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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
George B Moertel, Conneautville, PA (US);
James R Johnston, Meadville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Textron Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; A41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 733 ; 156 66 ; 1565802 ;
Abstract
A gap is formed in a slide fastener chain by cutting out a section of the interlocking fastening elements and the inner longitudinal edge portions of tapes supporting the fastening elements to be removed. A narrow band bordering the gap is formed by compressing and fusing thermoplastic threads in the tapes adjacent the gap.