Patent ID: 11969061
Assignee: YKK CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. A slide fastener comprising:
the slide fastener chain according to claim 1; and
a slider movably mounted on the first and second fastener stringers, such that the slider is movable relative to the first and second fastener stringers along the fastener axis:
in a first direction in order to interdigitate the first row of coupling elements of the first fastener stringer with the second row of coupling elements of the second fastener stringer in order to secure the first fastener stringer and the second fastener stringer together, and
in a second direction in order to decouple the first row of coupling elements of the first fastener stringer from the second row of coupling elements of the second fastener stringer in order to decouple the first fastener stringer and the second fastener stringer.