Slide fastener

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700106-B2
Application number	US-201314020954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2013
Priority date	Sep 10, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a slide fastener. A pair of fastener tapes is formed with a pattern on a front surface thereof. A pair of fastener element rows is respectively provided along opposing side edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes. A slider is configured to engage and disengage the pair of fastener element rows. A film member is fixed to the front surface of the pair of fastener tapes such that the pattern is visible. The film member is provided with a concave-convex shape on a surface thereof. The pattern of the fastener tapes and the concave-convex shape of the film member are respectively related to a pattern and a concave-convex shape of one of (a) animal skin, (b) a woven or knitting which is formed by performing weaving or knitting of fibers or bamboo strips, (c) woodgrain, and (d) stone pitching.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slide fastener comprising:
a pair of fastener tapes formed with a pattern on a front surface thereof, wherein the pattern includes a plurality of pattern units each pattern unit having a substantially rectangular shape with diagonals of each pattern unit have different lengths and the pattern is continuously formed along a longitudinal direction of the fastener tapes with a longer one of the diagonals oriented along the longitudinal direction of the fastener tapes;
a pair of fastener element rows respectively provided along opposing side edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes;
a slider configured to engage and disengage the pair of fastener element rows; and
a film member fixed to the front surface of the pair of fastener tapes such that the pattern is visible,
wherein the film member is provided with a concave-convex shape on a surface thereof, wherein the concave-convex shape includes a plurality of pattern units corresponding to the pattern units of the fastener tapes.

2. The slide fastener according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pattern of the fastener tapes includes a discriminable boundary between one color and an adjacent color and the one color surrounded by the boundary is defined as one of the pattern units.

3. The slide fastener according to claim 2 , wherein the pattern of the fastener tapes has dappled color.

4. The slide fastener according to claim 3 ,
wherein the concave-convex shape of the film member has a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions which protrude from the concave portions, and
wherein adjacent convex portions are discriminated by a boundary between the adjacent convex portions and one convex portion surrounded by the boundary is defined as one of the pattern units.

Assignees

• Ykk Corp

Inventors

• Kojima Masayoshi

Classifications

• A44B19/26 Primary

  Sliders · CPC title

• A44B19/346

  Woven stringer tapes (weaving of tapes D03D1/00) · CPC title

• Y10T24/2532

  having interlocking surface with continuous cross section · CPC title

• A44B19/34 Primary

  Stringer tapes (A44B19/40 takes precedence); Flaps secured to stringers for covering the interlocking members (A44B19/32 takes precedence {; setting slide or glide fastener elements on garments A41H37/06}) · CPC title