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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2000
Koji Yamagishi, Toyama-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Matsushima, Toyama-ken, JP;
Hisashi Yoneshima, Toyama-ken, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention intends to provide a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener formed of- resilient body on which no unreasonable force is applied when the fastener is opened or closed and which is always kept in a stabilized condition that it is urged to be fallen onto a slider body without swinging freely. A yoke which is a zipper pull mounting portion is mounted on a top face of a slider body. A half-annular shaped zipper pull formed of resilient body is fixed to lateral bars at front and rear ends of a rectangular connecting body longer than the slide body. A lateral bar is provided in the center of the connecting body and inserted through an automatic locking pawl lever incorporated in the yoke. Neck portions are provided in the vicinity of a fixing portion at the front and rear ends so that the zipper pull is elastically deformable easily. A grip portion is provided at a position apart from the fixing portion so that the zipper pull is easy to grip. Further, a feature of the zipper pull of this invention is that a central portion to be disposed on the slider body of the connecting body is low while the sides of the fixing portions on both ends are located higher and extended horizontally with a step. Consequently, when the zipper pull is brought up slightly, the locking pawl lever can be raised so that the slider can be slid. The zipper pull is always kept in such a stabilized condition that it is fallen to the slider body.