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US 2015/0289606 A1Published application
Zipper Guide for Facilitating Closure of Open-Ended Zipper
AssigneeNortheastern University
InventorsHannah Coakley, Andrew Gouldstone
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Abstract
A zipper guide is provided to facilitate closure of an open-ended zipper. The zipper guide includes a base to which a zipper tape pin end is attached and a slider to which a zipper tape box end is attached. A key on a lower surface of the slider slides in a trench in an upper surface of the base at an orientation that guides the attached zipper tape box end toward the attached zipper tape pin end by planar sliding movements of the slider lower surface with respect to the base upper surface.
Claims18
A zipper guide comprising:
- a base comprising an upper surface, a trench formed in the upper surface, and a zipper tape attachment ledge raised above the upper surface configured for attachment to a zipper tape pin end;
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- a slider comprising an upper surface including a zipper tape attachment region configured for attachment to a zipper tape box end, a lower surface configured for sliding movement across the upper surface of the base, and a key protruding from the lower surface of the slider, the key configured to fit within the trench of the base at an orientation to guide the attached zipper tape box end toward the attached zipper tape pin end by planar sliding movements of the slider lower surface with respect to the base upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.