Sliding clasp fastener
AssigneeYoshida Kogyo K.K.
InventorKiyoo Yoneya
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Abstract
A sliding clasp fastener has a pair of sliders movable on and along a pair of element-supporting tape edges, the sliders having element-separating ends disposed in confronting relationship to each other. A retainer member connects the sliders together and maintains the sliders in spaced-apart relation to defining therebetween a gap or space where fastener elements are uncoupled. The sliding clasp fastener has utility for covering an opening in the top surface of a selector box mounted in an automatic transmission-type automobile with a transmission selector lever extending through the gap between the sliders.
Claims1
In combination, a base means having a slot;
- a sliding clasp fastener connected to said base means to cover said slot, said sliding clasp fastener having interengageable rows of fastener elements and a pair of sliders moveable along said rows of fastener elements to engage and disengage same to establish a limited length moveable open gap in the sliding clasp fastener along which gap the fastener elements are disengaged, and beyond said gap the fastener elements being engaged, each of said sliders having an open bail;
- a retainer loop member extending through the bail of each slider to keep said sliders in a spaced-apart relation to determine the size of said gap, but allow limited relative movement of said sliders;
- and a moveable bar member extending through said gap and retainer loop member, said bar member being moveable along the direction of said rows of fastener elements and disposed for engagement with a contact surface on at least one of said loop member and sliders to correspondingly establish the location of said gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.