Patent ID: 6584666
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A44B,B31B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling resilient slider members onto interlocking fastening strips, the slider members each having a pair of spaced-apart side walls and an intermediate body portion therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:arranging a slider member on a rail which converges with interlocking fastening strips at a distal end thereof; moving the slider member along the rail toward the distal end thereof; resiliently spreading apart the side walls of the slider member to accept the interlocking fastening strips therebetween as the slider member is moved along the rail toward the distal end thereof; resiliently returning the spread apart side walls of the slider member to a relaxed position, the side walls are positioned to obstruct removal of the slider member from the interlocking fastening strips, as the slider member reaches the distal end of the rail; discharging the slider member from the distal end of the rail to assemble the slider member onto the interlocking fastening strips.