Waterproof open-end zipper
OwnerRoger C. Y. Chunginventor
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Abstract
A waterproof, open-end zipper includes a first zipper tape with a first engagement rail unit, a second zipper tape with a second engagement rail unit, a zipper slider slidable to force the first engagement rail unit and the second engagement rail unit into engagement with each other or separate them from each other, a box located at one end of the first engagement rail unit for receiving one end of the second engagement rail unit, a locating rod fixedly located at the first engagement rail unit, and a locating hole located at the second engagement rail unit for receiving the locating rod after insertion of the second engagement rail unit into the box to prohibit relative displacement between the first and second zipper tapes.
Claims7
A waterproof, open-end zipper, comprising:
- a first zipper tape comprising a first engagement rail unit longitudinally located at one lateral side thereof;
- a second zipper tape comprising a second engagement rail unit longitudinally located at one lateral side thereof for engagement with said first engagement rail unit of said first zipper tape;
- a zipper slider coupled between said first zipper tape and said second zipper tape and slidable in one of two reverse directions to force said first engagement rail unit of said first zipper tape into engagement with said second engagement rail unit of said second zipper tape or to separate said first engagement rail unit of said first zipper tape from said second engagement rail unit of said second zipper tape;
- a box fixedly located at one end of said first engagement rail unit of said first zipper tape and adapted for receiving one end of said second engagement rail unit of said second zipper tape;
- a locating rod fixedly located at said first engagement rail unit of said first zipper tape near said box;
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- a locating hole located at said second engagement rail unit of said second zipper tape and adapted for receiving said locating rod after insertion of said second engagement rail unit into said box, wherein said locating rod is a wire rod extended from said box and closely attached to a back wall of said first zipper tape and inserted through opposing front and back walls of said first engagement rail unit and protruded over the front wall of said first engagement rail unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.