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Zipper pull with cover member

US7404240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 2003
Grant dateJul 29, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/2586
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A zipper pull with a cover member, which has a simple structure and can be manufactured at a low cost, can realize a good and stable receiving and holding ability of a pull-tab over a long period of time, and also can prevent swinging between respective component parts, is provided.The cover member of the zipper pull is made of a soft material and has a shape so as to prevent the condition that the pull-tab substantially and directly contacts adjoining portions of an article in the immovable state at the first position. When a slider body and the pull-tub are received in a receptacle, at least the cover member and the slider body are supported and fixed with moving interruption means for interrupting a relative movement of the cover member and the slider body.

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