US 11,717,062 B2
Interlocking zipper pull tabs and fastening system
Henry J. Cowdery, Schaumburg, IL (US); Donald E. Godshaw, Wilmette, IL (US); and Du Hai, Uncasville, CT (US)
Assigned to Travel Caddy, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US)
Filed by Travel Caddy, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,865.
Application 17/517,865 is a continuation of application No. 16/706,700, filed on Dec. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,185,134.
Application 16/706,700 is a continuation of application No. 15/212,823, filed on Jul. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,499,712, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/194,929, filed on Jul. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053890 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A44B 19/24 (2006.01); A44B 19/36 (2006.01); A44B 13/02 (2006.01); A44B 19/30 (2006.01); A44B 19/26 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A43C 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/30 (2013.01) [A44B 13/02 (2013.01); A44B 19/26 (2013.01); A44B 19/262 (2013.01); A44B 19/301 (2013.01); A45C 13/103 (2013.01); Y10T 24/2509 (2015.01); Y10T 24/2586 (2015.01); Y10T 70/5053 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A zipper pull tab coupleable to a zipper slider for a zipper, the zipper pull tab comprising:
a base having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the base comprising a first recess extending into the base from the second side, wherein the base is flat and has a first thickness;
a bias spring arranged in the first recess;
a first, pivot coupling coupled to the base and extending through the first recess;
a hook integrally formed with and extending from the base on the second side, the hook comprising an elongated rectilinear portion coplanar with the base and a C-shaped curvature coplanar with the base and terminating in a hook end;
a movable gate having a first gate end and a second gate end, the second gate end arranged at least partially inside the first recess, the movable gate extending from the first recess coplanar with the hook and the base and parallel to the elongated rectilinear portion of the hook, the movable gate coupled inside the first recess to the bias spring, the second gate end pivotably coupled inside the first recess to the pivot coupling, the movable gate and hook forming a first interior region of the zipper pull tab, the movable gate pivotable into the first recess and the first interior region; and
a second, C-shaped coupling integrally formed with and extending from the first side of the base for coupling to the zipper slider, the second C-shaped coupling having a thickness tapering from the first thickness at the first side of the base to a second thickness at a first end of the zipper pull tab, the first thickness greater than the second thickness.