Method for installing slide fastener assembly in thin shell garment

A method of installing a slide fastener assembly in a thin shell garment, the method comprising:

• preparing a semi-finished slide fastener assembly terminating in a film-reinforced end, the semi-finished slide fastener tape being comprised of two interlocked rows of teeth, each row of teeth being attached to a cord bundle of a respective slide fastener tape;
• attaching the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to one or more panels of a thin shell garment;
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• after attachment of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to the one or more panels of the thin shell garment, installing a pin and box assembly at the film-reinforced end of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly.

A method of installing a slide fastener assembly in a thin shell garment, the method comprising:

• providing a slide fastener chain comprised of two interlocked rows of teeth, each row of teeth being attached to a cord bundle of a respective slide fastener tape;
• removing the interlocked rows of teeth from a portion of the slide fastener chain, thereby defining a length of the slide fastener chain without teeth;
• introducing a reinforcing film to the cord bundles, at a location along the length of the slide fastener chain without teeth, to shape the cord bundles for accommodation of a pin and box assembly;
• cutting the slide fastener chain at a film-reinforced location along the length of the slide fastener chain without teeth, thereby defining a semi-finished slide fastener assembly terminating in a film-reinforced end;
• attaching the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to one or more panels of a thin shell garment;
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• after attachment of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly to the one or more panels of the thin shell garment, installing the pin and box assembly at the film-reinforced end of the semi-finished slide fastener assembly.