A zipper having ornamental slider bodies is disclosed to include functional slider bodies coupled to the teeth chains at the back side and exposed to the outside after installation of the zipper in a product.
For example, clothes, bag, shoe, or the like, and a plurality of ornamental slider bodies coupled to the teeth chains at the back side and exposed with the functional slider bodies to the outside, each ornamental slider body having an ornament for pulling to move the respective ornamental slider body on the teeth chains and a locking device for locking the respective ornamental slider body to the teeth chains.
Conventional zippers include visible type and invisible type. The teeth chain may be made of metal, resin, or nylon. Actually, conventional zippers may be made in any of a variety of forms, for example, close end, X type, O type, and etc.
A conventional zipper of any known type generally comprises two tapes, two teeth chains, a slider body, pins at the ends of teeth chains, a top stop, and a bottom stop. The slider body is provided with a slider pull. Further, the slider body has a center structure formed of top and bottom covers. During sliding movement of the slider body, the center structure causes the teeth chains to close or open. The slider body of a conventional zipper is a functional element for zipper closing/opening control.
Conventional invisible zippers are commonly used in clothes, bags, shoes, and various other personal items. Because the teeth chains are kept on the inside of the product using the zipper, the teeth chains are kept from sight when the user closed the zipper, and only one linear closing trace is left on the outside of the product.
When installed an invisible zipper in a product (clothes, bag, or shoe) in the reversed direction and coupled multiple functional slider bodies to the back side of the invisible zipper as shown in FIG. 20, the functional slider bodies can be individually moved on the teeth chains and can work as decorate means to decorate the product. However, because each slider body has a center structure, a hole is left between the slider body and the teeth chains. Further, every slider body can be positioned on the teeth chains in a fixed position, preventing disengagement between the teeth chains. Therefore, this imaginary design is not workable.
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. According to one aspect of the present invention, the zipper is an invisible zipper comprising two tapes, two teeth chains respectively fixedly fastened to the tapes, a top stop affixed to the tapes at one end, a bottom stop affixed to one the tape at one end remote from the top stop at least one functional slider body coupled to the teeth chains for pulling by the user to close/open the teeth chains, and at least one ornamental slider body, wherein the ornamental slider body each comprises a hollow ?shaped base bridging the teeth chains and two retaining portions respectively inwardly extended from a bottom of the hollow base at two sides and respectively coupled to the teeth chains for enabling the respective ornamental slider body to be moved on the teeth chains; the at least functional slider is respectively coupled to the teeth chains at a back side; the at least one functional slider and the at least one ornamental slider are disposed at the same side relative to the teeth chains. According to another aspect of the present invention, each ornamental slider body comprises a top ring and an ornament attached to the top ring.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, each ornamental slider body comprises a locking device adapted to lock the respective ornamental slider body to the teeth chains. The locking device has a free end movable through a hole in the respective ornamental slider body into engagement with the teeth chains. Still another aspect of the present invention, the ornament of each ornamental slider body can be made of any of a variety of materials in any of a variety of shapes.
Further, the zipper can be a close end zipper,type zipper, type zipper, or any of a variety of styles. |
