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US 2025/0017327 A1Published application
Slide fastener chain link
OwnerNirav Shahinventor
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Abstract
The invention involves a zipper chain link and zipper chain assembly. The individual links include an engagement hub having at least one protuberance and at least one concavity on each of opposite side surfaces of the zipper chain link. The protuberance and the concavity are arranged on each of the opposite sides of the chain link to interdigitate with adjacently positioned zipper chain teeth to interlock the zipper chain when a pull member is moved in a first direction and separate the zipper chain when the pull member is moved in a second direction.
Claims10
A zipper chain link (100) comprising:
- a chain link body (10), the chain link body including a first side surface (12), a second side surface (14) positioned opposite to the first side surface (12), and a contoured perimeter surface (24), the chain link body (10) having a first clamp arm (16) and a second clamp arm (18), the clamp arms deformable to engage a zipper tape (26) for positioning a plurality of the zipper chain links (100) in a longitudinal spaced apart arrangement, the chain link body (10) including an engagement hub (20), the first side surface (12) of the engagement hub (20) having a first protuberance (28) and a first concavity (30), the second side surface (14) of the engagement hub (20) including a second protuberance (32) and a second concavity (34), the protuberances positioned to interdigitate with concavities of adjacently positioned zipper chain links (100).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.