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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Johannes Nehls, Heidelberg, DE;
Rebecca Allen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Johannes Nehls, Heidelberg, DE;
Rebecca Allen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Media Lab Europe (In Voluntary Liquidation), Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A wireless remote control device for transmitting control commands to a Bluetooth™ enabled electronic device, such as a television set, an audio player, or a cellular telephone by manipulating the zipper in a garment, handbag or the like. The zipper fastener consists of opposing rows of interlocking teeth attached to a pair of elongated flexible supports and a manually movable sliding traveler that locks and unlocks said teeth at is moves longitudinally along the length of said flexible supports. A sensor is coupled to said zipper fastener for generating a position signal that indicates the current position of said sliding traveler with respect to said supports, and a Bluetooth™ transmitter coupled to said sensor sends control commands indicative of the current position of the slider and the state of a pushbutton attached to the slider.