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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Kentaro Yamamoto, Macon, GA (US);
Hisashi Yoneshima, Toyama, JP;
Shigeyoshi Takazawa, Macon, GA (US);
Kentaro Yamamoto, Macon, GA (US);
Hisashi Yoneshima, Toyama, JP;
Shigeyoshi Takazawa, Macon, GA (US);
YKK Corporation of America, Marietta, GA (US);
Abstract
A semi-automatic slider assembly having a slider body, a lock pin, and a pull tab. When the pull tab is in a first orientation, the lock pin engages with elements of the tape and the slider assembly is in a locked configuration that prevents the slider assembly from moving along the tape. When the pull tab is in a second orientation, the lock pin does not engage with the elements of the tape and the slider assembly is in an unlocked configuration so that the assembly is permitted to move along the tape. The slider body has a recess for receiving a portion of the lock pin, and the lock pin has an opening that reduces interference when the pull tab is in the second orientation.