Patent ID: 8800118
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slide fastener comprising: a first stringer, a second stringer, a slider, and an end stop, each stringer being comprised of a tape as well as coupling elements and one or more transition element mounted on an edge of said tape, the one or more transition element being disposed at a top end of a row of the coupling elements, the slider being slidably mounted on said second stringer and slidable along the coupling elements of said first and second stringers to engage said coupling elements as it moves from a bottom of said slide fastener to a top of said slide fastener, wherein when the slider is at its uppermost position on the second stringer, the slider abuts the end stop, a side of the one or more transition element which faces the top of the slide fastener presenting a surface to said slider to deflect the slide fastener transition element away from a guide post of said slider as said slider comes into contact with the slide fastener transition element when said slider is moved down the slide fastener; and wherein the transition element comprises a body portion mounted on the edge of said tape and a neck portion extending from the body portion away from the tape, wherein the side of the transition element that faces the top of said slide fastener comprises a surface of the body portion and a surface of the neck portion with the neck portion being offset downwardly from the surface of the body portion.