ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,680, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to WANDRD LLC (Orem, Utah).
"Locking zipper pulls" was invented by Spencer N. Cope (Orem, Utah), Ryan M. Cope (Orem, Utah) and Austin J. Cope (Orem, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Locking pull-tabs for a zipper include a first pull-tab that may be connected to a first slider and a second pull-tab that may be connected to a second slider of the zipper. The first pull-tab and second pull-tab include a first locking coupler and a second locking coupler, respectively. The first locking coupler and second locking coupler may enable the first pull-tab and second pull-tab to engage each other in a m...