Patent ID: 7415753
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slide fastener having two sliders of an upward opening slider and a reverse opening slider, which are disposed such that rear mouths of the sliders face each other, the slide fastener capable of being opened and closed from both ends of the slide fastener, wherein the slide fastener comprises a box pin and an insert pin as a separable bottom end stop on one end of the slide fastener, a protrusion projecting from an opposing face is formed at a free end of the box pin, the opposing face facing the insert pin, an opposite portion which makes contact with the opposing face facing the insert pin is provided at an end of the box pin on an opposite side of the free end, the protrusion has slopes, which become narrower progressively in a direction approaching the insert pin in a top view, on upper and lower sides of the protrusion, respectively, the slope on the upper side of the protrusion constitutes a guide surface for guiding the insert pin when the insert pin is inserted, the slope on the lower side of the protrusion is constituted so as to make contact with a diamond of the reverse opening slider when the box pin is inserted into the reverse opening slider, and a dented portion is formed between the slope on the upper side of the protrusion and the opposite portion such that the dented portion is continuous from the slope on the upper side.