Slide fastener

A slide fastener including:

• a sliding element,
• a first slide fastener part including:
• a first multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations, extending from a start position to an end position, and
• a first multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening elements, each first fastening element arranged at a respective one of the locations,
• a second slide fastener part positioned opposite the first slide fastener part and including:
• a second multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations, extending from the start position to the end position, and
• a second multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening elements, each second fastening element arranged at a respective one of the locations,
• the first slide fastener part being configured for attachment to and detachment from the second slide fastener part by the movement of the sliding element, the attachment being by abutment of abutment portions of oppositely positioned ones of first and second multiplicities of fastening elements,
• wherein the first multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations include a plurality of adjacent ones of the locations, between the start position to the end position, that are modified so as to provide a region between the start position and the end position at which the attached first and second slide fastener parts are relatively easily separated, and
• wherein the first slide fastener part carries a first flexible strip that extends over the first fastening locations, the second slide fastener part carries a second flexible strip that extends over the second fastening locations, and the first and second flexible strips are configured to abut.