Patent application title: Dress-Up
Inventors:
Nicole Ann Mcconnell (Seminole, FL, US)
IPC8 Class: AA44B1924FI
USPC Class:
294 36
Class name: Handling: hand and hoist-line implements zipper pulling tool
Publication date: 2013-03-21
Patent application number: 20130069378
Abstract:
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.Claims:
1. Dress-Up's combined components consisting of the fastener and length
of material manufactured to be one device, permits a person to securely
fasten the device to the zipper clasp in the back of a garment. The
person then puts on the garment, reaches behind and clasps the length of
material, to easily and without struggle pull up the zipper.Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Provisional Patent Application No. 61/573,970
[0002] Filing Date Sep. 15, 2011
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] This invention was developed and filed for a Provisional Patent on Sep. 15, 2011 and assigned Provisional Patent Application No. 61/573,970.
[0004] The Dress-Up invention addresses a common problem for clothing containing long zippers in the back of garments. Long zippers in the back of garments may be especially problematic for women's garments seen as dresses or gowns. The invention attaches to a zipper clasp and allows the person to pull it up to close the zipper.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The Dress-Up invention effectively solves the problem of zipping up long zippers in the back of garments. The problem is a person's arm is not being long enough to pull up a long zipper in the back of a garment without struggle or assistance. The solution is my invention that attaches to zipper clasps and facilitates the closure of hard to reach zippers on back of garments. By attaching Dress-Up to a zipper clasp it essentially extends the reach of a person's arm and allows the person to grasp the device and pull up and close a zipper without assistance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING VIEWS
[0006] FIG. 1: suspender clip fastener component that attaches to the zipper clasp on a garment, and
[0007] FIG. 2: a length of material that is secured to the zipper attachment component described in FIG. 1
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRESS-UP INVENTION
[0008] The zipper suspender fastener attachment component is two (2) inches in width or less. The material component secured to the zipper suspender fastener attachment is a lanyard material, ribbon material, cord material, cloth material or leather material two (2) inches or less in diameter and forty-five (45) inches or less in length. Both components are commercially available on a wholesale or retail basis. The invention may also include an attached embellishment that is decorative and not essential to the operation of the device. Manufacturing assembly requires three steps and may include an optional 4th step, 1) cut material to length, 2) thread the material through the suspender fastener opening and stitch or glue material together after approximately one (1) inch is threaded through the opening on the suspender fastener opening. 3) Fold material at opposite end and stitch or glue an approximate one and one half inch (11/2) loop to enable the person to grasp the material easily to pull up the zipper. 4) Glue an embellishment on the suspender fastener attachment (optional).
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