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US 6,088,888 AGranted
Separable bottom stop assembly of slide fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Oda
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AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Oda
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The present invention provides a separable bottom stop assembly which can be easily operated by children or people who are handicapped with one of their hands. A coupling member and a locking member respectively provided at lower ends of left and right fastener stringers are rotatably coupled together by fitting resilient leg portions of a coupling base portion of the coupling member into a hole portion of a coupling base portion of the locking member. Then, by pulling down a slider, a lower end portion of the slider urges a pivotal abutting portion of the coupling member to pivotally move a lateral-inserting fitting portion of the coupling member to a position where the slider can be pulled up. A locking projecting portion of the coupling member climbs over a projecting portion of the locking member to be locked so as to prevent separation of the coupling member in a horizontal direction. Therefore, it is possible to easily pull up the slider by a single hand to couple and close a slide fastener.
A separable bottom stop assembly of a lateral-inserting type of a slide fastener comprising a coupling member and a locking member snap-coupled with each other at lower ends thereof so as to be pivotally movable in a horizontal direction relative to front and back faces of the slide fastener, an upper portion of the coupling member being pivotally moved to be fitted with and separated from a side of the locking member, wherein a separation-preventing mechanism is provided between the coupling member and the locking member for preventing separation of the coupling member in the horizontal direction after pivotally moving the coupling member to such a position that a slider can be pulled up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.