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US 6,681,456 B1Granted
Zipper stringer having coupling elements with variable properties
AssigneeDelphi Oracle Corp.
InventorLouis Dischler
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Abstract
A zipper is provided wherein at least one stringer has a row of coupling elements presenting a variable visual appearance along the coupled length of the zipper. The zipper has improved aural, tactile or visual aesthetics, and is more difficult to counterfeit.
Claims24
A zipper, comprising:
- a first stringer comprising a first plurality of coupling elements independently projecting from a first tape;
- a second stringer comprising a second plurality of coupling elements independently projecting from a second tape;
- and a slider;
- wherein said first plurality of coupling elements are reversibly interleavable and fully self-interlockable with said second plurality of coupling elements by said slider to form a fully coupled zipper section;
- wherein said first plurality of coupling elements comprise at least ten visually distinguishable pairs of adjacent coupling elements;
- and
- wherein said distinguishable pairs of adjacent coupling elements carry coded information.
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A zipper, comprising:
- a first stringer comprising a first plurality of coupling elements independently projecting from a first tape;
- a second stringer comprising a second plurality of coupling elements independently projecting from a second tape;
- and a slider;
- wherein said first plurality of coupling elements are reversibly interleavable and fully self-interlockable with said second plurality of coupling elements by said slider to form a fully coupled zipper section;
- wherein said first plurality of coupling elements comprise at least ten visually distinguishable pairs of adjacent coupling elements;
- wherein said visually distinguishable pairs of adjacent coupling elements comprise at least two visually distinct surfaces;
- and
- wherein said at least two visually distinct surfaces are molded into said visually distinguishable pairs of adjacent coupling elements;
- has
- wherein said at least two visually distinct surfaces comprise at least one from the group of varying prismatic surfaces, varying grooves, varying holographic patters, and varying projected coupling element areas;
- whereby the visual appearance of said fully coupled zipper section is variable.
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A zipper as recited in claim further comprising a garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.