Zipper cover arrangement for luggage and bags
AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorPeter C. Wu
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AssigneeTumi, Inc.
InventorPeter C. Wu
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An article includes a zipper cover (14, 114) configured to conceal a zipper tape (18, 118) that is secured at a mouth of a zippered opening in a surface of the article and to longitudinally extend substantially parallel to the zipper tape. The zipper cover (14, 114) is attached to the surface of the article (10, 110) and is rotatable between a first orientation in which the zipper cover (14, 114) conceals the zipper tape (18, 118) and a second orientation in which the zipper cover exposes the zipper tape (18, 118) and allows a user to access the zippered opening. The zipper cover (14, 114) is magnetically securable to a surface (32, 132) of the zippered opening in the first orientation, and the zipper cover (14, 114) is magnetically securable against the surface (20, 120) of the article in the second orientation.
An article having a zipper tape secured at a mouth of a zippered opening in a surface of the article, the article comprising a zipper cover constructed and arranged so as to conceal the zipper tape and to longitudinally extend substantially parallel to a length of the zipper tape, the zipper cover being attached to the surface of the article and being constructed and arranged so as to be rotatable between a first orientation and a second orientation, the zipper cover extending over the zipper tape to conceal the zipper tape when in the first orientation, and the zipper cover exposing the zipper tape and allowing a user to access the zippered opening when in the second orientation, the article and zipper cover being constructed and arranged so that the zipper cover is magnetically securable to a surface of the zippered opening in the first orientation, and so that the zipper cover is magnetically securable against the surface of the article in the second orientation.
A method of selectively covering a zipper tape secured at a mouth of a zippered opening in a surface of an article of luggage, the method comprising:
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