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Patent application title:

Zip-Linc for Holding Left and Right Half of a Garment Together

Publication number:

US20100138973A1

Publication date:
Application number:

12/329,244

Filed date:

2008-12-05

Abstract:

A garment fastening device for adjacent left and half side of a garment together. The zip-linc device holds adjacent left and right half side of the zipper by having a left side holder, right side holder and left and right side holders attached laterally opposite side of the holders. The right side holder holds on to behind the zipper teeth left side of the garment. The right side holder holds on to behind the zipper teeth of right side. The left holder and right holder are laterally attached to the opposite sides of the left and right gripper's.

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Classification:

  1. Human necessities
  2. Wearing apparel

A41F1/00 »  CPC main

Fastening devices specially adapted for garments

Y10T24/2536 »  CPC further

Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.; Zipper or required component thereof having interlocking surface formed from single member with varying cross section

A41D1/00 IPC

Garments

A44B19/10 IPC

Slide fasteners with a one-piece interlocking member on each stringer tape

A41D3/02 IPC

Overgarments Overcoats

Description

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

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THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention is related to a device for holding left and right half of a garment of a broken zipper. More specifically this invention fastens left and right adjacent half's together by gripping behind the teeth of a zipper.

Zippers are known to fail to perform the zipping function for various reasons such as lost teeth on the zipper, broken zipper slide, etc. To restore the zipper function, the user has to take the item to a repair store and replace/repair the zipper. This invention provides a device that will hold the right and left half adjacent sides of the zipper teeth together without repair of the zipper.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of invention is to produce a device for holding the left and right half of a garment by holding behind the zipper teeth present on left and right half of the garment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings are briefly described as follows:

FIG. I. is a view of a garment where the zip-linc locking device holds left and right half's together.

FIG. II. Is a sectional view of zipper locking device in operation as shown in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1, is a view of a coat 100 illustrating zip-linc device 200 in operation of in a preferred embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coat 100 consists of adjoining left half side 110 and right half side 120. The left half side of 110 is attached with zipper teeth 112 with a material 111. The right half side of 120 is attached with zipper teeth 122 with a material 121.

As shown in FIG. 1, the zip-linc device 200 contains a left holder 210, a right holder 250, each holder having an upper grip 211, 251 and a lower grip 212, 252. The left holder 210 and right half holder 250 are attached to each other to the opposite side by a flexible material 290. The zip-linc device is of various colors like red, green, blue, oranges, etc. The zip-linc devices right and left holders may also be connected by a zipper.

As shown in FIG. 1, the zip-linc device is used to fasten left half side and right half side together by inserting from the bottom of adjacent left and right half of the garment and slid up left holder gripping on left half side of the garment and right holder gripping on right half side of the garment. The garment left half side and right half side of the garment are un-fastened by sliding down the zip-linc device.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1.

The zip-linc device can also be used by sliding left and right grippers of zip-linc device over the left and right zippers.

Claims

I claim:

1. A garment fastening device that fastens a left adjacent half having zipper teeth attached and a right adjacent half having zipper teeth attached, said garment fastening device comprising:

a left holder slipping between zipper teeth and zipper teeth attachment to garment said left half of garment;

a right holder slipping between zipper teeth and zipper teeth attachment to garment said right half of garment;

said left holder and said right holder laterally attached to opposite sides of said left holder and said right holder.

2. The garment fastening device of claim 1 is transparent.

3. The garment fastening device of claim 1 is of various colors.

4. The garment fastening device of claim 1 is washable.

5. The garment fastening device of claim 1 is weather proof.

6. The garment fastening device of claim 1 wherein the material used construct the device is firm.

7. The garment fastening device of claim 1, wherein the material used is collapsible laterally.

8. The garment fastening device of claim 1, where the material used is selected from the group consisting of rubber and plastic.

9. The garment fastening device of claim 1, wherein the said left holder and the said right holder shape is selected from a group consisting of flat and round.

10. The said garment fastening device of claim 1, where in said right holder after slipping over the zipper teeth permanently attaches behind the zipper teeth, said left holder after slipping over the zipper teeth permanently attaches behind the zipper teeth, and said left and right holder are attached by a zipper.

Resources

Images & Drawings included:

Fig. 01 - Zip-Linc for Holding Left and Right Half of a Garment Together
Fig. 01
Fig. 02 - Zip-Linc for Holding Left and Right Half of a Garment Together
Fig. 02

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