| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 294300600 | ZIPPER PULLING TOOL | 8 |
| 20100219650 | Bag zipper pull - A tool is disclosed herein for facilitating the opening and closing of mail bags, money bags, tool bags, and other large bags for carrying heavy loads utilizing large zippers. For instance, mail bags have a large zipper closure. Mail workers open and close these zippers dozens of times a day. Frequently, the zippers are hard to operate. Sometimes, the zipper handle may be missing. In both of these cases, a tool of some sort would facilitate the opening and closing of the bag. The present invention provides a zipper pull tool comprising a handle with a hook disposed at a selected optimal angle with a wedge shaped distal end and an eyelet or loop disposed at the other end. The handle is economically designed to provide good grip yet not require the user to squeeze the handle minimizing risk of injury to the wrist due to repetitive motions. The hook is disposed at such an angle as to provide optimum ease for hooking to the zipper or zipper handle. The loop on the end of the tool is attached to one end of an elastic safety laniard which is removably attached to the user's clothing. A safety clip attached to the other end of the laniard will allow the laniard and tool to be safely pull loose from the clothing in the event of an emergency. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120169076 | Apparatus for operating a zipper - A zipper operating device for closing or opening a zipper located at the back of a garment or where accessibility for manipulation is awkward, inconvenient or otherwise difficult. This zipper operating device can engage almost all zipper pull tabs, including those elongated pull tabs without voids or holes. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130069378 | Dress-Up - The invention is a device that attaches to a zipper clasp to allow a person to easily zip up a long zipper in the back of a garment. The device is comprised of a suspender fastener two (2) inches in width or less and a material component comprised of lanyard material, or ribbon material, or cord material, or cloth material or leather material two (2) inches or less in diameter and forty-five (45) inches or less in length. The device is manufactured to secure the material component to the suspender fastener component to comprise one unit. The invention may also include an attached embellishment that is decorative and not essential to the operation of the device. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130234458 | ZIPPER PULLING TOOL - A zipper pull tool includes a telescoping handle with locking pins that enable each telescoping section of the handle to be locked in an extended or collapsed position. The tool may include a swivel mechanism between respective sections of the telescoping handle. A working end of a largest-diameter section of the telescoping handle may be connected to a spring clip for grasping a zipper or other article. The spring clip may fold away into an interior recess of the largest-diameter section, when the tool is not in use. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130341940 | ZipHer: Decorative device designed to pull zippers located on the backs of dresses - in particular invisible zippers - up and down - ZipHer® is a decorative device to pull garment hard-to-reach or back zippers up and down. The way an “invisible zipper” is sewn into a garment makes the zipper invisible and hidden in a seam. The only part of the invisible zipper that is left accessible is the pull tab which lacks the large hole of traditional zippers. ZipHer is a stand alone zipper aid that is inserted into the tiny connector link between the zipper pull tab and the slider. The ZipHer hook is designed not to dislodge while zipping up or down and is strong enough to pull up zippers on form fitting garments. The flexible ball chain can be wrapped around the hand to accommodate various heights. ZipHer, commercially available at www.primaproductions.com, has been sold to over 600 people in the United States and many foreign countries. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140103671 | ASSEMBLY FOR EXERTING A FORCE ON A ZIPPER AND METHOD OF USE - A device to assist with the working of a zipper is described herein. The device includes a retractor body and a retractable clasp connected to the retractor body with a flexible member. The retractor body has a brake system in order to maintain a desired length of a flexible member. A removable decorative cap is also applied to the retractor body. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140167429 | SLIDE FASTENER CLOSING TOOL AND METHOD - Slide fastener closing tools and methods of using same. In one embodiment, the slide fastener closing tool is configured to help open or close a slide fastener on an article, such as but not limited to seat, while maintaining a predetermined alignment of the tool relative to the slide fastener. Maintaining the alignment between the tool and the slide fastener reduces the likelihood that the elements of the fastener tape are damaged during opening and closing of the slide fastener. In one embodiment, the tool includes a guide plate configured to help maintain such alignment. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20160088966 | ZIPPER ASSIST DEVICE - A zipper assist device for attaching to a zipper slider includes a first clasp formed as a dual-ended clasp that has a first clasp part configured to attach to the slider, and a second clasp part operably attached to the first clasp. A tether has an elongated flexible element and a third clasp part mounted to a first end of the tether. The third clasp part is engageable with the second clasp part of the first clasp. The zipper can be pulled up (zipped) or pulled down (unzipped) by the tether. The tether can be readily attached to and separated from the first clasp part. | 03-31-2016 |
