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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Masahiro Kusayama, Toyama-ken, JP;
Satoshi Matsumoto, Toyama-ken, JP;
Ryo Tanaka, Toyama-ken, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Various embodiments of top end stops for a slide fastener are made of resin and are each formed adjacent to an end portion of each of two rows of coupling elements provided along edge portions of a pair of fastener tapes. Each of the top end stops has a concave portion on an opposed face to the other top end stop, and each of the concave portions accomodate a slider therebetween when the slide fastener is colsed. A gap is formed between each top end stop and a coupling element disposed at the end portion of each row of the coupling elements, and an overlapping portion is formed in a bottom end of one of the top end stops, such that a coupling head of a mating coupling element is capable of overlapping the overlapping portion.
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