Slider for a slide fastener

A locking slider assembly for use with a slide fastener having separable fastener elements comprising a slider body having upper and lower spaced parallel wings joined at their front ends on said body, a pair of upstanding body tabs up struck from the upper wing, said upper wing having a front and rear opening therethrough, a leaf spring having a down turned rearward nose terminating in a downwardly bent spring prong for engaging the fastener elements of said slide fastener, said down turned nose having a window therethrough and passing through the rear opening of said upper wing, spring means extending off said leaf spring forwardly of said down turned nose and passing into the front opening of said upper wing and being positioned to be engaged by said upstanding body tabs on said upper wing, a pair of upstanding bosses adjacent the rearward edge of the front opening beneath said upstanding body tabs, a slider body, lug extending up from said upper wing and passing through the window in said leaf spring, said slider body lug and bosses defining therebetween a saddle, a pull operator having an eccentric release bar at one end seatable in said saddle, said spring prong passing through the rear opening through said upper wing, spring biasing means in engagement with said upper wing to impart spring loading to said spring prong to assure engagement with the fastener elements of a slide fastener and upon rotating said eccentric release bar causing disengagement of said spring prong from engagement with the fastener elements of a slide fastener.