Abstract
A zipper with at least one curve includes a first tape and a second tape, and interlocking elements attached to the first tape and the second tape, wherein the first tape and the second tape are curved, and wherein a curve of at least one of the tapes was caused by compaction of that tape.
Claims26
A zipper comprising:
- a first tape and a second tape;
- and
- first multiple interlocking elements connected to the first tape and second multiple interlocking elements connected to the second tape, wherein interlocking elements from the first tape are joinable with interlocking elements of the second tape, and
- wherein the first tape is formed from a first fabric compacted to a first degree of compaction, and
- wherein the second tape is formed from a second fabric compacted to a second degree of compaction distinct from the first degree of compaction,
- wherein at least a portion of the first tape and a corresponding at least a portion of the second tape are curved.
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A zipper comprising:
- a first tape and a second tape;
- and
- multiple first interlocking elements connected to the first tape and multiple second interlocking elements connected to the second tape, wherein first interlocking elements from the first tape are joinable with second interlocking elements of the second tape, and
- wherein the first tape is formed from a first fabric compacted to a first degree of compaction, and
- wherein the second tape is formed from a second fabric compacted to a second degree of compaction distinct from the first degree of compaction,
- wherein at least a portion of the first tape and a corresponding at least a portion of the second tape are curved,
- wherein the zipper has one or more curves, and
- wherein the one or more curves are caused, at least in part, by compaction of the first tape and/or compaction of the second tape.
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A zipper comprising:
- a first tape and a second tape;
- and
- multiple first interlocking elements connected to the first tape and multiple second interlocking elements connected to the second tape, wherein first interlocking elements from the first tape are joinable with second interlocking elements of the second tape, and
- wherein the first tape is formed from a first fabric compacted to a first degree of compaction, and
- wherein the second tape is formed from a second fabric compacted to a second degree of compaction distinct from the first degree of compaction,
- wherein at least a portion of the first tape and a corresponding at least a portion of the second tape are curved, and
- wherein at least a portion of the first tape has a different degree of curvature than a corresponding at least a portion of the second tape, and
- wherein the zipper has one or more curves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.