Information
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Patent Grant
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6591463
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Patent Number
6,591,463
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Date Filed
Friday, December 14, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, July 15, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 024 396
- 024 394
- 024 398
- 024 405
- 024 431
- 024 432
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A zipper with multiple and alternate colors comprises a core and a plurality of zipper teeth. The core has multiple and alternate colors by printing, color transferring or color coverage. The pigmented core is subjected to a color fixing process. The core with multiple and alternate colors is embedded into the transparent zipper teeth
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a zipper with multiple and alternate colors, especially to a zipper with multiple and alternate colors to provide personal fashion and colorful effect to garments.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The zippers are widely used for garments, handbag and other personal accessories and provide great convenience for people.
FIG. 1
shows a prior art zipper
10
comprising a core
11
, a plurality of zipper teeth
12
and a plurality of sutures
13
. The zipper teeth
12
are formed by injection molding from a forming machine (not shown) such that the core
11
is embedded into the zipper teeth
12
. Afterward, a plurality of sutures
13
are used to secure the zipper teeth
12
to the core
11
. The zipper
10
can be can be pulled by a slide (not shown) to lock or unlock the locking structures
14
formed on the zipper teeth
12
. Therefore, the zipper is locked or unlocked.
However, the zipper
10
is generally of mono color and therefore not suitable for fancy garments.
Conventionally the zipper teeth
12
can be colored by printing or electroplating. However, the color of the zipper teeth
12
are liable to faded or flaked after repeated uses, for example, repeated zipping of the slide.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the present invention to provide a zipper with multiple and alternate colors to provide personal fashion and colorful effect to garments.
To achieve above object, the present invention provides a zipper with multiple and alternate colors. The zipper comprises a core, a plurality of zipper teeth and a plurality of sutures. The core has multiple and alternate colors by printing, color transferring or color coverage. The pigmented core is subjected to a color fixing process. The zipper teeth are formed by injection molding from a forming machine such that the core is embedded into the zipper teeth. The sutures are used to secure the zipper teeth to the core.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing, in which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
FIG. 1
shows a top view of prior art zipper;
FIG. 2
shows a sectional view of the zipper of the present invention;
FIG. 3
shows a top view of the zipper of the present invention;
FIG. 4
shows a top view of the zipper of another preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 5
shows a top view of the zipper of still another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
With reference now to
FIGS. 2 and 3
, the present invention is intended to provide a zipper with multiple and alternate colors to provide personal fashion and colorful effect to garments. The zipper
20
according to the present invention comprises a core
21
, a plurality of transparent zipper teeth
22
and a plurality of sutures
23
. The zipper teeth
22
are formed by injection molding from a forming machine (not shown) as shown in
FIG. 3
or by casting as shown in FIG.
4
. Therefore the core
21
is embedded into the zipper teeth
22
. Afterward, a plurality of sutures
23
are used to secure the zipper teeth
22
to the core
21
. The zipper
20
can be can be pulled by a slide (not shown) to lock or unlock the locking structures
24
formed on the zipper teeth
12
. Therefore, the zipper
20
is locked or unlocked. However, the operation of zipper is not important issue of the present invention and the detailed description thereof is omitted here.
With reference now to
FIGS. 2
to
5
, the zipper teeth
22
of the present invention are transparent. Moreover, the core
21
has multiple and alternate colors by printing, color transferring or color coverage as shown in FIG.
5
. The pigmented core
21
is then subjected to a color fixing process. Moreover, the core
21
with multiple and alternate colors is embedded into the transparent zipper teeth
22
. Therefore, the color of the pigmented core
21
can be prevented from fading after repeated uses. More particularly, as shown in
FIG. 3
, the core
21
has symmetric or asymmetric color A, color B and color C in alternate pattern.
To sum up, the zipper with multiple and alternate colors according to the present invention has following advantages:
(1). The core
21
is subjected to a printing, color transferring or color coverage to have multiple and alternate colors in symmetric or asymmetric pattern. The transparency of the zipper teeth
22
facilitates the display of the colorful core.
(2). The colorful core
21
is advantageous for design and manifesting personal fashion.
(3). The core
21
with multiple colors is embedded into the transparent zipper teeth
22
. Therefore, the color of the pigmented core
21
can be prevented from fading after repeated uses.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have suggested in the foregoing description, and other will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A zipper with multiple and alternate colors, comprising a core, a plurality of zipper teeth and a plurality of sutures;the zipper teeth being formed by injection molding, the zipper teeth each having an upper portion extending transversely to define an inner space therebeneath, the core passing at least partially through the inner space of each of the zipper teeth, the sutures being used to secure the zipper teeth to the core; wherein the zipper teeth are transparent and the core has multiple and alternate colors, the colors of the core being visible in substantially undistorted manner through the upper portions of the zipper teeth.
- 2. The zipper with multiple and alternate colors as in claim 1, wherein the core has the multiple and alternate colors printed thereon.
- 3. The zipper with multiple and alternate colors as in claim 1, wherein the core has the multiple and alternate colors formed thereon by color transferring.
- 4. The zipper with multiple and alternate colors as in claim 1, wherein the core has the multiple and alternate colors formed thereon by color coverage.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Date |
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11-320698 |
Nov 1999 |
JP |