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US 11,696,623 B2Granted
Systems and methods for improved zipper slider garage
AssigneeTru Zip LLC
InventorsDaniel J. Martinson, Kent H. Brightman
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Abstract
A slider garage includes an overmolded body, the overmolded body oriented on a zipper, the overmolded body including an overmolded male portion and an overmolded female portion, the overmolded male and female portions positioned on an end of the zipper, such that each is on one side of the zipper, the overmolded male portion being shaped such that it fits in the overmolded female portion in a watertight fashion and the overmolded body is molded over a portion of the zipper.
Claims11
A zipper comprising:
- a zipper slider garage, the zipper slider garage including an inner wall, the inner wall including a first and second incline portion, the first and second incline portion inclining to form a seal against a bottom portion of a zipper slider, wherein the zipper slider garage includes a u-shaped portion that receives the zipper slider, and the u-shaped portion includes a first incline portion and a second incline portion, the first incline portion and the second incline portion located at an open end of the u-shaped portion, the first incline portion and the second incline portion configured to come together when the zipper slider is engaged with the zipper slider garage, wherein an intersection where the first incline portion and the second incline portion meet is offset from a midpoint of the open end of the u-shaped portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.