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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Wilder, Katonah, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24433 ;
Abstract
An end connector for a zipper slide fastener includes a resilient socket member and a locking blade adapted for lateral snap-fit coupling. The locking blade is longitudinally slidable with respect to the socket member for decoupling. Additionally, a guide blade is simultaneously registrable with a slider member during the coupling operation for aligning the slider member to effect meshing engagement with two rows of complementary zipper teeth. In an alternate embodiment the socket member and locking blade are disposed in angular correspondence and the locking blade is laterally withdrawable from the socket member for decoupling.