Slider for slide fastener

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10212992-B2
Application number	US-201415511412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2014
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A slider for slide fasteners may include a slider body and a closure part. The closure part may include a closure portion for closing the gap between a free end portion of a pull tab attachment post and an upper blade; an upper engaging portion provided above the closure portion and engageable with the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post and a leg portion provided below the closure portion. The leg portion may include a rod portion extending from the closure portion along the coupling post and a lower engaging portion coupled to the rod portion and engageable with a lower blade.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A slider for slide fasteners, comprising:
a slider body that includes an upper blade; a lower blade; a coupling post; and a pull tab attachment post wherein the coupling post couples the upper blade and the lower blade at a front end portion of the slider body, and the pull tab attachment post extends from a base end portion thereof coupled to the upper blade to a free end portion thereof towards the front end portion as a cantilever; and
a closure part that comprises a closure portion for closing a gap between the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post and the upper blade,
wherein the closure part comprises an upper engaging portion provided at an upper section of the closure part and engaged with the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post; and a leg portion provided at a lower section of the closure portion, and
wherein the leg portion comprises a rod portion extending from the closure portion along the coupling post; and a lower engaging portion coupled to the rod portion and engaged with the lower blade.

2. The slider according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post is provided with a recessed upper engaged portion with which the upper engaging portion is engaged.

3. The slider according to claim 2 , wherein the upper engaging portion has an engaging protrusion protruding downward, the upper engaged portion has a peripheral wall that is opened upward, and the engaging protrusion is housed in the peripheral wall.

4. The slider according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling post has a vertical groove that is front-open and vertically extends through the coupling post, and the rod portion is at least partially housed in the vertical groove.

5. The slider according to claim 1 , wherein the lower engaging portion is a flat plate portion bent relative to the rod portion, and is housed in a lower engaged portion recessed on a bottom surface of the lower blade.

6. The slider for a slide fastener according to claim 1 , wherein when a direction in which the coupling post extends is defined as an up and down direction, a direction orthogonal to the up and down direction and consistent with a sliding direction of the slider is defined as a front and rear direction, and a direction orthogonal to the up and down direction and the front and rear direction is defined as a left and right direction, each of the upper engaging portion and the lower engaging portion has at least one protruding portion that protrudes in the left and right direction.

7. The slider according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the closure portion facing the pull tab attachment post is provided with a slope rising upward away from the base end portion of the pull tab attachment post.

8. A closure part attachable to a slider body that includes an upper blade; a lower blade; a coupling post; and a pull tab attachment post, the coupling post coupling the upper blade and the lower blade at a front end portion of the slider body, and the pull tab attachment post extending from a base end portion thereof coupled to the upper blade to a free end portion thereof towards the front end portion as a cantilever, the closure part comprising:
a closure portion for closing a gap between the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post and the upper blade;
an upper engaging portion provided at an upper section of the closure part and engageable with the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post; and
a leg portion provided at a lower section of the closure portion,
wherein the leg portion comprises:
a rod portion extending from the closure portion along the coupling post; and
a lower engaging portion coupled to the rod portion and engageable with the lower blade.

9. A slider body that comprises an upper blade; a lower blade; a coupling post; and a pull tab attachment post, the coupling post coupling the upper blade and the lower blade at a front end portion of the slider body, and the pull tab attachment post extending from a base end portion thereof coupled to the upper blade to a free end portion thereof towards the front end portion as a cantilever, and a closure part being attachable to the slider body to close a gap between the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post and the upper blade,
wherein the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post is provided with an upper engaged portion with which an upper engaging portion of the closure part is engageable, and
wherein the lower blade is provided with a lower engaged portion with which a lower engaging portion of the closure part is engageable.

10. The slider body according to claim 9 , wherein the coupling post has a vertical groove that is front-open and vertically extends through the coupling post, the coupling post being configured to house a rod portion interposed between the upper engaging portion and the lower engaging portion of the closure part.

Assignees

• Ykk Corp

Inventors

• Honda Shinya

Classifications

• A44B19/262 Primary

  Pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders · CPC title

• A44B19/26 Primary

  Sliders · CPC title