ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,510, issued on May 13.
"Dress zipper manipulation assembly" was invented by Stephane Simo-Fossouo (Wylie, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dress zipper manipulation assembly for zipping a zipper on a dress includes a clip to clamp onto a collar of a dress. A chain is coupled to the clip to extend downwardly along the dress when the clip is clipped to the collar. A clamp is coupled to the chain to engage a handle of the zipper when the clamp is in the closed position. In this way the user can pull upwardly on the chain to zip the zipper without assistance. The clamp includes a locking mechanism to releasably retain the clamp in ...