Zipper attachment device

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a device that suspends decorative designs, logos or jewelry from zipper apertures. The device consists of a band that has ridges along its surface and a slide that is adjustable along the band. The slide has attachment means for selectively engaging the ridges of the band, thus locking the slide into place. The band is placed through a zipper aperture, until a stop at the end of the band comes to rest against the aperture. The resulting portion of the band being suspended from the zipper aperture may be passed through the slide, and the slide may then be arbitrarily locked into position by the attachment means. The slide contains a decorative design that can be either two or three dimensional. The suspended slide can be easily unlocked from the band and readjusted or removed without harming the band or the slide. Once removed, the decorative design-containing slide can be replaced with any other slide with other designs. When a decorative design slide is attached to the band, the band is secured to the zipper aperture by the band stop on one side of the aperture and the decorative design slide on the other. The suspended design slide may optionally be used to functionally assist the operation of the zipper by pulling on the suspended design rather than on the zipper itself.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.