Patent ID: 6789947
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A44B,B31B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A plastic zipper with a slider, comprising:a male hook and a female hook formed on plastic films; and a slider by which the zipper is adapted to be opened and closed, wherein the zipper includes protrusions serving as a guide for the slider which are disposed parallel to the male hook and the female hook on a side of an opening portion of the zipper, wherein the slider comprises side members disposed opposite one another and connected to a base member, a movable member connected through a flexural portion to the base member, the movable member configured to rotate via the flexural portion about an axis perpendicular to lengths of the protrusions when the slider is disposed on the protrusions, and an inside guide connected to the movable member and configured to engage the protrusions so that the inside guide is positioned between the protrusions and the hooks on the side of the opening portion of the zipper, and wherein said inside guide is formed in a bilaterally asymmetrical manner and is adapted to open the female hook outward and thereafter to open the male hook.