US 11,986,072 B2
Zipper cover arrangement for luggage and bags
Peter C. Wu, Sunnyside, NY (US)
Assigned to TUMI, INC., Edison, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,313
Filed by TUMI, INC., Edison, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/012201
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142100, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087390 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A45C 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/1069 (2013.01) [A45C 13/103 (2013.01); A45C 5/03 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article having a zipper tape secured at a mouth of a zippered opening in a surface of the article, the article comprising a zipper cover constructed and arranged so as to conceal the zipper tape and to longitudinally extend substantially parallel to a length of the zipper tape, the zipper cover being attached to the surface of the article and being constructed and arranged so as to be rotatable between a first orientation and a second orientation, the zipper cover extending over the zipper tape to conceal the zipper tape when in the first orientation, and the zipper cover exposing the zipper tape and allowing a user to access the zippered opening when in the second orientation, the article and zipper cover being constructed and arranged so that the zipper cover is magnetically securable to a surface of the article or a surface of the zippered opening in the first orientation, and so that the zipper cover is magnetically securable against the surface of the article in the second orientation, wherein the zipper cover has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side of the zipper cover being in adjacent facing relation with the surface of the article when the zipper cover is in the second orientation, and the second side of the zipper cover being in facing relation with a surface of the zipper tape when the zipper cover is in the first orientation.