Resilient Or Spring Biased Element Patents (Class 24/421)
  • Patent number: 11419393
    Abstract: A concealed-slide-fastener slider includes a body including: a pair of flanges extending inwardly in the left and right direction from upper end portions of a pair of the side plates; and a raised portion raised upward from an upper wing plate. The body cooperates with a lock member to form a pull attachment portion including a shaft hole that penetrates in the left-right direction. A lower surface of the shaft hole includes an upper surface of the raised portion and is positioned above upper surfaces of the pair of flanges. A pair of fabric accommodating space portions, which accommodate a pair of fabrics fixed to upper sides of the pair of tapes and is partitioned by the raised portion in the left-right direction, is formed between the pull in a rearward lying posture and the pair of flanges in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11324291
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener is disclosed having a slider body and a pull tab wherein: the slider body includes a pull tab retainer having a first side wall and a second side wall with respective recesses for accommodation of the ring of the pull tab, and each recess has a tongue which is inwardly extended to provide a contact surface for the ring, and each tongue joins with the respective side wall with a rounded edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: RIRI SA
    Inventor: Alberto Moneta
  • Patent number: 11234495
    Abstract: A slider and a zipper comprising the slider. The slider comprises a pull tab, a slider body, and a safety catch; the slider body is provided with an upper base plate and a lower base plate; the upper base plate is provided with a rear rivet body set and a front rivet body set which are arranged in a corresponding manner; when the pull tab is rotated and contacts the front rivet body set, the front rivet body set contacts a side column of the pull tab to block the overturn of the pull tab. The front rivet body set applies a force on the rotated pull tab, such that the pull tab is rebounded to the rear end of the slider with a horizontal part as a rotating axis, and the safety catch is locked downwards to lock the zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG WEIXING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anqing Li, You Lou
  • Patent number: 10813419
    Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure includes a sliding member and a pull member. The sliding member includes a sliding element, an elastic member, and a locking hook, the sliding element has a base portion, a first lateral wall portion, a second lateral wall portion, and a seat portion, and an inner surface of the seat portion is configured with at least one retaining block. The first lateral wall portion and the second lateral wall portion respectively extend upward from opposite side ends of the base portion, mutually corresponding to each other, and are connected to a front end of the base portion. The seat portion is disposed on the base portion and connected to a rear end of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10602810
    Abstract: There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. A pull-tab attachment portion is provided on a slider body portion. A pull-tab is attached on the pull-tab attachment portion. The pull-tab has a handle portion and a connection portion connected to the pull-tab attachment portion. The connection portion includes a shaft portion and a pair of rod portions made of metal and extending from both ends of the shaft portion toward the handle portion. The shaft portion has a core portion made of metal and a resin portion made of resin and covering at least a part of a circumference of the core portion. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the resin portion is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the pull-tab attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien Hsiang Hsu, Shinya Honda
  • Patent number: 10561207
    Abstract: A zipper slider assembly structure and a connecting ring are provided. The zipper slider assembly structure includes a sliding assembly, a connecting ring, and a pull element. The sliding assembly includes a sliding element having a through hole, an elastic element disposed on the sliding element, and a movable fixing element movably disposed on the sliding element. The elastic element is elastically abutted against the movable fixing element. An end of the movable fixing element has a limiting part passing through the through hole. The connecting ring movably cooperates with the movable fixing element. The pull element movably cooperates with the connecting ring. The connecting ring has an outer arc surface contacting the sliding assembly and the pull element by point-contact to decrease a contact area between the connecting ring and the sliding assembly and between the connecting ring and the pull element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: WEIFANG ZHONG CHUAN ZIP FASTENER ACCESSORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10485308
    Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure includes a sliding member, an elastic member and a pulling member. The sliding member has a first fixing base, a second fixing base and a through opening. The elastic member is disposed on the sliding member. The elastic member has a first fixing section mated with the first fixing base, a second fixing section mated with the second fixing base, and an inserting section movably passing through the through opening. The pulling member is mated with the elastic member. The first fixing section has a first groove structure, and the second fixing section has a second groove structure. The first fixing base is partially inserted into the first groove structure so as to fix the first fixing section in position, and the second fixing base is partially inserted into the second groove structure so as to fix the second fixing section in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10405616
