Zipper manipulating apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE USED ON A RELATIVELY VERTICAL SUPPORT SURFACE OF THE TYPE HAVING VERTICALLY SPACED UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FACING SURFACES FACING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FOR MANIPULATING THE MOVABLE ELEMENT OF A ZIPPER FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, THE COMBINATION OF: A PAIR OF PULLEY MEANS ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN LATERALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON THE SUPPORT SURFACE, AN-OTHER PULLEY MEANS ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT SURFACE IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH AND AT A SUB--STANTIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID PAIR OF PULLEY MEANS, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PULLEY MEANS AWAY FRON THE OTHER PULLEY MEANS, A FLEXIBLE ELEMENT PASSING OVER EACH OF SAID PULLEY MEANS IN OPERATIVE RELATION, SAID FLEXIBLE ELEMENT HAVING ENDS JOINED TO FORM A CONTINUOUS LOOP HAVING TWO MAJOR VERTICAL PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, AND MEANS SECURED TO SAID FLEX-IBLE ELEMENT ON ONE OF SAID VERTICAL PORTIONS FOR RELEASABLY ENGAGING THE MOVABLE ELEMENT OF THEZIPPER FOR CAUSING MOVEMENT OF THE MOVABLE ELEMENT UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID FLEXIBLE ELEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID PULLEY MEANS.