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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Hideki Takeda, Toyama, JP;
Syoso Yamamoto, Toyama, JP;
Hideyuki Yamaguchi, Toyama, JP;
Nobuhiro Ichikawa, Toyama, JP;
Yukako Nakamura, Toyama, JP;
Hideki Takeda, Toyama, JP;
Syoso Yamamoto, Toyama, JP;
Hideyuki Yamaguchi, Toyama, JP;
Nobuhiro Ichikawa, Toyama, JP;
Yukako Nakamura, Toyama, JP;
YKK Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A fastener element for slide fasteners where the color and pattern change diversely with viewing angle. A coiled fastener element for slide fasteners that is to be furnished on a fastener tape, wherein the fastener element is provided with an engagement head, an upper leg, a lower leg, and inverting part for connecting the upper leg with the lower leg; a coating comprising at least one light-transmissive layer is formed on at least the upper leg; and the thickness of the light-permeable layer is formed so as to decrease gradually from the approximate top of the upper leg to the fastener tape side and so that the layer thickness near the top is at most about 50-1500 nm.