EP3612060B1 - Aide au serrage pour un curseur de fermeture à glissière - Google Patents

Aide au serrage pour un curseur de fermeture à glissière Download PDF

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EP3612060B1
EP3612060B1 EP18734420.5A EP18734420A EP3612060B1 EP 3612060 B1 EP3612060 B1 EP 3612060B1 EP 18734420 A EP18734420 A EP 18734420A EP 3612060 B1 EP3612060 B1 EP 3612060B1
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Rudolf Heise
Gerhard Kopp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A44B19/262—Pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A44B19/28—Sliders constructed to be removable from at least one stringer ; Sliders with movable parts to permit releasing of the slider in the event of jamming or obstruction
    • A44B19/285—Tools for opening or closing slide fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
    • A47G25/902—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for opening or closing slide fasteners

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  • the invention relates to a pull-on aid for operating a zipper, comprising a housing with at least one receptacle for the slide handle of the slide of a zipper and a strap-like or rope-like pulling element engaging this housing according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Zippers are widely used to releasably connect pieces of fabric that are used to open and close clothing or bags, for example. They are opened or closed by means of slides that have a slide handle. To open and close the zipper, this slide is gripped by the slide handle and guided along the zipper.
  • the aim here is for these slide handles to be designed inconspicuously short and narrow, particularly on items of clothing. However, this design makes it more difficult to grasp the slide handle, since it only offers a small contact surface, which is problematic in particular in hard-to-reach places, for example on a person's back.
  • Tightening aids for zip fasteners are therefore already known from the prior art in order to remedy this situation.
  • the publication U.S. 8,714,605B1 discloses an aid for operating a slide fastener using a retractable cord having a fastening means for gripping the slide fastener handle at the end thereof comes.
  • a laterally arranged brake is disclosed with which the belt can be fixed in the housing when a zipper is pulled on, so that the tensile force can be introduced into the zipper.
  • the connection body to the zipper handle is a simple clamp fastener, which is disadvantageous both when attaching and detaching from the zipper handle.
  • the laid-open specification also discloses a similar solution US 3836189 A , in which the holder for the zipper handle consists of two clamping jaws which are held at a distance by a spring. After inserting the zipper handle, a pivoting movement of a bracket encompassing the clamping jaws causes the zipper handle to become jammed between the clamping jaws.
  • U.S. 3,907,181 discloses a side view that is perpendicular to the actual direction of pull is provided.
  • a type of projection with a receptacle for the handle of the zip fastener is disclosed only on a wooden stick in the lower area.
  • the publication also shows U.S. 3,817,433 a kind of pull rope device, so that the user can move a kind of slide with a holder for the zip handle up and down on a permanently installed body via deflected ropes in order to open and close a dress accordingly.
  • the question arises as to how the zipper handle should be introduced into this receptacle, which is permanently installed in the wall.
  • U.S. 2,974,991 A pulling aid for operating a zipper known comprising a housing with at least one receptacle for a slide handle of the slide of a zipper and a strap or rope-like pulling element engaging this housing, the housing having at least one opening as a receptacle for the slide handle and in the housing in A support body is arranged approximately at the level of this opening.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a pull-on aid for operating a zipper, which eliminates these shortcomings and enables the slide handle of a zipper to be securely attached and easily detached from the pull-on aid.
  • the central core of the present inventive solution for a donning aid is that a housing is provided for receiving the slide handle, which is articulated on the slide that actuates the zipper.
  • the pivotable slide handle is inserted into this housing, the housing itself being guided on a cord, tape, wire or the like, which is received in a container so that it can be rolled up and unrolled.
  • the central structural element is the housing itself, since this housing now ensures that the slide handle of the slide operating the zipper can be inserted into this housing on both sides in a design according to the invention and is releasably fixed in this housing by a spring-loaded holding device. In this way it is achieved that, on the one hand, the slide handle can be inserted into the housing without difficulty, which is particularly important when this process takes place behind the back of a person using the dressing aid, for example when closing a zipper on the back of a dress target.
  • the housing advantageously consists of two half-shells, which are preferably made of plastic material and can be plugged together as identically designed components to form the housing. This is an advantageous design because it enables particularly economical production.
  • At least one compression spring is mounted, which presses a displaceably guided pressure body, for example a rubber pad, onto a support body statically arranged in the housing.
  • a displaceably guided pressure body for example a rubber pad
  • a thin rope which is located in a second housing and can also be rolled up in this housing by means of a spring, also makes it easy to handle.
  • a lateral retaining button is provided on this second housing, with which the traction mechanism can be locked.
  • the button is pressed and the second housing is moved upwards and an upward tensile force is exerted on the zipper slider, which slides upwards on the zipper and closes it piece by piece. It is advantageous here that by alternately loosening and actuating the holding button, the pulling means is first rolled up again and again and then locked in order to perform a new pulling movement until the zipper slider reaches the desired upper closure position. The slide handle is now removed from the donning aid as described, thus ending the donning aid process.
