Slide Fastener and a Top Stop for a Slide Fastener

a technology of slide fastener and top stop, which is applied in the direction of clothes buttons, haberdashery, etc., can solve the problems of compromising the fluid tightness of the fastener at the region of the top stop, and achieve the effect of preventing accidental opening, and quick and simple locking/unlocking action
US20090229090A1Inactive Publication Date: 2009-09-17RIRI
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
RIRI
Publication Date
2009-09-17
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A slide fastener (1) comprising a slider (5) with a pull-tab (6), and a top stop (4) with a retaining element (20) disposed to act against a contact face (30) of the puller (6), when said pull-tab (6) is in a suitable locking position, to prevent the slider (5) from sliding away and keep the fastener (1) closed.
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FIELD OF APPLIATION

[0001] The present invention refers to a slide fastener and to a top stop of a slide fastener. The invention relates in particular to fluid-tight slide fasteners and top stops of fluid-tight slide fasteners.PRIOR ART

[0002] A slide fastener, in essential terms, comprises a pair of tapes bearing respective rows of teeth, top and bottom stops, and a slider for opening and closing the fastener by engaging and disengaging the teeth. The slider is operated by a puller (or pull-tab) which is usually connected to the slider by a ring or a ring shaped end portion of the same puller.

[0003] The top and bottom stops are at opposite ends of the slide fastener, which is completely closed when the slider reaches the top stop.

[0004] Fluid-tight slide fasteners, in particular, are used in sports and outdoor activity items, diving or sailing suits, camping tents and the like, and are required to securely prevent the passage of a liquid and / or gas, e.g. water and / or air. In some cases, ...

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