Abstract: A pull tub for a slide fastener comprising a slide-connector, an intermediate part, and a grip. The slide-connector has a slide-connecting head and two extending legs provided individually with widened retainers at their distal ends. The intermediate part has, at its front end, two holes formed through it to receive individually the extending legs of the slide-connector, and at its rear end, two notched portions and a hook. The grip has a body portion and an outwardly protruded engaging portion. The retainers are adapted to seat on the notched portions to achieve locking, while blocking the aperture of the hook.

Abstract: A slide fastener comprises a pair of fastener tapes having fastener elements that constitute the engagement part and a slider for opening and closing the fastener tape. The fastener elements project from the tapes, and the projections are joined with each other so that the pair of fastener tapes are joined one above the other. The fastener elements can be coils or rows of teeth.

Abstract: A male-mounted tape is composed of a plurality of synthetic resin male snaps moulded and fastened onto a cloth tape at certain intervals in such a way that their engagement sides and non-engagement sides, which are asymmetric to each other, are on the front side and the back side of the cloth tape respectively. A female tape is composed of a plurality of synthetic resin female snaps moulded and fastened onto a cloth tape at the same intervals as the male snaps in such a way that their engagement sides and non-engagement sides, which are asymmetric to each other, are on the front side and the back side of the cloth tape respectively. The cloth tapes, on which the female and male snaps are formed and fastened, are not provided with holes for mounting the snaps.

Abstract: Right and left fastener parts attached to the right and left ends of a brassier strap. The male fastener part comprises a male tape piece, which is cut out from a male cloth tape on which at least one row of synthetic resin male snap buttons is formed and fastened in such a way that there is at least one button per row. The female fastener part comprises a female tape piece, which is cut out from a female cloth tape on which at least two rows of synthetic resin female snap buttons are formed and fastened in such a way that there is at least one button per row. The male snap button has an engagement protrusion that extends directly from the cloth tape rather than from a base.

Abstract: The point provider accepts, manages and stores membership information in a membership management device (20). At the same time, the point provider attaches to each product sold a non-rewritable storage medium (e.g., a CD card (30) embedded with a CD-ROM), in which the product-specific information and the point provider's website address are written. The member inserts the CD card (30) into an information reading device (15) of a personal computer (10) to connect to the website (25) of the point provider. The point provider checks the identity of the person who has accessed the website (whether the person who has accessed the website is the same person as the one who purchased the product) and, upon confirmation, adds the points corresponding to the purchase amount and stores the point data.

Abstract: A fastener which consists of two tapes (1,2) each having a plurality of female fastener members (3,3A) attached thereto and a plurality of male fastener members (4,4A) attached thereto. Each of the female fastener members (3,3A) is provided on its attaching face with right and left bar-shaped members (31a,32a). Each of the male fastener members (4,4A) has on its attaching face a bar-shaped member which fits the female fastener member between the right and left bar-shaped members thereof (31,32).

Abstract: From the “face” side of the base (12) of the male part (4), an engagement protrusion (18) extends directly upwards in the direction of the engagement socket (18). On the surface of the engagement socket (14) side of the base (12), a slanting surface (12a) parallel with the protrusion-forming slanting surface (18b) is formed. From the “face” side of the base (20) of the male part (8), an engagement protrusion (23) extends diagonally downwards in the direction of the engagement socket (21). On both sides of the step (23c), a wall (23e) is provided. On the “face” side of the engagement socket (21) of the base (20), a slanting surface (20a) parallel with the protrusion-forming slanting surface (23b) is formed. The snap fastener has directionality in respect not only of disengagement but also of engagement.

Abstract: A snap fastener having a detachment directionality. The fastener includes a portion for minimizing the gap between the male and female snaps (1, 4). The portion is, for example, a small protrusion (17) established on the side of the neck (13) opposite the engagement edge (16),or a protrusion (47) established on the side of the female snap.

Abstract: A tape-mounted fastener comprising a male tape and a female tape in which the male tape is made of a cloth tape (18) onto which several resin male parts (6) are molded and fastened at certain intervals and a female tape is made of a cloth tape (30) onto which several resin female parts (6) are molded and fastened at the same intervals as said male parts with no mounting holes pierced on either of said cloth tapes. The engagement protrusions (20) of the male parts (6) stand upright directly from the cloth tape (30) without the aid of a base. The male and female parts preferably have a ring-shaped appearance when viewed from either the front or the back.

Abstract: An extendable stick having an outer pipe, an inner pipe, a core bar fixed on the outer pipe, a zigzag chain having a first portion and a second portion, an unlocking pipe, an unlocking member attached to one end of the unlocking pipe, an unlocking pin, and an unlocking finger grip attached to the unlocking pipe through a hole in the inner pipe by means of the unlocking pin, wherein the first portion being fixed to the inner pipe, the core bar running through the zigzag chain. The stick can optionally have a pedal and/or a spring to provide force to stretch the zigzag chain.

Abstract: A hooking device comprises a male hook (1) attached to one side of the opening of a garment (F) and a female hook (4) attached to the other side of the opening in such a way that it can be hooked to and unhooked from said male hook (1). The male hook (1) comprises a male hook base (11), a male hook main body (21) and a spring (31). On the male hook base (11), a groove (12) housing the spring (31) is longitudinally formed. The male hook main body (21) secures a space for housing the spring (31) between itself and the male hook base (11) and is provided with a hooking piece (22) for hooking to said female hook (4). The spring (31) is housed in said male hook base (11) in such a way that it elastically controls the sliding movement of the male hook main body (21) with respect to the male hook base (11).

Abstract: A writing instrument comprises a gripping component formed in the shape of a tab. An insertion component is formed in an annular shape and provided to the lower surface of one end of the gripping component. A pen tip component is provided extending from one end of the gripping component and having at the distal end thereof a pen tip capable of writing.

Abstract: There is provided a narrow tape used as a component for adjusting the size of the waste of slacks, a skirt and the like. The tape has a ground fabric in a tape shape knitted or woven and inlay yarn integrally held by threads composing the ground fabric. The inlay yarn is thicker than the threads composing the ground fabric. A part of the inlay yarn projects from one surface of the ground fabric to form a projection. The projection includes a plurality of parts extending along the width of the ground fabric, and the parts are arranged with predetermined spacing along the length of the ground fabric to define recesses thereamong.

Abstract: An adjustable closure for overlapping parts of clothing comprising a rail 1 and a slide 2. The rail 1 has a plurality of projections 4, and is attached to one of the overlapping parts. The slide 2 comprises a mounting frame 13, an actuating frame 20 and sheet spring 21, and is attached to the other overlapping part. The mounting frame 13 has a bottom 9, rear walls 10a each having a ceiling 11a, and front walls 10b each having a ceiling 11b at the lateral ends of the bottom 9, engaging strips 14 at the rear edges of the rear walls 10a, slanted edges 10c at the rear edges of the front walls 10b. The bottom 9, front and rear walls 10a, 11a and ceilings 10b,11b make a sliding space having a width that allows the movement of the rail 1.