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//turning the fastener over, to reveal a tiny screw hole on its
back// |
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Tough to do if you can't get your pants off or worse yet you have
something personal stuck in it. |
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Maybe the front is the place for the release. |
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This is a really great idea - zipper reset. |
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It would be nice if the screw only loosened the catch instead of
having the parts completely separate; this would allow you to fix
it without losing the parts and the tiny screw. |
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//nice if the screw only loosened the catch//
The zipper tab could be attached to the screw. Twist the tab to open the slider. I agree it should not fall to pieces, but be a single mechanism. There's not much material in a zipper slider, so make it out of unobtanium. |
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It's called a "captive screw," and you could easily fit one on a zipper slide without any unobtanium. |
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Bun - the number of times I've spent 10 minutes trying to get out of a sleeping bag/coat/opening a suitcase, only to find a bit of the lining trapped in the zip. I really like the twist the zipper tab option - you might not have a screwdriver ready. |
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Tents *really* need this. Having to struggle out of your trousers is one thing, but the embarrassment of managing to lock yourself into a tent is quite another. |
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Perhaps you could have a tiny little cam-lever that keeps the
zippperer closed. |
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There's a "your pants are being held up by everybody else's willpower" punchline in there somewhere, I can just feel it. |
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I say the Zippity Undo with the twist tab "Captive Screw" is a
winner, stick a fork in it it's done. |
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Too much detail. And DON'T do it in public - you'll get arrested. |
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Would you care to draft the product liabilty small print for that ? |
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Day 1: TheGem's design hits the market. |
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Day 2: Drunk wearing trousers with TheGem's product staggers into men's room, cannot undo zipper, remembers instructions, goes out, gets fork, comes back, attempts to undo zipper. |
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Day 3: (early hours). Doctors operate to remove fork. |
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Day 3: (dawn) Police arrive at TheGem's place of residence. |
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Day 4: Arraignment hearing. Court packed with class-action legal specialists, plus one hung over garment purchaser in a wheelchair, possibly carrying some sort of large calibre personal weapon.
TheGem remaded into protective custody........... |
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//I say the Zippity Undo with the twist tab "Captive Screw" is
a winner, stick a fork in it it's done.// |
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[8th] Oh my, it appears that my poor punctuation skills have
forked this one up. |
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i applaud the intent even if i don't truly grasp the ease of it. i'm imagining trying to work a miniscule screw-driver (that i have magically found in my pocket?) into the confined space between coat fabrics and a zipper back. this sounds frustrating. almost as frustrating as getting your lining stuck in your zipper in the first place. now a twist notion would alleviate some of that, to be sure, but then, there would be times of accidental twisting at which time the zipper would pop open unintentionally. also, it occurs to me that once you've "unlocked" the zipper you must unzip the entire length of the zipper and start zipping again from the beginning. |
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// a miniscule screw-driver (that i have magically found in my pocket?) // |
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It's threaded into the corkscrew of your Swiss Army Knife. |
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If you don't have a Swiss Army Knife, go out and buy one. |
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If you won't buy a Swiss Army Knife, you don't belong here. |
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Which begrudger burst my extra half croissant... grrrrr!!! |
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Thank you! That said, make all other zippers illegal. Otherwise, Murphy's Law says that your one non-undoable zipper will always jam. |
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That's more like it! (dances around foolishly) Now, can I get some jam and butter on those extra croissants? |
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5 whole croissants - that's an abomination! |
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{Or maybe even an a-bun-a-nation?} |
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// the less principled ones // |
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They're the best sort .... |
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All I have to do now is rake in the royalties - ha (see link) |
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