Zipper Slider with Non-destructively Removable Attachment
AssigneeTalon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThomas Bennett Nields, Steven Smith
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a mounting assembly configured and engaged with a device, wherein the mounting assembly comprises a lock system for fixedly attaching the mounting assembly to the device, wherein the lock system permits non-destructive disconnection of the mounting assembly from the device via the use of a key designed for use with the mounting assembly and lock, wherein the lock system is designed to break if the mounting assembly and the device are separated without the use of the key. The device is a zipper slider, a button, or a snap fastener, and the apparatus may attach a character to the device.
Claims30
An apparatus comprising:
- a mounting assembly configured and engaged with a device, wherein the mounting assembly comprises a lock system for attaching the mounting assembly to the device, wherein the lock system permits non-destructive disconnection of the mounting assembly from the device via use of a key designed for use with the mounting assembly and lock system,
- wherein the lock system comprises at least one locking member configured to releasably retain the device in engagement with the mounting assembly, and
- wherein separation of the mounting assembly from the device without use of the key causes at least one of said at least one locking member to become unable to releasably retain the device in engagement with the mounting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.