Fastener Chain Element and Fastener Chain
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsShigeyoshi Takazawa, Shigeki Annaka, Naoyuki Himi
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Abstract
There is provided an element for a fastener chain. The element includes a body portion fixed on a core portion of a tape, a neck portion, a pair of shoulder portions, an engaging head portion, and a pair of groove portions. As viewed in the width direction, at least one of the pair of shoulder portions and the pair of groove portions is configured to be inclined with respect to a reference direction, which is an extending direction of the core portion on which the body portion is fixed.
Claims9
An element for a fastener chain, comprising a body portion fixed on a core portion of a tape extending in a length direction and a width direction, the core portion extending in the length direction on one side edge portion, in the width direction, of the tape;
- a neck portion protruding from the body portion to extend away from the tape in the width direction;
- a pair of shoulder portions protruding from both surfaces, in the length direction, of the neck portion;
- an engaging head portion protruding from the neck portion to extend away from the tape in the width direction;
- and a pair of groove portions formed in both surfaces, in the length direction, of the engaging head portion,
- wherein as viewed in the width direction, at least one of the pair of shoulder portions and the pair of groove portions is configured to be inclined with respect to a reference direction, which is an extending direction of the core portion on which the body portion is fixed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.