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US 9,247,790 B2Granted
Clothing adjusting zipper arrangement
OwnerKhosro David Illulianinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable article has an area of overlapping fabric with facing surfaces and a zipper on one of the surfaces. A zipper slider with fastener moves along two rows of teeth of the zipper to cause them to be separated in one direction and interdigitate in an opposite direction. A connector at the other surface and at one end of a distance of a dimension to be adjusted is engaged to the fastener so that a degree of overlap of the overlapping fabric surfaces changes as the slider moves along the rows of teeth to change the dimension.
Claims15
An adjustable article comprising:
- an area of overlapping fabric having facing surfaces of the article that overlap at least by a distance of a dimension of the article to be adjusted;
- at least one zipper arrangement having a pair of tapes with a respective pair of interdigitating rows of teeth and a slider for moving along the teeth to cause the teeth to become separated in one direction of movement of the slider and to become interdigitated in an opposite direction of movement of the slider, the at least one zipper arrangement being fixed along one of the facing surfaces in the area of overlap and extending at least partly in the dimension of the article to be adjusted;
- a fastener connected to the slider for moving with the slider;
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- a connector at the other of the facing surfaces and at one end of the distance of the dimension of the article to be adjusted, the fastener being engaged to the connector so that a degree of overlap of the overlapping fabric surfaces changes when the slider moves along the rows of teeth from one location to another location along the at least one zipper arrangement, to change the dimension.
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