Patent ID: 7219402
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slider for a slide fastener comprising: a slider body including an upper wing and a pull tab having a pintle; the slider body comprising: a pull-tab-attaching yoke mounted on the upper wing in cantilevered manner, having an indentation formed therein for receiving the pintle, and defining with the upper wing a gap; and a closing member movably mounted on the slider body so as to close and open the gap; the pull tab further including a pull tab body and a pair of opposed protuberant walls provided on the lower side of the pull tab body, the pintle extending between the opposed protuberant walls to connect them; at least one of the ends of the opposed protuberant walls being open to provide an open space; wherein the pull tab body pivotally receives the pull-tab-attaching yoke of the slider body between the opposed protuberant walls; wherein when the pull tab is attached to the slider body, the pair of protuberant walls of the pull tab body is slid on the upper wing; and wherein each one of the pair of opposed protuberant walls has opposed longitudinal corners which contact an upper side of the slider body and are fulcrums on which the pull tab pivots longitudinally on the upper side of the slider body.