Zip puller holder arrangement for luggage and bags
AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorPeter C. Wu
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Abstract
A luggage article includes a body that includes a zippered opening (15) that has at least one zipper arrangement having a zipper tape (14). The zipper arrangement includes one or more zipper sliders (16, 20) and one or more zipper pull-tabs (18, 22). Each of the one or more zipper sliders (16, 20) is joined to a respective one of the one or more zipper pull-tabs (18, 22). The luggage article includes a means (26) for holding the one or more pull-tabs in a substantially perpendicular arrangement to the zipper tape (14) of the zipper arrangement.
Claims25
A zip puller retention arrangement comprising:
- a zipper arrangement having a zipper tape;
- at least one zipper slider including a first zipper slider coupled to the zipper tape;
- at least one zipper pull-tab including a first zipper pull-tab coupled to the first zipper slider;
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- a means for holding the first zipper pull-tab in a fixed position when not in use so that the first zipper pull-tab is held in a substantially perpendicular arrangement to the zipper tape of the zipper arrangement, the means for holding includes a platform having a first positioning magnet coupled to an inner surface of the platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.