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US 2018/0324509 A1Published application
Zipper system incorporating a sound producing system
AssigneeZyphony, LLC
InventorsAlfred S. Muller, III, Christopher B. McClelland, Kevin Joseph Corley
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Abstract
A zipper system includes a zipper mechanism having interlocking teeth, the teeth, when interlocked, closing a signal circuit to an audio playback circuit, the audio playback circuit. The audio playback circuit includes a microprocessor. The microprocessor includes an audio track storage and control instructions that, when executed by the microprocessor, cause playback of an audio track from the audio track storage. The audio playback circuit further includes a speaker device coupled to the microprocessor that broadcasts the audio track.
Claims30
A zipper system, comprising:
- a zipper mechanism comprising:
- a first flexible flap, comprising:
- first interlocking teeth;
- and
- a first conductive thread coupled to two or more of the first interlocking teeth;
- a second flexible flap, comprising;
- second interlocking teeth:
- and
- a plurality of second conductive threads each solely electrically coupled to a respective one of the second interlocking teeth,
- a zipper pull that operates in a first direction to cause the first and second interlocking teeth to mesh and operates in a second direction to cause interlocked first and second interlocking teeth to separate:
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- an audio playback circuit, comprising:
- a switching circuit coupled to each of the plurality of second conductive threads and the first conductive thread, the switching circuit comprising a plurality of switches, each of the plurality of switches solely coupled to one of the plurality of second conductive threads and coupled to the first conductive thread, each of the plurality of switches closed by a mesh of its coupled respective second interlocking teeth and a corresponding first interlocking tooth;
- a microprocessor coupled to the switching circuit and receiving analog signals from the switching circuit,
- an audio track storage;
- control instructions executed by the microprocessor to cause playback of an audio track from the audio track storage, and
- a speaker device coupled to the microprocessor that broadcasts the audio track.
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A zipper system, comprising:
- a zipper body, comprising:
- a first tape, comprising:
- first interlocking teeth;
- and
- a first flexible wire in electrical contact with two or more of the first teeth, the first flexible wire having disposed at a top end, a first electrical connection,
- a second tape, comprising:
- second interlocking teeth;
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- a plurality of second flexible wires, each of the plurality of second flexible wires in sole electrical contact with only one of the second interlocking teeth, and
- a zipper pull in contact with the first and second interlocking teeth, wherein a first operation of the zipper pull meshes the first and second interlocking teeth and a second operation of the zipper pull separates the first and second interlocking teeth;
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- an audio circuit comprising:
- a switch circuit comprising a plurality of individual switches, each switch electrically coupled to an individual one of the plurality of second flexible wires,
- a microprocessor, and
- a speaker device in electrical connection with the microprocessor, wherein an operation of the zipper pull closes a circuit between the first electrical connection and the second flexible wires and provides signals to the microprocessor, and the microprocessor causes playback of an audio track through the speaker device.
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A zipper system that produces a non-native audio signal, comprising:
- a zipper mechanism, comprising:
- first teeth,
- second teeth capable of interlocking with the first teeth, and
- a zipper pull coupled to the first and second teeth, wherein a first operation of the zipper pull interlocks the first and second teeth and a second operation of the zipper pull separates the first and second teeth,
- a ground wire coupling each of the first teeth to a switch circuit comprising a plurality of electrical switches, and
- a plurality of position wires, each position wire coupled to individual ones of the second teeth and to corresponding individual switches in the switch circuit, wherein mesh of a first tooth with a second tooth coupled to a position wire causes a switch in the switch circuit to close;
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- an audio playback system in circuit communication with the switch circuit and the first operation activates playback of the non-native audio signal.
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A zipper system, comprising:
- an audio playback system comprising an electrical circuit, the electrical circuit comprising a plurality switches;
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- a zipper mechanism coupled to the electrical circuit, comprising:
- left interlocking teeth and right interlocking teeth,
- zipper pull that operates in a close direction to mesh the left and right interlocking teeth and operates in an open direction to separate the left and right interlocking teeth,
- a ground wire coupling each of the left interlocking teeth to the all of the plurality of individual switches in the electrical circuit, and
- a plurality of position wires, each position wire solely electrically coupled to individual ones of the right interlocking teeth and to corresponding individual switches in the electrical circuit, and operation of the zipper pull causes the individual switches in the electrical circuit to close to signal the audio playback system to play an audio track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.