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US 2003/0192151 A1Published application
Integral zipper slide and guard
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorAndrew T. Metzger
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Abstract
An integral zipper slide and guard. The integral slide and guard is formed as a single unit, thus alleviating previous problems of attachment of zipper guards to zipper slides. Moreover, the unitary structure of the zipper slide and guard permits a one-step molding operation, thus providing inexpensive manufacture.
Claims21
A zipper slide, comprising:
- a forward end configured to receive two disconnected rows of zipper teeth and defining front side walls and front upper and front lower surfaces;
- a rearward end configured to receive a connected end of the two rows and defining rear side walls and rear upper and rear lower surfaces;
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- a front guard attached to the forward end and comprising:
- a first wedge defined by the front side walls forwardly converging;
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- a second wedge defined by the front upper and front lower surfaces forwardly converging.
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A zipper slide, comprising:
- a forward end configured to receive two disconnected rows of zipper teeth;
- a rearward end configured to receive a connected end of the two rows;
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- a bullet-shaped front guard formed attached to the forward end and comprising:
- first and second opening for receiving the two disconnected rows of zipper teeth;
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- a forward tip extending beyond the two openings.
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A zipper slide comprising an integrally formed zipper guard, the zipper guard comprising a compound wedge shape configured and arranged to remove fabric or other obstacles from an opening in the zipper slide when the zipper slide is moved along a zipper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.