    Abstract: The present invention provides a zipper head assembly structure, including a sliding element, an elastic element and a pulling element. The sliding element has a first front mating portion, a first middle mating portion and a first rear mating portion. The elastic element is disposed on the sliding element. The elastic element has a second front mating portion mated with the first front mating portion, a second middle mating portion mated with the first middle mating portion, and a second rear mating portion mated with the first rear mating portion. The pulling element has a pivotal portion pivotally disposed between the sliding element and the elastic element. The second middle mating portion extends inwardly from a middle body of the elastic element, and the width W1 of the middle body and the width W2 of the second middle mating portion conform to the equation: (W1?W2)/2?W2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10092066
    Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure includes a sliding assembly and a pulling member. The sliding assembly has a base portion, a seat portion, an elastic member and a retaining member. The elastic member has a first fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, a second fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, an exposed portion connected between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion and exposed out of the seat portion, an elastic portion extended from the first fixing portion, and an abutting portion extended from the elastic portion for abutting against the retaining member. The retaining member is movably disposed on the seat portion for movably contacting the elastic member. The pulling member is movably mated with the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10085525
    Abstract: Provided is a slider having appearance or texture which cannot be obtained with a slider body made of metal or synthetic resin in the related art and further having properties superior than those of sliders in the related art. A slider of an embodiment of the invention includes a slider body formed by sintered bodies containing zirconium oxide as a main component and a tab held by a tab attaching portion of the slider body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Yabuya, Keiichi Keyaki, Hisanori Kato, Tomoko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10070705
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a zipper head assembly structure and an elastic member thereof. The zipper head assembly structure includes a sliding assembly and a pulling member. The sliding assembly has a base portion, a seat portion, an elastic member and a retaining member. The seat portion has a positioning through hole. The elastic member is disposed on the seat portion to elastically abut against the retaining member. The elastic member has a fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, an elastic portion extended from the fixing portion, and an abutting portion extended from the elastic portion for abutting against the retaining member. The retaining member is movably disposed on the seat portion for movably contacting the elastic member, and the retaining member has a retaining portion for passing through the positioning through hole. The pulling member is movably mated with the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10064456
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a zip slider structure including a slider body, a tab-holder and a pull-tab arranged between the tab-holder and the slider body. The slider body includes a first slide portion, a second slide portion and a connecting portion including a joint recess. The first slide portion includes a first slide surface, an arranging surface, a first recess, a second recess and a first extension end. The tab-holder includes a body portion, a first bending portion extending from one end of the body portion and passing the first recess, and a second bending portion extending from the other end of the body portion. The first bending portion includes a slot joining with the first extension end, the second bending portion includes a holding end joining with the joining recess, the body portion includes an attaching member extending from the body portion and joining with the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ge-Chian Tang, Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10051927
    Abstract: A zip slider has: a slider body having upper and lower elements providing two entry channels through which zip teeth pass and slider un/mating; a pull tab having a cam; a biasing spring having a locking prong and a follower surface bearing against the cam. The cam on the follower surface biases the tab into a closed position in which it lies against the upper element. When the tab is in a lifted position, the cam action on the follower surface raises the prong above the mated teeth, enabling relative motion of the teeth and body; when the tab is in the closed position, the prong bears against the teeth to prevent unwanted relative slider and teeth motion. The slider has a counter bias, acting between the upper element and the tab to apply a biasing force on the tab acting against the action of the cam and follower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: J & P COATS LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 9993049
    Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener slider. A pull tab has a rotatable region including laid-down positions and a stood-up position. Within the rotatable region of the pull tab, a locking pawl is elastically deformed to move a cover portion, and a pawl portion is arranged to be inserted into and removed from an element guide passage in accordance with movement of the cover portion. When the pull tab is completely laid down toward the shoulder mouths and rear mouth relative to the slider body, the pull tab has respective regions in which the pull tab is rotatable over a predetermined angle without exerting any load on the locking pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Miyazaki, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 9901146
