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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Ryo Tanaka, Toyama, JP;
Yutaka Tominaga, Toyama, JP;
Masamichi Hasegawa, Toyama, JP;
Ryo Mikuma, Toyama, JP;
Ryo Tanaka, Toyama, JP;
Yutaka Tominaga, Toyama, JP;
Masamichi Hasegawa, Toyama, JP;
Ryo Mikuma, Toyama, JP;
YKK Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A slide fastener having a waterproof structure, and having a pair of left and right fastener stringers including a pair of left and right waterproof fastener tapes and a pair of left and right fastener element rows having a plurality of fastener elements along the side ends of the fastener tapes opposite to each other; a slider for engaging and disengaging the left and right fastener elements with and from each other; and a bottom stopper which is formed over the left and right fastener tapes at lower ends of the fastener elements. The bottom stopper covers a first fastener element near the lowest end except an upper portion of its engaging head and a lower portion of the base of the second fastener element adjacent upward to the first fastener element.