Patent · US Expired

Figurines attached to a zipper

US6026546A · kind A · utility

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93Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1997
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/2589
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of moving a figurine by attaching the figurine to a zipper that is attached to a piece of material and translationally moving the zipper along a first direction and converting the translational movement of the zipper into a separate type of movement which causes the figurine to move.

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