Patent ID: 8091187
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A zip fastener comprising a pair of fastener tapes and coupling elements along adjacent edges of the tapes, the coupling elements each ending at an end point, wherein the fastener tapes are joined by an end stop between the tape edges which is molded at the end points of the coupling elements, wherein the end stop includes a body portion, an upper surface layer, and an underneath surface layer, wherein the upper surface layer extends from the body portion to the outer edges of the fastener tapes and towards the ends of the fastener tapes on an upper surface of the end stop, and the underneath surface layer extends from the body portion towards the ends of the fastener tapes on an underneath surface of the end stop, and wherein the end stop fills an enlarged gap between the tape edges, the gap being larger than a gap between the adjacent edges of the tapes at a region occupied by the coupling elements.