Patent ID: 8079625

Claim:
A device for assisting in opening and closing a zipper having a central zipper slider that opens and closes a zipper by selectively disconnecting and connecting a pair of opposed interlockable tracks as the zipper slider moves in respective opening and closing directions along the tracks, comprising: (a) a body having first and second diverging guide channels having mutually oriented closure angles for receiving the respective zipper tracks for sliding movement along the diverging guide channels and for permitting progressive interconnection of the interlockable tracks at the mutually oriented closure angles, wherein the body further includes an alignment plate positioned adjacent at a connection point of the connector and the zipper slider for providing sliding support to the zipper during pulling movement of the body for assisting and maintaining the device in alignment with the interlockable tracks; (b) a connector carried by the body and extending from a major face of the body in a direction generally perpendicular to the major face for connecting the body to the zipper slider; and (c) a pull for permitting manual movement of the body.