Zipper member and attachment tool thereof

A zipper member comprising:

• a base material formed of a hard material,
• a filament portion coupled integrally to the base material,
• a coupling portion formed of a hard material at an end of the filament portion, a target being able to be coupled to the coupling portion, and
• an IC chip mounted on one of the base material and the coupling portion.

An attachment tool on which an assembly of zipper members are placed in parallel at regular intervals on a runner member to be cuttable, the attachment tool sequentially attaching the zipper members to a target one by one, each zipper member including:

• a receiving portion having an insertion hole formed therein and including a locking portion,
• an inserting portion having an engaging portion to be inserted into the insertion hole of the receiving portion and engaging with the locking portion to establish a locking state,
• a filament portion integrally connecting the receiving portion to the inserting portion,
• a holding portion formed of a hard material along a portion of the filament portion, and
• an IC chip mounted in the holding portion,
• a reader/writer associated with the IC chip of the zipper member being provided for a portion of a body of the attachment tool, and
• wherein an operation switch in response to trigger operation is provided, the reader/writer is connected electrically to an antenna, and the reader/writer is connected electrically to the switch.