Zipper guard
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorAndrew Metzger
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Abstract
A zipper guard is formed as a one-piece homogeneous plastic molding. Resilient hooks or latches are formed on the zipper guard to provide a simple snap-fit interconnection between lugs on a zipper slide and two pairs of engagement legs on the zipper guard. The zipper guard may be retrofitted to existing zipper slides or fitted to new zipper slides.
Claims16
A guard for a zipper slide, said zipper slide having a lug having an opening and extending outwardly from said zipper slide, said guard comprising:
- a guard body mountable to said zipper slide;
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- a snap-fit connector defined by said guard body and comprising a resilient latch including a cantilevered hook configured to extend into said opening and to snap onto said lug.
A zipper slide assembly, comprising:
- a zipper slide comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of slotted sidewalls extending between said top and bottom surfaces;
- a guard body mounted to said zipper slide, said guard body having a pocket formed therein and receiving said zipper slide;
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- a resilient snap-fit connector provided on said guard body, said connector comprising a latch disposed over at least said top surface of said zipper slide, the latch being movable in a direction parallel to the top surface to selectively engage and disengage the zipper slide, said latch comprising a cantilevered hook movable in a direction parallel with said top surface.
A guard for a zipper slide, said zipper slide having a lug extending outwardly from said zipper slide, said guard comprising:
- a guard body mountable to said zipper slide and comprising a pair of legs;
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- a snap-fit connector fixed to said pair of legs and defined by said guard body for connecting said guard to said zipper slide, said snap-fit connector being configured and arranged to snap onto said lug.
A zipper slide assembly, comprising:
- a zipper slide comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of slotted sidewalls extending between said top and bottom surfaces, and a lug extending outwardly from said zipper slide, said lug comprising an opening;
- a guard body mounted to said zipper slide, said guard body having a pocket formed therein and receiving said zipper slide;
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- a resilient snap-fit connector provided on said guard body, said connector comprising a latch disposed over at least said top surface of said zipper slide and engaged with said lug, said latch comprising a hook extending into said opening.
A zipper slide assembly, comprising:
- a zipper slide comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of slotted sidewalls extending between said top and bottom surfaces, and a pair of lugs respectively extending from said top and bottom surfaces;
- a guard body mounted to said zipper slide, said guard body having a pocket formed therein and receiving said zipper slide;
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- a resilient snap-fit connector provided on said guard body, said connector comprising a latch disposed over at least said top surface of said zipper slide and, said latch comprising engagement members engaged with said pair of lug.
A guard for a zipper slide, said zipper slick having a pull tab lug extending outwardly from said zipper slide, said guard comprising:
- a guard body mountable to said zipper slide;
- and
- a snap-fit connector defined by said guard body for connecting said guard to said zipper slide, said snap-fit connector being configured and arranged to snap onto said pull tab lug.
A guard for a zipper slide, comprising:
- a guard body mountable to said zipper slide, said guard body comprising a one-piece plastic molded body having a pocket formed therein for receiving said zipper slide;
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- a connector formed homogeneously with said guard body, said connector comprising a pair of zipper slide engagement members cantilevered around said pocket;
- wherein said guard body further comprises a pair of slotted sidewalls, and wherein said pair of slide engagement members deflects laterally outwardly in the direction of said slotted sidewalls when engaging said zipper slide.
A zipper slide assembly, comprising:
- a zipper slide comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of slotted sidewalls extending between said top and bottom surfaces, and a pull tab lug extending outwardly from said zipper slide;
- a guard body mounted to said zipper slide, said guard body having a pocket formed therein and receiving said zipper slide;
- and
- a resilient snap-fit connector provided on said guard body, said connector comprising a latch disposed over at least said top surface of said zipper slide and engaged with said pull tab lug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.