Slide fastener

In an open end type of slide fastener comprising a pair of stringer tapes each carrying a row of interlocking fastener elements along one longitudinal edge and a slider having side flanges and a diamond and adapted to open and close the fastener, the improvements comprising an end stop consisting of a pair of lugs formed from a plastic material and secured to the longitudinal edges of the respective stringer tapes, said lugs each having an oblique inner edge extending divergently with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fastener such that said lugs define therebetween a substantially V-shaped opening complementary in shape with the diamond of the slider, and one of said pair of lugs having at least one projection contiguous to said oblique inner edge and the other lug having a recess receiving said projection, said projection extending transversely beyond the central longitudinal axis of the rows of interengaged fastener elements and disposed for abutting engagement with the slider diamond.