Slide fastener reinforcement strap

A slide fastener reinforcing strap for securing across an opening formed between first and second tapes of a slide fastener,

• wherein the slide fastener reinforcing strap is attached to the first and second fastener tapes, each fastener tape includes a coupling portion provided along an edge of the fastener tape,
• wherein the coupling portions of the fastener tapes are located adjacent one another,
• wherein the slide fastener reinforcing strap extends from a first end to a second end along a centreline,
• wherein the slide fastener reinforcing strap includes a first protrusion between the first and second ends,
• wherein the first protrusion extends in a first direction which is perpendicular to the centreline,
• wherein the slide fastener reinforcing strap including the first protrusion is planar and the slide fastener reinforcing strap and the first protrusion lie in a first plane,
• wherein the slide fastener includes a slider,
• wherein the coupling portions of the first and second fastener tapes are received by the slider,
• wherein the slider is configured such that movement of the slider relative to the fastener tapes in a first sliding direction causes the coupling portions to engage with one another, and such that movement of the slider relative to the fastener tapes in a second sliding direction opposite to the first sliding direction, causes the coupling portions to separate from each other,
• wherein the first and second fastener tapes are secured together by an end stop,
• wherein the end stop limits movement of the slider relative to the first and second fastener tapes in the first sliding direction or the second sliding direction, and
• wherein the slide fastener reinforcing strap is located such that the slide fastener reinforcing strap overlaps the slider when the slider is positioned such that the slider abuts the end stop.