US 12,225,986 B2
Zipper puller
Jonathan Payne, Lake Worth, FL (US)
Assigned to Travelpro Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Travelpro Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,256.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,549, filed on Sep. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074545 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 19/26 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/262 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A zipper puller configured to connect to a zipper slider, the zipper puller comprising:
a puller portion comprising:
a first arm channel extending along a first lateral side and a second arm channel extending along a second lateral side;
a first extension slot located along the first arm channel and a second extension slot located along the second arm channel; and
a first tab slot located within the first extension slot and defined through a surface of the puller portion and a second tab slot located within the second extension slot and defined through the surface of the puller portion; and
a loop portion comprising:
a loop;
a first arm and a second arm, each arm extending approximately parallel from the loop; and
a first extension including a first tab and extending toward the second arm and a second extension including a second tab and extending toward the first arm,
wherein the puller portion and the loop portion are configured to couple to connect the zipper puller to a zipper slider, wherein the first and second arms are configured to flex away from each other to position the first and second tabs within corresponding first and second arm channels such that the respective arms may translate along the respective arm channels toward the respective extension slots, wherein the first and second arms are resilient when flexed to urge the first and second extensions into the respective extension slots along the arm channels to position the first and second tabs within the first and second tab slots to thereby coupling the puller portion and loop portion.