  • a first solution of the Figures 1 to 7 provides for a spar 9 running transversely to the direction of force action of a compression spring 21 and displaceable in the housing 13 in the direction of force action of the spring to emerge from the housing 13 at least on one side, so that this at least one free end 2 of the bar 9 towards the compression spring 21 moved and this can be compressed.
  • this spar 9 is in direct connection with the compression spring 21 to be compressed as well as with a pressure body 5 arranged thereon and thus with movable.
  • a first transverse web 6 is arranged for the arrangement of the compression spring 21 and a second transverse web 15 is arranged for the arrangement of the support body 4.
  • the first transverse web 6 here has a first fastening body 7 which either engages in the compression spring 21 or partially surrounds the compression spring 21 and thus centers it in the housing.
  • the spar 9 also has a second fastening body 8 on which likewise either engages in the compression spring 21 or partially encloses the compression spring 21 and thus centers it in the housing and on the spar 9.
  • the second transverse web 15, which is used to arrange the support body 4, has two recesses 16 in the present design, which are used to receive retaining lugs 11 on the underside of the support body 4.
  • the support body 4 can hereby be attached to the transverse web 15.
  • Support body 4 and pressure body 5 are expediently made of rubber or a similar material, which has elastic and adhesive properties in order to reliably prevent the slide handle held between them from sliding off.
  • an opening 14 on the top is shown, which is used to receive the rope or wire with which the donning aid 1 can be moved by the user, for example on the back.
  • Another advantageous inventive design of the donning aid 1 provides that only one actuation button 17 on the top is provided in order to compress the compression spring 21 in the housing 13.
  • the position and direction of action of the compression spring 21 as well as the components of the pressure body 5 and the support body 4 fixedly arranged in the housing 13, which are guided by them, are identical to the design of the first solution.
  • an actuating button 17 is provided, which is arranged in its direction of displacement in the axis of the compression spring force direction.
  • the compression spring 21 itself rests with its upper end on a first transverse web 20 of the housing 13 which runs transversely to the direction of action of the compression spring 21 and which is fixedly arranged in the housing 13 and is expediently an integral part of the housing 13.
  • the compression spring 21 is arranged on the underside of this first transverse web 20 facing away from the actuating button 17 and is firmly supported on it.
  • At least two elastic, spring-like extensions 18 are arranged on the underside of the actuating button 17, which can be slid into the housing 13;
  • the arranged on the underside of this transverse web 20 compression spring 21 is in turn here with a displaceably guided bracket 19 for the compression spring 21 and the Pressure body 5 connected, in which the elastic extensions 18 of the actuating button 17 engage laterally.
  • this holder 19 In order to compress the compression spring 21, this holder 19 has hook-like ends 24 or receptacles on the top, which continue to the free ends 25 of the elastic extensions 18 of the actuating button 17 above the transverse web 20. The free ends 25 of the elastic extensions 18 now engage in these hook-like ends 24 or receptacles of the holder 19 connected to the compression spring 21. If the actuating button 17 is moved into the housing towards the compression spring, the elastic extensions at the lower end of the actuating button 17 are deflected by the crossbar 20 transversely to the direction of movement of the push button and thus shifted towards the side wall of the housing 13.
  • the holder 19 Since the free ends 25 of the elastic extensions 18 engage in the hook-like ends 24 or receptacles of the holder 19 of the compression spring 21, the holder 19 is also displaced along the side guide rails 22 arranged in the housing, whereby a relative movement of this holder 19 and the one arranged on it Compression spring 21 takes place upwards in the direction of the pressed-in actuating button 17.
  • the compression spring 21 is moved into the housing 13 towards the actuation button 17 and compressed by the firm contact with the underside of the first transverse web 20, which also leads to the fact that the with the compression spring 21 and / or with the holder for the compression spring 21 connected pressure body 5 is also raised in the compression direction of the compression spring 21 and is thus lifted from the support body 4 fixedly arranged in the housing 13.
  • the first transverse web 20 for guiding the free ends 25 of the elastic extensions 18 has an arc-shaped upward course at its outwardly pointing ends in order to allow the intended upward displacement and lifting of the holder 19 by the engagement of the free ends 25 in the to support hook-like ends 24 or recordings of the bracket 19.
  • this transverse web 20 does not extend as far as the walls of the housing 13 and thus leaves a free space to these walls through which the holder can be guided and moved towards the actuating button 17.
  • the support body 4 is arranged, analogously to the first design, on a second transverse web 15 fixedly arranged in the housing 13.
  • the shape of the housing itself is also designed to be advantageous.
  • the side walls are tapered so that when the actuating button 17 is actuated, for example with the thumb, two fingers of the hand, for example the index and middle fingers, can securely grip the donning aid 1 in the area of this waist.
  • other shapes are also expedient here, which enable the housing 13 to be gripped securely from the outside.
