Patent ID: 6550111
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A slide fastener system for joining a first panel to second panel by a user, the slide fastener system comprising:a first coupling member having a plurality of locking tabs, each of said locking tabs extending along a length of said first coupling member, said first coupling member being adapted for being coupled to the first panel; a second coupling member having a plurality of locking channels, each of said locking channels extending along a length of said second coupling member, said second coupling member being adapted for being coupled to the second panel, each of said locking channels of said second coupling member receiving one of said locking tabs of said first coupling member when said second coupling member and said first coupling member are pressed together, said second coupling member and said first coupling member being adapted for joining the first panel to the second panel when said second coupling member and said first coupling member are pressed together; a slider assembly being slidably coupled to said first coupling member and said second coupling member, said slider sliding in a first direction along said first coupling member and said second coupling member for locking each of said locking tabs of said first coupling member into a respective one of said locking channels of said second coupling member, said slider sliding in a second direction along said first coupling member and said second coupling member for removing each of said locking tabs of said first coupling member from the respective one of said locking channels of said second coupling member; said slider assembly having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion of said slider assembly receiving said first coupling member and said second portion of said slider assembly receiving said second coupling member when said slider assembly is coupled to said first coupling member and said second coupling member, said first portion and said second portion of said slider assembly being for pressing said locking tabs of said first coupling member into said locking channels of said second coupling member when said slider assembly is slid in said first direction; said first portion of said slider assembly having a flat portion, a convex portion being integrally coupled to said flat portion, said convex portion being positioned proximate an rear end of the first portion of said slider assembly, said convex portion being for compressing said first coupling member against said second coupling member such that said locking tabs of said first coupling member engage said locking channels of said second coupling member when said slider assembly is slid in a first direction; and said second portion of said slider assembly having a substantially planar portion, a protruding portion being integrally coupled to said planar portion, said protruding portion being positioned proximate an back end of the second portion of said slider assembly, said protruding portion being aligned with said convex portion of said first portion such that said first coupling member and said second coupling member are compressed between said convex portion of said first coupling member and said protruding portion of said second coupling member for engaging said locking tabs of said first coupling member to said locking channels of said second coupling member when said slider assembly is slid in a first direction.