ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,556, issued on May 19.
"Weighted zipper pull" was invented by Paul Beck (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weighted zipper pull for automatically closing an entrance such as a trampoline entrance, includes a weighted member, a resealable opening, and a zipper attachment portion. The weighted member is configured to at least one of receive and release material through the resealable opening to adjust a weight of the weighted member. The zipper attachment portion of the weighted zipper pull is used to attach the weighted zipper pull to a zipper that is operably connected to an entrance such that a slider body of the zipper is m...