Patent ID: 6112375
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A slider for a slide fastener with an automatic locking mechanism, comprising;(a) a slider body having an upper wing plate;(b) an operating member; and(c) a resilient plate;wherein a receiving hole for receiving said resilient plate is formed in said upper wing plate of the slider body;wherein said resilient plate is provided with a locking claw at an end, a U-shaped spring at the opposite end and a raised actuated portion at the middle thereof, said locking claw of the resilient plate being retractably arranged in a guide groove provided in a lower wing plate of the slider body for guiding fastener elements;wherein said operating member is provided with an actuating portion which is to be accommodated in said upper wing plate and held in sliding contact with said raised actuated portion of the resilient plate to operate said locking claw; andwherein the operating member is horizontally arranged and constrained so as to be movable back and forth without rotation relative to the slider body.