Ykk Corporation

Ykk Europe Limited

Meirion Williams

Gareth Rhys Jones

Steven Thomas

Eiji Gonda

Mark Davies

Vincent Leva

Yutaka Maruyama

Savine Lepretre

A waterproof slide fastener is provided. A pair of tapes has coupling elements attached thereto. A coating of polymeric material is provided on at least one surface of the tape and extends continuously therealong. The coating includes in cross-section a fin with a bulbous region. The coating is not extendable beyond the coupling elements when the slide fastener is in an open arrangement.

Waterproof slide fastener

A slide fastener is provided. A pair of coupling elements provided along adjacent edges of a pair of fastener tapes. A slider is configured to engage or separate the pair of coupling elements with or from each other. An end stop is secured to the pair of fastener tapes at an end portion of the pair of coupling elements. The pair of coupling elements are secured to each other at one region of the end portion of the pair of coupling elements. The one region extends between a rear end portion of a diamond of the slider and a base portion of the slider in a state where the base portion of the slider comes in contact with the end stop.

Slide fastener

A slide fastener is provided which has two sliders arranged to be slidable on a pair of interlocking stringers so as to open the fastener when separated and close the fastener when brought together, at least one receiving portion disposed on one of the sliders, at least one latching member disposed on one of the sliders and engageable with the receiving portion. The sliders engage and are separated by deformation of the receiving portion and/or the latching member. The slider body portion is formed separately to the latch body portion so that different materials may be used. A two part slider having a decorative surface body portion, in place of the latch body portion, is also disclosed.

Growing community of inventors

Cheshire, United Kingdom

Meirion Williams