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a zip slider structure including a slider body, a tab-holder and a pull-tab arranged between the tab-holder and the slider body. The slider body includes a first slide portion, a second slide portion and a connecting portion including a joint recess. The first slide portion includes a first slide surface, an arranging surface, a first recess, a second recess and a first extension end. The tab-holder includes a body portion, a first bending portion extending from one end of the body portion and passing the first recess, and a second bending portion extending from the other end of the body portion. The first bending portion includes a slot joining with the first extension end, the second bending portion includes a holding end joining with the joining recess, the body portion includes an attaching member extending from the body portion and joining with the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ge-Chian Tang
  • Patent number: 9844246
    Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener slider. A front mounting portion and a rear mounting portion are respectively provided with receiving grooves for receiving a lock member. The receiving grooves have right and left side walls. Protrusions are respectively provided on upper end edges of the side walls of the front mounting portion. When the upper end portions of the side walls of the front mounting portion are inclined in a direction of approaching each other, the protrusions approach each other, and the protrusions cover the lock member more largely relative to portions of the side walls other than the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9763499
    Abstract: There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. The slider includes a slider body, an elastic body and a pull tab. The pull tab includes a shaft, a pull tab main body and a cam. The cam is configured to elastically deform the elastic body when the pull tab is laid down. The slider body includes an upper blade and a pair of pull tab attaching posts. The upper blade includes a recess portion and a crimping portion. The recess portion includes a pair of lateral recess portions and a center recess portion. The crimping portion protrudes from at least one of the lateral recess portions at a protruding location located at a center side relative to both front and rear ends of the center recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ozawa, Mingsi Wang, Yuki Chayahara, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 9486040
    Abstract: A zipper has a slider moveable in an opening direction to open the zipper and in a closing direction to close the zipper. The slider comprises a control member and a casing, the control member being moveable between a locking position in which movement of the slider in the opening direction is prevented and an unlocking position in which movement of the slider in the opening direction is allowed. When the control member is in the locking position the casing at least partially encloses the control member so as to substantially prevent the application of a contact force tending to move the control member from the locking position to the unlocking position. The control member is at least partly formed of a material to which a magnetic force is applied by a permanent magnet in proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: James Theobald
  • Patent number: 9427052
    Abstract: A slider provided with a stopping mechanism has a press molded slider body and a stopping pawl body. The stopping pawl body has a main body, a pawl portion extending from one end side of the main body, an extending portion extending from the other end side of the main body, and a projecting portion projecting from a tip portion of the extending portion, and the extending portion has a rotation support part of the stopping pawl body. A contact surface with which the rotation support part of the upper blade is in contact is formed into a flat surface. According to this constitution, a defect and failure of the stopping mechanism hardly occur in the slider, so that the stopping mechanism can be stably operated for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 9370225
    Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure for increasing torsional strength includes a sliding member, a locking hook member, a pull member, a cap body, and an elastic member. The sliding member has a first sliding portion, a second sliding portion, and a connection portion connected between the first and the second sliding portions. The first sliding portion has a first support body and a second support body. The first sliding portion has an arc-shaped outer surface concaved downwardly from an upper side thereof. The locking hook member is movably disposed on the first and the second support bodies. The pull member has a pivot portion movably disposed between the locking hook member and the arc-shaped outer surface. The cap body is disposed on the first and the second support bodies. The elastic member is disposed between the inner surface of the cap body and the locking hook member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 9271548
    Abstract: Provided is a slider for slide fastener. A pull-tab has a cam portion, and when the pull-tab is rotated from a laid-down state where the pull-tab is laid down toward one side of a slider main body to an erected state, the pull-tab is urged with using the cam portion in a direction in which the pull-tab reruns to the laid-down state by an elastic force of a spring part. The slider has a restraining part configured to prevent the pull-tab from rotating further from the erected state and prevent the pull-tab from being laid down toward the other side of the slider main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yohei Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9254020
    Abstract: There is provided a slider for slide fastener. A pull tab holder body includes flanges extending in a width direction and a longitudinal direction. A slider body includes slide groove portions formed in a front end portion of an upper blade to receive the flanges. One of the pull tab holder body and the slider body has a protrusion portion protruding toward the other. The other of the pull tab holder body and the slider body has a recess portion. The flanges are inserted into the slide groove portions and upper surface portions of the upper blade located above the slide groove portions are crimped toward the flanges, so that the protrusion portion is engaged with the recess portion and the pull tab holder body is fixed to the slider body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Yohei Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9060574
