Zipper repairer and extender
OwnerTammy Rice Hamptoninventor
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Abstract
A zipper device for repairing and extending the life of a standard zipper used on boat tops, covers and enclosures, or the tops, covers and enclosures on other equipment that use a zipper for fastening and snapping together their openings. The use of the zipper device of the present invention also widens a standard zipper to provide slack to tops, covers and enclosures on boats and other equipment.
Claims11
A zipper device comprising:
- a single length of zipper tape;
- a first set of teeth elements attached to a first longitudinal edge of the said single length of zipper tape and configured to interlock with a first set of teeth elements of a standard zipper;
- a second set of teeth elements attached to a second longitudinal edge of said single length of zipper tape and configured to interlock with a second set of teeth elements of a standard zipper;
- a zipper slider attached to one end of the said first longitudinal edge of the said single length of zipper tape;
- a retainer box configured to house the said zipper slider;
- a retainer box pin;
- an insert pin;
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- a set of zipper stops.
The zipper device of clam 1 wherein the zipper device when inserted between the damaged and separated teeth elements of a standard zipper or whose teeth have popped open due to pressure exerted by shrinkage of the zipper tapes or shrinkage of the materials on the panels attached to the zipper tapes results in repairing the damaged standard zipper without having to replace the standard zipper.
A method of repairing and extending the life of a zipper, the method comprising:
- inserting a zipper device having two longitudinal rows of teeth elements facing away from each other and welded to a single length of zipper tape between the separated teeth elements on a standard zipper and interlocking the teeth elements of both the zipper device and the standard zipper through a set of zipper sliders one on each of the zipper device and the standard zipper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.