Patent ID: 9480310
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A44B,A45F,H04R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A zipper system configured to manage a media cord comprising: a zipper slider that engages parallel attachment structures that may be in an engaged state to close a garment or in an disengaged state to open the garment, the zipper slider having a front and a back; a pull tab having a front, a back, a left side of a longitudinal axis, a right side of the longitudinal axis, a first end, and an opposing second end, wherein the left side and the right side oppose each other, and wherein the back and the first end of the pull tab are hingedly attached to the front of the zipper slider thereby forming a rotational axis about which the pull tab may move; a left prong extending from the left side of the pull tab and having an upstanding direction toward the first end of the pull tab, the left prong having a left body portion that is spaced apart from the left side of the pull tab by a first distance and a left end portion that is spaced apart from the left side of the pull tab by a second distance, wherein the left body portion and the left end portion define a first space sized to retain the media cord, and wherein the left end portion comprises a surface that forms an angle with respect to the upstanding direction of the left prong; a right prong extending from the right side of the pull tab and having an upstanding direction toward the first end of the pull tab, the right prong having a right body portion that is spaced apart from the right side of the pull tab by the first distance and a right end portion that is spaced apart from the right side of the pull tab by the second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance, wherein the right body portion and the right end portion define a second space sized to retain the media cord, and wherein the right end portion comprises a surface that forms an angle with respect to the upstanding direction of the right prong; and wherein the pull tab has a thickness that tapers from the second end of the pull tab to the first end of the pull tab.