    Abstract: A cap structure includes a cap body and an elastic piece. The cap body has at least two first inner concave grooves corresponding to each other, at least two first retaining blocks corresponding to each other and respectively extended outwardly from the at least two first inner concave grooves, and at least two first outer concave grooves corresponding to each other and respectively adjacent to the at least two first retaining blocks. The at least two first inner concave grooves are disposed on the inner surface of the cap body, and the at least two first outer concave grooves are disposed on the outer surface of the cap body. The elastic piece is disposed on the inner surface of the cap body, and the at least two first retaining blocks contact the elastic piece for retaining the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 8991017
    Abstract: There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. A cover member is attached to a body in a cantilever manner to cover a pillar portion and a lock member. An opening/closing member slidably formed between the cover member and the body is configured to open and close an insertion gap. The cover member has a first surface which is formed on the rear end portion of the cover member in substantially parallel to the body, and a second surface extending rearward and upward at a predetermined angle from a rear end portion of the first surface. The opening/closing member has a third surface which overlaps with the first surface in an upward and downward direction and is formed in substantially parallel to the first surface, and a fourth surface extending rearward and downward at a predetermined angle from a rear end portion of the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 8959727
    Abstract: Provided is a slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop having both an automatic stopper and the separable bottom end stop, of which structural components can be used for both left- and right-insertions. In the slide fastener, a stop pawl for the automatic stopper protruding into an element guide passage via a pawl hole is configured to be movable in the lateral direction to an insert pin side and a box pin side. Accordingly, when the insert pin is inserted into the element guide passage through a shoulder opening of a top slider to re-couple separated fastener stringers, the stop pawl can be retreated by the insert pin as being pushed. Accordingly, the insert pin can be smoothly inserted deeply to the top slider with small resistance force. Further, structural components of the slide fastener with the separable bottom end stop can be used for both left- and right-insertions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yuichi Iwase
  • Patent number: 8959728
    Abstract: A slider for slide fasteners having a slider body with the leading end of the upper and lower plates connected by a connecting bar and a y-shaped element guiding path disposed between the upper and lower plates, a pull with one end rotatably held on the upper plate, and a stopping hook disposed on the upper plate and having a hook at one end; the upper plate having an insertion groove for inserting the stopping hook, a locking part for locking the other end of the stopping hook, and a hook eyelet drilled so that the hook can be inserted; and the stopping hook is disposed so that by tilting/erecting manipulations of the pull, the hook can be inserted/withdrawn from the element guiding path through the hook eyelet; wherein the corners of the stopping hook that contact the locking part, at least during locking operation, form beveled parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8782857
    Abstract: A slider with a stop mechanism includes a slider body having first and second post positions on an upper blade, a pull tab, and a bent leaf spring member. The leaf spring member includes first and second restraining portions which abut against the first and second post positions, respectively, to restrain upward movement. The first and second restraining portions are respectively disposed at positions to be spaced apart from the first and second post positions when the inclined angle ? of the pull tab is 0°. The first restraining portion is disposed in a relation to abut against the first portion and thus restrain the upward movement, when the inclined angle ? is in a range of 0°<?<180° or when the axis of the pull tab is spaced apart from the upper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8782858
    Abstract: A slider has an upper blade of a slider body having an insert groove of a locking pawl, a temporary engagement portion for which temporary engages and fixes the locking pawl, and a claw hole. The temporary engagement portion is adapted so that, with the locking pawl fixed in position, the position in height of the upper end of the temporary engagement portion is the same as or lower than that of the upper surface of the upper blade. This prevents the temporary engagement portion from being pressed and crushed when the temporary engagement portion is in contact with the tab and so on. As a result, an automatic stop mechanism of the slider can stably function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8584326
    Abstract: A slider has an upper blade of a slider body having an insert groove of a locking pawl, a temporary engagement portion which temporary engages and fixes the locking pawl, and a claw hole. The temporary engagement portion is adapted so that, with the locking pawl fixed in position, the position in height of the upper end of the temporary engagement portion is the same as or lower than that of the upper surface of the upper blade. This prevents the temporary engagement portion from being pressed and crushed when the temporary engagement portion is in contact with the tab and so on. As a result, an automatic stop mechanism of the slider can stably function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8567019
