Patent ID: 7971279

Claim:
An automatic zipper for garments and clothing for retracting a zipper downwardly and retracting a zipper upwardly, the automatic zipper having particular application to pants, trousers, shorts, and skirts, said automatic zipper comprising: a garment or clothing having a waist band closure having opposing overlapping plackets, each placket having complimentary closure members, said closure members in the form of a button and button hole, or interlocking clips, each placket having a vertically oriented tooth zipper member interlockable with its opposing tooth zipper member by means of a vertical slide fastener having a finger handle, said interlocked tooth zipper members disengageable by a downward motion of the vertical slide fastener and finger handle, said automatic zipper having an elastic strap band engageable with said finger handle and secured to at least one of the overlapping plackets of said waist band closure, the disengagement of said waist band closure and separation of said overlapping plackets in opposing directions tension said elastic strap band causing said slide fastener and said finger member to retract downwardly, disengaging said toothed zipper members, engagement of said waist band closure by overlapping said plackets releasing tension on said vertical slide fastener and said finger handle moving them upwardly and interlocking said toothed zipper members closing said zipper.