US 12,220,025 B2
Zipper pull tab attachment for providing an enlarged gripping surface to a zipper pull tab
Srimonti Karmakar, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Srimonti Karmakar, Toronto (CA)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,185.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,007, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135664 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 19/26 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/262 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A zipper pull tab attachment for providing an enlarged gripping surface to a zipper pull tab, wherein the zipper pull tab attachment comprises:
a top component comprising at least one top fastening component, wherein the top component further comprises a top outer surface and a top inner surface opposing the top outer surface, wherein the top outer surface is characterized by a top curvature, wherein the top curvature enlarges a gripping surface of the top outer surface; and
a bottom component configured to be removably attached to at least a portion of the top component, wherein the top component and the bottom component form an interior space when attached together, wherein the interior space is configured for encasing at least a part of the zipper pull tab, wherein the bottom component comprises a bottom outer surface and a bottom inner surface opposing the bottom outer surface, wherein the bottom outer surface is characterized by a bottom curvature, wherein the bottom curvature enlarges a gripping surface of the bottom outer surface, wherein at least one of the bottom component and the top component further comprises a side barrier disposed along at least a portion of a periphery of at least one of the bottom component and the top component respectively, wherein the side barrier comprises a contiguous wall disposed on at least one of the bottom inner surface and the top inner surface respectively, wherein the contiguous wall is characterized by a wall height, wherein the side barrier is configured for preventing sliding out of the zipper pull tab from the interior space, wherein the bottom component further comprises:
at least one bottom fastening component, wherein the at least one top fastening component is configured to mate with the at least one bottom fastening component; and
at least one protrusion, wherein the at least one protrusion is further configured to pass through at least one opening of the zipper pull tab.