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Hisashi Yoneshima, Shigeyoshi Takazawa
  • Patent number: 8539651
    Abstract: A replacement zipper slider includes upper and lower plates, which are held together by a threaded fastener extending from one plate to the other; the plates are urged apart by a spring between them, and the threaded fastener sets a maximum limit on the distance between the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: James Marvin Williams
  • Patent number: 8356391
    Abstract: There are provided interlock pieces extending from both edge portions of a side-to-side winglike piece provided in a pull-tab retainer toward an anterior wall part and a posterior wall part of the pull-tab retainer. An anterior support wall of an anterior mounting post and a posterior support wall of a posterior mounting post at superior angular corner regions of the internal faces thereof are provided with notches for interlocking of the interlock pieces. When the pull-tab retainer is fitted to the anterior mounting post and the posterior mounting post, the interlock pieces and the notches are interlocked with together to thereby prevent any displacement of the pull-tab retainer in anteroposterior side-to-side directions. Further, at that time, a side end face of the anterior support wall and a side end face of the posterior support wall can be covered up by the pull-tab retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Iwase
  • Patent number: 8122573
    Abstract: There is provided a thin slider for a slide fastener with an automatic locking mechanism with a locking pawl while having an excellent design property and operability. The thin slider according to the present invention includes a locking pawl journaled by a slider body and a resilient member accommodated in a connecting post. The locking pawl is urged in such a first rotation direction that its pawl portion is inserted into an element guide passage of the slider body by the resilient member. The upper blade of the slider body includes a first upper blade connected to the connecting post and a second upper blade which is attached slidably onto the first upper blade. The second upper blade has a thin second upper blade main body and an operating piece drooping from the front end portion of the second upper blade main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeyoshi Takazawa
  • Patent number: 7870650
    Abstract: A slide fastener slider comprising: a slider body; a pull tab holder body attached to the slider body in a cantilevered state with one end portion thereof fixed to a top face side of the slider body; an opening/closing member disposed slidably on the slider body so as to open and close a gap formed between an other end portion of the pull tab holder body and the upper blade; and an elastic member for urging the opening/closing member to a closing position of the gap, so that a pull tab is detachably held between the slider body and the pull tab holder body, the slider further comprising a fitting sliding structure in which the pull tab holder body is fitted to the slider body from a front or rear end thereof so as to be relatively slidable in a length direction of the slider body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yoshikazu Hamada
  • Patent number: 7624481
    Abstract: The invention provides a spring body for a slide fastener and a slider having the spring body mounted thereon, comprising: the spring body made of a platy material having an opening window portion at the opposite side of a pawl portion, and entirely formed in a lateral C-shape; a spring piece having a figuration that a longitudinal center portion of the platy material is cut out outward from a side end portion of a main body of the opening window portion to be pulled up at a required height in many steps, disposed between a rear surface of a pull holding body and a pull with elastic contact, and the pawl portion engaged with or released from a portion of a coupling element row by operating the pull through an inside of the slider body. Consequently, it can get the spring body enabling a material and manufacturing cost reduced, a stable and excellent productivity; a slider with an automatic stop function acquiring and realizing inexpensive structure, miniaturization, and simple assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Iwase, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Publication number: 20090288276
    Abstract: The present subject matter describes an Auto lock slider plastic slider for a slide fastener. According to one embodiment of the present invention the slider comprises a slider body having one or more slots formed therein. A puller means having a cam provision is integrated with the slider body. In another embodiment the puller means is attached to the slider body and not an integrated part thereof. Further, a resilient locking member having a first end and a second end is attached to the slider body so that the one end gets arrested in one of the slots in the slider body when assembled. Additionally the resilient locking member is adapted to cooperate with the cam provision to affect engaging and/or disengaging of the another end of the resilient locking member with respect to the slide fastener through another slot in the slider body thereby locking or unlocking the slide fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Parthiban Dhanapal
  • Patent number: 7621025
    Abstract: A slider (1) for a zip fastener is described, said fastener comprising a base (2) and a back part (3) which are integral with each other and between which the rows of teeth (4i) of the said fastener are arranged, as well as an engaging member (5) projecting upwards from the said back part (3) and able to be constrained to the connecting ring (6) of a pull-tab, the said engaging member (5) being shaped substantially in the manner of a U having a first side (7) of the two parallel sides (7, 8) fixed to the said base (2) and the second side (8) facing in a parallel manner the back part (3) and terminating in a hook-shaped portion (9) which is bent inwards, at least the third side (10) of the U which connects said sides perpendicularly being flexurally resilient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Riri S.A.
