Patent ID: 6494512
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A44B,A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
A zipper pulling device for manipulating a slide fastener having a slider body with a pull tab connected to said slider body, said pull tab defining a hole therein, said zipper pulling device comprising:a handle member having front and rear ends with a top wall and a bottom wall extending between said front and rear ends and having a pair of side walls extending between said top and bottom walls, said top wall and said side walls defining a channel extending from said front end to a point intermediate said front and rear ends; a hook member having a free end dimensioned to be received by the hole of said pull tab, said hook member being pivotally coupled to a shaft extending across said channel between said side walls, said hook member being selectively movable between a first configuration in which said free end is contained within said channel and a second configuration in which said free end extends from said front end of said handle member; wherein said channel includes a width dimension slightly smaller than a width dimension of said hook member such that said hook member is held in said first or second configuration in a friction fit relationship; wherein at least one of said side walls includes a rearwardly directed diagonal groove in said channel spaced from said front end adapted to seat said hook member therein at said first configuration; wherein at least one of said side walls includes a longitudinally extending groove adjacent said front end adapted to seat said book member therein at said second configuration; and wherein said bottom wall defines a recess in said channel having a configuration complementary to a configuration of said free end of said hook member and situated between said side walls at said point intermediate said front and rear ends, said recess adapted to receive said free end of said hook member at said first configuration.