ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,122, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to X-CEN-TEK GmbH & Co. KG (Wardenburg, Germany).
"Double zipper assembly" was invented by Andreas Harms (Bad Zwischenahn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double zipper assembly includes a first zipper and a second zipper, each having a pair of side portions with teeth and at least one slider. The pairs of side portions of the first zipper and of the second zipper are each sectionally interconnected by means of a web. A side portion of the pair of side portions of the first zipper is connected with a side portion of the pair of side portions of the second zipper along its entire length. The...