    Inventor: Michele Sanna
  • Publication number: 20090094804
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener with an automatic stopper, includes: a body; a pull; a pawl rod; a leaf spring; and a cover including front, back, side and upper walls. The side walls are provided at respective centers thereof with openings through which a pivotal shaft of the pull can be passed. A pair of mounting parts are provided in the front and in the back on an upper wing plate of the body. Holding mechanisms for holding the leaf spring are provided in the front and in the back on an inner face of the cover at respective positions inwardly separated from the front wall and the back wall. The leaf spring defines spaces between the holding mechanisms and the upper wall. The holding mechanisms hold the leaf spring at positions inwardly separated from opposite ends thereof. The cover is fixed to the front and back mounting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Yohei Miyazaki, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 7360285
    Abstract: An automatic lock slider 1 for a concealed slide fastener comprises a slider body 3, a locking lever 5 and a knob 11. The locking lever 5 is pivotally mounted on the slider body 3. A locking pawl 53 on one end 55 of the locking lever 5 is urged into a fastener element guide channel 39 of the slider body 3 by a spring 7, to prevent unintentional sliding of the slider 1 along a slide fastener. The knob 11 is attached to a connecting ring 9 through which the locking lever 5 is inserted. When opening or closing the slide fastener, the knob 11 rocks and lifts the locking lever 11 to withdraw the locking pawl 53 from the fastener element guide channel 39, thereby allowing movement of the slider 1 along the slide fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeyoshi Takazawa
  • Patent number: 7356887
    Abstract: The invention provides a spring body for a slide fastener and a slider having the spring body mounted thereon, comprising: the spring body made of a platy material having an opening window portion at the opposite side of a pawl portion, and entirely formed in a lateral C-shape; a spring piece having a figuration that a longitudinal center portion of the platy material is cut out outward from a side end portion of a main body of the opening window portion to be pulled up at a required height in many steps, disposed between a rear surface of a pull holding body and a pull with elastic contact, and the pawl portion engaged with or released from a portion of a coupling element row by operating the pull through an inside of the slider body. Consequently, it can get the spring body enabling a material and manufacturing cost reduced, a stable and excellent productivity; a slider with an automatic stop function acquiring and realizing inexpensive structure, miniaturization, and simple assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Iwase, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 7340805
    Abstract: A combination structure of a zipper head of the present invention comprises a zipper head, a pull tag, a pin lock, a spring piece, and a cover plate, wherein three components, the pin lock, the spring piece, and the cover plate, are composed of different materials and are mutually independent. Such a structure is different from the integrated structure of combining the above three components of the conventional invention. Hence the combination structure of the zipper head of the present invention provides sufficient stopping force via the stopping portion whilst being cheaper to produce, and easily manufactured and fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Chung Chwan Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 7337510
    Abstract: The invention provides a high-quality slider for a slide fastener provided with an automatic locking device, wherein the slider comprises a body, a pull, and the spring with the locking pawl, the spring is formed in an inverted U-shape comprising an upper and lower elements by cutting and bending a linear material having a same cross-sectional shape, a locking pawl is provided at a front end of the lower element, the body comprises a front and rear side attaching portions, a housing groove is provided at each attaching portion to house the spring so as to fix it to the upper element, a projection amount regulating portion of the locking pawl is provided on a wall of a pawl hole to elastically contact a base portion of a pawl element thereto, and a rear face of the upper element attached to the rear side attaching portion regulates an upward movement of the pawl element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 7313847
    Abstract: The CTF Flip-N-Zip slider enables the purchasers of a zipper with the CTF Flip-N-Zip slider installed to disconnect at least one side of a zipped zipper and return it to the starting position. Current fixed sliders are very hard to fix if a foreign object jams the zipper or if the zipper opens behind the slider. CTF Flip-N-Zip slider requires only that the owner disengage the lock and remove either the top or bottom plates or half plate depending on the design. This is shown in the drawings for a releasable latch pin of the slider. The owner would then return the zipper to the starting position and reattach and lock the slider and start over using the same slider. Other designs currently in consideration are push button releases, hinged plates with hidden lever, draw activated releases, etc. Sliders will be made to fit all available zippers and zipper materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Theodore Felix, James Marvin Williams
  • Patent number: 7257869
    Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure includes a fastening slider, a pulling piece, a horse-like hook, an elastic piece and a cap. The top of the fastening slider has a first fixing base and a second fixing base at two ends thereof, respectively. One end of the elastic piece is fixedly connected on the first fixing base of the fastening slider. The elastic piece abuts against the top portion of the horse-like hook. The cap covers the first and second fixing bases of the fastening slider, the end portion of the pulling piece, the horse-like hook and the elastic piece. The zipper head assembly structure of the present invention reduces efficiently the material cost, simplifies the manufacturing procedure much, and reduces the manufacturing cost. Further, the elastic piece is fixed on the fastening slider more firmly, so the elastic piece and the horse-like hook can abut to each other sufficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Chung Chwan Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 7219401
    Abstract: A slider having an automatic stopper capable of accommodating a drooping piece of a leaf spring in a front face of a guide post of the slider and protecting it. In a body of the slider, upper and lower blades are connected via the guide post, and a groove portion which is open continuously in a vertical direction is provided at the front face of the guide post is provided. The drooping piece formed by bending an end of the leaf spring of an automatic stop mechanism disposed on a top face of the upper blade is engaged and accommodated within the groove portion and a projecting portion projecting forward is provided at a bottom end of the groove portion. The projecting portion is located below the drooping piece to protect a front end of the drooping piece and formed into a shape preventing a pointed object from being inserted between the drooping piece and the projecting portion, thereby protecting the slider from being destroyed intentionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 7207092
    Abstract: This invention relates to a slider for a slide fastener with an automatic stopper comprising front and rear mounting pillars of a slider body and a pawl body open to the rear mounting pillar and having a concave portion for accommodating a shaft portion of a pull wherein a gap portion allowing the shaft portion to pass through is formed in the concave portion by disposing the rear mounting pillar in a fitting guide groove in the slider body slidably in back and forth directions, and the shaft portion is prevented from slipping out of the concave portion through the gap portion when a pull holding body for covering the slider body is engaged with the front and rear mounting pillars, whereby simplifying a slider body's structure, an attachment structure of the pull and manufacturing procedure, and reducing a manufacturing cost while securing a stable/excellent automatic stopper function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Iwase, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 7114223
    Abstract: A zipper assembly includes a pair of zipper tapes and a slider movable along the zipper tapes. A closure member and a zipper pull are connected to the slider. A cover for the zipper pull includes a housing having an aperture formed therein. A plunger rod having a first end and a second end is connected to the zipper pull, with its first end extending outwardly through the aperture. A biasing member biases the plunger rod outwardly from the aperture in a static condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Alex W. Okot
  • Patent number: 6769156
    Abstract: A zipper hand with puller fixed function includes a body, a hook element, a connected element, a puller and a buckled means, wherein the hook element is disposed on the body, one end of the hook element has a hook portion inserted into two guiding grooves of the body, one end of the connected element is connected to a top of the body and contacted to an inner edge of the hook element, the puller is connected to the connected element, and the buckled is disposed between the body and the puller. When the zipper hand is in a buckled state, the puller can be buckled and fixed on the body, and do not worry about the puller is raised up, so as to maintain the zipper hand in the buckled state, for avoiding the zipper hand being loosed and occurring an unexpected move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Tan Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20040103502
    Abstract: A zipper slide is constructed to include a slide body having a locating hole and a retaining hole, a mount integral with the slide body at the top, a pull-tab, the pull tab having a coupling hole pivotally coupled to pivot holders of the mount, and a spring member inserted through the coupling hole of the pull-tab and connected between the locating hole and retaining hole of the slide body to hold down the pull-tab, the spring member having a pointed rear end inserted through the retaining hole of the slide body for engaging the interlocking teeth of the zipper tapes in which the zipper slide to stop the zipper slide from displacement when the pull-tab turned to a horizontal position in parallel to the slide body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Tan Ming Chen, Stephen Y. Cheng
  • Patent number: 6702505
    Abstract: A hook element for detachably connecting two objects with one another has a first hook shank, a second hook shank, and a hook bow connecting the first and second hook shanks with one another. The hook bow has a lateral cutout. At least one of the first and second hook shanks has a slanted contact surface. The slanted contact surface extends on the front side of the hook shank from the outer side to the inner side and extends along the forward edge of the hook shank over the entire length of the hook shank. The hook elements can be easily connected to one another even when not aligned but rotated relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventors: Uwe Nutto, Melanie John