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US 7,498,510 · App. 11/427,653 · Granted Mar 3, 2009

Conductive closure arrangement

Assignee: Fabric King Texile Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,498,510
App. No.
11/427,653
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A closure arrangement includes two opposite bodies and a slider. Each of the bodies has a cooperative structure such as teeth of a zipper for the slider coupling and uncoupling the cooperative structure. A conductive conduit is provided within the bodies respectively. Each of the bodies has an upper stop with a connector inside for the upper ends of conductive conduits being coupled to a pair of external conductive conduits. A common bottom stop is joined to the bottoms of the bodies with two connectors inside the common bottom stop for the lower ends of the conductive conduits being coupled to another pair of external conductive conduits.

Claims (23)

1. A closure arrangement comprising:

a first and second bodies and each of said two bodies providing a cooperative mating structure respectively; and

a slider being capable of sliding along said two bodies for coupling or uncoupling said cooperative mating structure;

wherein, the respective body further comprises an internal conductive conduit and an upper stop with an upper connector disposed at an upper end of the respective body for electrically connecting with two first pin connectors disposed at an end of a first pair of external conductive conduits; and a common bottom stop with two lower connectors is joined to a bottom of the respective body for electrically connecting with two second pin connectors disposed at an end of a second pair of external conductive conduits.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 , said internal conductive conduit extends along each of said two bodies respectively.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said two bodies are formed as a zipper, a hook and loop arrangement, a button arrangement, a snap arrangement or a Ziploc-type arrangement.

4. The closure arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said upper connector is operatively coupled to said conductive conduit.

5. The closure arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said two connectors are operatively coupled to another end of said internal conductive conduit in each of said two bodies respectively.

6. The closure arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said internal conductive conduit is a metallic wire covered with an insulation material, a carbon fiber wire, or a fiber optic wire.

7. A system for providing a signal comprising:

a signal-providing device with a first pair of external conductive conduits;

an apparatus;

a signal receiving device with a second pair of external conductive conduits; and

a closure arrangement coupled to said apparatus for closing a portion of said apparatus and electrically connecting with said first pair of external conduits and said second pair of external conduits; wherein the closure arrangement further comprises:

a first and second bodies and each of said two bodies providing a cooperative mating structure respectively; and

a slider being capable of sliding along said two bodies for coupling or uncoupling said cooperative mating structure;

wherein, the respective body further comprises an internal conductive conduit and an upper stop with an upper connector disposed at an upper end of the respective body for electrically connecting with two first pin connectors disposed at an end of a first pair of external conductive conduits; and a common bottom stop with two lower connectors is joined to a bottom of the respective body for electrically connecting with two pin connectors disposed at a second pair of external conductive conduits.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said signal receiving device is operatively coupled to the internal conductive conduit.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the signal receiving device is a display, a battery charger, an audio device or a video device.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus is a garment or a bag.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the signal-providing device is a power source.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the signal providing device is an audio or video device, and said signal receiving device is a sound producing device.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein said first and second bodies are formed as a zipper, a hooker and loop arrangement, button arrangement, or a Ziploc-type arrangement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2006
From: CHEN, KANG-SHENG; CHU, WU-I
To: FABRIC KING TEXTILE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080029288A1 · Feb 7, 2008