WO2006116409A3 - Zipper pull tab attachment - Google Patents

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WO2006116409A3
WO2006116409A3 PCT/US2006/015643 US2006015643W WO2006116409A3 WO 2006116409 A3 WO2006116409 A3 WO 2006116409A3 US 2006015643 W US2006015643 W US 2006015643W WO 2006116409 A3 WO2006116409 A3 WO 2006116409A3
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pull tab
male
tab attachment
zipper pull
female
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PCT/US2006/015643
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John M Griffiths
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Ocean Man Systems Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A44B19/262—Pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/25—Zipper or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/2561—Slider having specific configuration, construction, adaptation, or material
    • Y10T24/2589—Slider having specific configuration, construction, adaptation, or material with ornamental slider

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Abstract

A three-dimensional zipper pull tab attachment mechanism providing an enlarged gripping surface for facilitated location and manipulation of a pull tab, which is particularly useful in connection with diving equipment and by those having limited finger dexterity. The body of the pull tab attachment comprises mating male and female components, wherein male component comprises a locking arm sized for insertion through a zipper pull tab aperture and dimensioned to matingly engage the female component by way of a correspondingly shaped channel region extending at least partially therethrough. Upon appropriate engagement of male locking arm with a zipper pull tab and female component, a three-dimensional pull tab attachment having an enlarged gripping surface depends from the pull tab. The body of the pull tab attachment in an assembled condition, wherein male and female components are interconnected ma either include faces or a curved surface.
PCT/US2006/015643 2005-04-28 2006-04-26 Zipper pull tab attachment WO2006116409A2 (en)

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US11/118,255 2005-04-28
US11/118,255 US20060242804A1 (en) 2005-04-28 2005-04-28 Zipper pull tab attachment

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WO2006116409A3 true WO2006116409A3 (en) 2007-12-06

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US8677574B1 (en) 2011-07-20 2014-03-25 Ken Thiessen Zipper pull extender
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GB2295420A (en) * 1994-11-25 1996-05-29 Zipex Zip puller

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