A hinged slider for a closure assembly of a bag includes a top wall and a pair of legs extending from the top wall. A first leg and a second leg of the pair each includes a top end attached to the top wall and a bottom end opposing the top end. A pair of wings is hingedly attached to the pair of legs. A first wing and a second wing of the pair of wings is each hingedly attached to the bottom end of the first leg and second leg, respectively, as a hinge mechanism. The first wing and the second wing hinge downwardly in order to install the slider onto the closure assembly.

The disclosure provides a tightness adjusting device, including an adjustable rope, two toothed straps, and a slide fastener fitting with the two toothed straps, wherein each of the toothed straps includes a woven strap and a teeth row arranged on a work side of the woven strap, the slide fastener defines two passages therein, the two teeth rows stretch into the two passages respectively, the two passages are converged at least on a first end to form a tightening passage, the slide fastener is also provided with a separating block, the separating block is arranged between the two passages, the separating block is provided with a separating cone of which a tip end is toward the tightening passage, the separating cone is one-to-one corresponding to the tightening passage, and the adjustable rope is in connection with the slide fastener. With such arrangement, the tightness adjusting device provided in the disclosure can have the adjustable rope arranged in the interior completely, with a simple and compact structure; the adjustable rope in the interior can be tightened or loosened through pulling the slide fastener; in addition, when the tightness adjusting device provided in the disclosure is used to adjust tightness, it is only needed to pull the slide fastener, and single hand operation is enough.

A zipper pull, a head portion of which is structurally configured to fit snugly into a housing structure (referred to as a “garage”) is located at the top stops of an otherwise conventional waterproof or water resistant zipper. The garage and zipper pull thereby forming form a water resistant seal to eliminate any chance of water penetration in water resistant and waterproof zippers.

A luggage article includes a body that includes a zippered opening (15) that has at least one zipper arrangement having a zipper tape (14). The zipper arrangement includes one or more zipper sliders (16, 20) and one or more zipper pull-tabs (18, 22). Each of the one or more zipper sliders (16, 20) is joined to a respective one of the one or more zipper pull-tabs (18, 22). The luggage article includes a means (26) for holding the one or more pull-tabs in a substantially perpendicular arrangement to the zipper tape (14) of the zipper arrangement.

A zipper assembly including a left side tape configured with a plurality of left fastener teeth, and a right side tape configured with a plurality of right fastener teeth, defining together a zipper path, and at least one primary slider member slidingly displaceable along the zipper path for interlocking engagement or disengagement of left fastener teeth with corresponding right fastener teeth, wherein at least a portion of the zipper path is configured with a raceway extending through alternating neighboring left fastener teeth and right fastener teeth, said raceway configured for slidingly accommodating a flexible strip articulated at a first end thereof to the at least one slider member.

The invention involves a slide assembly for a zipper, and a method for manufacturing a zipper slide assembly. The slider assembly is formed in a single die cast operation to include the slider and the pull member being formed simultaneously. At least one side shifting slide is incorporated into the die, which allows the bridge and pull loop to be formed with their full geometric shape and without the converging flat surfaces required in the prior art.

A material closure assembly including a material closure, such as zipper or a hook and loop fastener, having a first portion and a second portion that are configured to be releasably joined together; an electrical circuit that is configured to be closed when the first portion of the material closure is entirely joined with the second portion of the material closure; and an first indicator that is electrically connected to the electrical circuit and configured to indicate that the first portion of the material closure is entirely joined with the second portion of the material closure. The material closure assembly thus providing an active feedback system for closures on garments and personal protective equipment (PPE) to alert wearer of incomplete seals between interfaces on modular PPE which could result in the wearer of the PPE being exposed to the surrounding environment outside the PPE.

A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a movable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the movable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.

A zipper includes zipper teeth, a zipper head base for engaging or disengaging zipper teeth, and a puller with an end hole. The zipper head base includes a body with a pivotal mounting portion, a hook-shaped locking plate with a locking pin, and a biasing member, the hook-shaped locking plate is pivotally connected to the pivotal mounting portion, and the locking pin of the hook-shaped locking plate is configured to pass through the end hole of the puller. The zipper head base has a locked state, in which the biasing member provides a biasing force to the locking plate, so that the locking pin is allowed to be inserted into the engaged zipper teeth to restrict bidirectional movement of the zipper head base. A garment including the zipper is further provided according to the application.

A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.