  • the holder 19 with the pressure body 5 has a play in the housing 13 in the horizontal plane. It is thus achieved that when a slide handle of a zip fastener is clamped in an opening 3 of the housing 13 and when there is a corresponding pulling action on this housing 13 when the zip fastener is closed or opened, the holder 19 and the pressure body 5 move somewhat towards the opening 3 and thus, in addition to the holding effect by the compression spring 21, tilting and thus a further clamping holding effect can also be brought about. This also prevents the slide handle from inadvertently slipping out of the donning aid 1, even when stronger tensile forces are applied.
  • the connecting plane of the pressing body 5 and the support body 4 is arranged to run approximately centrally within the openings 3 of the housing 13 for receiving the slide handle.
  • the housing 13 of the donning aid 1 is composed of two identically designed housing halves which are joined together to form the closed housing, for example by means of a plug connection and / or adhesive. This results in an arrangement of the openings 3 on both sides for receiving a slide handle of a zip fastener, which additionally simplifies the application.

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  1. Auxiliaire de traction (1) destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière, ledit auxiliaire de traction comprenant un boîtier (13) pourvu d'au moins un logement destiné à l'élément de préhension de la glissière d'une fermeture à glissière et un élément de traction en forme de bande ou de corde s'engageant avec ce boîtier (13),
    caractérisé en ce que
    - le boîtier (13) comporte au moins une ouverture (3) servant de logement à l'élément de préhension de la glissière,
    - un corps d'appui (4) étant disposé dans le boîtier (13) sensiblement au niveau de l'ouverture (3),
    - corps d'appui contre lequel un corps de pression (5) guidé de manière coulissante dans le boîtier (13) est pressé au moyen d'un ressort de compression (21) disposé dans le boîtier (13),
    - au moins un élément d'actionnement étant prévu du côté extérieur du boîtier (13) afin de comprimer le ressort de compression (21) dans le boîtier (13) de l'auxiliaire de traction (1) et de générer ainsi une distance entre le corps de pression (5) et le corps d'appui (4) pour recevoir ou libérer l'élément de préhension de la glissière d'une fermeture à glissière.
  2. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le ressort de compression (21) est disposé au niveau d'une première nervure transversale (6, 20), et le corps d'appui (4) est disposé au niveau d'une deuxième nervure transversale (15), de manière fixe dans le boîtier (13).
  3. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    des ouvertures (3) destinées à recevoir l'élément de préhension de la glissière de la fermeture à glissière sont ménagées sur deux côtés du boîtier (13).
  4. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le corps de pression (5) et le corps d'appui (4) sont en caoutchouc ou une matière élastique de type caoutchouc.
  5. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    un logement (14) destiné à la fixation de moyens de traction en forme de bande ou de corde est disposé au niveau du boîtier (13) de l'auxiliaire de traction (1) .
  6. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - la compression du ressort de compression (21) est effectuée au moyen d'une barre (9) qui est guidée de manière coulissante dans le boîtier (13),
    - laquelle barre fait saillie, au moins par une extrémité libre, d'un évidement latéral (12) du boîtier (13) et est guidée de manière coulissante dans cet évidement (12) du boîtier,
    - le corps de pression (5) étant disposé au niveau de cette barre (9).
  7. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la barre (9) fait saillie, par deux extrémités libres (2), des évidements latéraux (12) du boîtier (13) et est guidée de manière coulissante dans ces évidements (12) du boîtier.
  8. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la compression du ressort de compression (21) est effectuée par le biais d'un bouton d'actionnement (17) qui soulève un support (19) qui est situé dans le boîtier (13) et dans lequel le ressort de compression (21) est guidé.
  9. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le corps de pression (5) est disposé du côté inférieur du support (19).
  10. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon les revendications 8 ou 9,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le support (19) comporte du côté supérieur des extrémités (24) en forme de crochet ou des logements dans lesquels s'engagent des extrémités libres (25) d'extensions élastiques (18) qui sont insérées dans le boîtier (13) par le bouton d'actionnement (17).
  11. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon la revendication 10,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - les extensions élastiques (18) sont disposées du côté inférieur du bouton d'actionnement (17) et sont déviées, du côté supérieur de la nervure transversale (20), vers la paroi du boîtier transversalement à l'axe longitudinal du ressort de compression (21),
    - les extrémités libres (25) de ces extensions élastiques (18) s'engageant dans les extrémités (24) en forme de crochet du support (19) et étant déviées, lorsque le bouton d'actionnement (17) est enfoncé, de manière à
    - faire coulisser le support (19) vers le haut sur des rails de guidage latéraux (22),
    - ce qui comprime le ressort de compression (21) en direction du bouton d'actionnement (17).
  12. Auxiliaire de traction destiné à actionner une fermeture à glissière selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - l'élément de traction en forme de bande ou de corde est guidé de manière à s'enrouler automatiquement dans un deuxième boîtier,
    - un bouton de retenue latéral étant disposé au niveau de ce deuxième boîtier,
    - lequel bouton de retenue, lorsqu'il est pressé, actionne de manière libérable un moyen d'arrêt de l'élément de traction en forme de bande ou de corde qui est situé dans le boîtier.
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