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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry R Jackson, Bozeman, MT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ; A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24429 ; 24-34 ; 24419 ;
Abstract
A separable zipper pull tab comprises a hook piece and a zipper pull tab body having an adhesive element or a shear pin. The hook piece has a connecting arm that is secured to a connecting arch of a slider and the zipper pull tab body includes a receiving cavity which receives a portion of the hook piece. The zipper pull tab body and the hook piece are frangibly secured by an adhesive element whereby the zipper pull tab body may be separated from the hook piece upon application of a force sufficient to overcome the adhesive element.