CORD STOPPER

A cord stopper includes: a socket; and a plug. The plug is provided with a holding portion, a pair of guide portions, and a pair of operation portions that are plate bodies being continuous with tip ends of the guide portions and have surfaces parallel to the protrusion direction of the holding portion. When the plug is moved toward an insertion through port, a string is clamped and fixed between an inner wall surface of the socket and the plug. When the plug is moved away from the insertion through port, a space between the inner wall surface of the socket and the plug is widened, and the string is slidable.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a cord stopper through which a string is inserted and fixed at any position of the string.

BACKGROUND ART

In the related art, there is a cord stopper that is attached at any position of a string and adjusts an extension length of the string to hold the string at a predetermined length. Such a string stopper has various shapes, for example, a cord lock of Patent Literature 1 includes a hollow holder body and a fastening member that is movable relative to the holder body and holds a string inserted into the holder body. The fastening member is provided with a tooth portion at a center, and a plurality of saw teeth-like inclined teeth are formed on both sides of the tooth portion. A direction of inclination of the saw teeth is opposite to a direction in which the string inserted into the holder body moves so as to be loosened. In other words, the tooth portion has a shape that allows the string to move only in a tightening direction when the fastening member is in a fastened state. A guide portion that is inserted into a guide passage of the holder body is provided above the tooth portion in the direction of inclination. A finger hook for easily hooking a finger during movement of the fastening member is formed to protrude above the guide portion.

CITATION LIST

Patent Literature

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Technical Problem

In the case of the above-described background art, when the string is tightened, it is necessary to operate the finger hook to move the fastening member in a direction in which the string is moved and to switch from a locked state in which the string is locked to a released state in which the string is movable. Therefore, two operations, that is, an operation of moving the fastening member to switch to the released state and an operation of moving the holder body with respect to the string are performed, and the operation is complicated. Furthermore, the string stopper is formed of three members of the holder body, the fastening member, and an end cover, has many components, each of which is formed with the finger hook that protrudes upward, and has a complicated shape. The fastening member is structurally provided with a long tooth portion in one direction, the holder body requires a sufficient length to accommodate the tooth portion, and the end cover is attached to an end portion of the holder body, and thus a problem that appearance becomes large also exists.

The present invention is made in view of the above problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cord stopper that has a small size and a simple shape and is easily used by a simple operation.

Solution to Problem

The present invention is a cord stopper. The cord stopper includes: a socket in which a fitting portion through which a string is to be inserted, is provided; and a plug configured to press and hold the string inserted into the socket against an inner wall surface of the socket. The socket is a cylindrical body surrounded by a pair of surface portions facing each other at a predetermined interval and a pair of side surface portions positioned at respective side edges of the pair of surface portions and facing each other, and which is provided with the fitting portion, one of a pair of opposing opening portions of the cylindrical body is an insertion port into which the plug is to be inserted and attached and through which the string is to be inserted, and another opening portion is an insertion through port through which the string is to be inserted, together with the insertion port. The surface portion is provided with a slide groove portion whose one end portion communicates with the insertion port and another end portion is positioned on a side of the insertion through port, an inner surface of the surface portion is provided with a guide concave portion whose one end portion is positioned on the side of the insertion through port and extends toward the slide groove portion and another end portion reaches near an end portion of the slide groove portion, and a portion between the end portion of the slide groove portion and the end portion of the guide concave portion is configured to serve as a stopper. The plug is provided with a holding portion that protrudes in an insertion direction of the string within the fitting portion, a pair of guide portions that are positioned at a base end portion of the holding portion, intersect a protrusion direction of the holding portion, and protrude toward the pair of surface portions, respectively, and a pair of operation portions that are plate bodies being continuous with tip ends of the guide portions and have surfaces parallel to the protrusion direction of the holding portion. When the socket and the plug are assembled, the operation portion is positioned inside an outline of the surface portion. The plug is provided with a holding convex portion configured to fit and slide in the guide concave portion at a tip end portion of the holding portion opposite to the base end portion, the holding convex portion is slidable between the stopper and the insertion through port along the guide concave portion, and the guide portion is provided to be movable by fitting into the slide groove portion. In the cord stopper, when the plug is moved toward the insertion through port, the string is clamped and fixed between the inner wall surface of the socket and the plug, and when the plug is moved away from the insertion through port, a space between the inner wall surface of the socket and the plug is widened, and the string is slidable.

In a state where the string is inserted into the socket and the plug is assembled, a projection shape of the operation portion on the surface portion is positioned inside the outline of the surface portion at any position in a range in which the plug is slidable.

A portion of the surface portion of the socket between the stopper of the end portion of the slide groove portion and the insertion through port is a finger place portion on which a finger is placed during operation. The finger place portion includes a socket finger hook portion that protrudes from a side edge portion of the surface portion along the insertion through port.

The guide concave portion on an inner surface of the finger place portion has a projection shape in a thickness direction of the surface portion, which at least partially overlaps with the holding portion of the plug.

The finger place portion is provided at a ratio of 0.3 to 0.5 with respect to a length of the socket on the insertion direction of the string. In a state where the string is inserted into the socket and the plug is assembled, the finger place portion of the socket is exposed from the operation portion at a ratio of 0.2 to 0.4 with respect to the length of the socket in the insertion direction of the string even when the plug is moved to any position at which the plug is slidable.

In the socket, a socket finger hook portion protruding from the surface is formed on the side edge portion of the surface portion along the insertion through port. Furthermore, the operation portion of the plug may have an operation finger hook portion formed at an end portion opposite to the protrusion direction of the holding portion.

One of the surface portions of the socket, which forms the insertion through port, may be provided with a tape attachment portion.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

The cord stopper of the present invention has a small size and a simple shape and is easily used by a simple operation. In an operation of opening and closing an opening portion of a bag or the like, the socket and the plug can be held together by one hand, it is not necessary to switch between the time of opening and the time of closing or to separately hold the socket and the plug, an intuitive operation is possible, and the operation is easy.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.FIGS.1to9show a first embodiment of the present embodiment. A cord stopper10according to the present embodiment is formed of a socket12in which a fitting portion16through which a string46, which will be described later, is inserted in one direction is provided inside, and a plug14that is inserted into and locked to the fitting portion16and presses and holds the string46against the socket12. In the following description, a front-rear direction in which a holding portion18of the plug14protrudes is defined as an X-axis direction of XYZ axes, which are orthogonal to one another, and coincides with an insertion direction of the string46. A left-right direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction is defined as a Y-axis direction, and a front-back direction or thickness direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction is defined as a Z-axis direction.

First, the plug14will be described. The plug14is integrally molded from a synthetic resin such as polypropylene. As shown inFIG.9, the plug14is provided with the holding portion18inserted into the socket12.

The holding portion18has a rectangular cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the protrusion direction of the holding portion18, that is, the X-axis direction, and has a rectangular cross-section that is long in the Y-axis direction and short in the Z-axis direction, which is the front-back direction. The holding portion18has a wedge-shaped contour on a plane parallel to the X-axis direction, and a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the X-axis direction becomes smaller as approaching a tip end portion18ain the protrusion direction. A pair of side surfaces18bof the holding portion18, which are orthogonal to the Y-axis direction, are each provided with clamping protrusions20at approximately a half close to the tip end portion18a. The clamping protrusions20are a plurality of protrusions along the Z-axis direction, protrude in the left-right direction in the Y-axis direction, and have a rectangular cross-sectional shape along an XZ plane direction of protruding end portions.

The tip end portion18aof the holding portion18is provided with a holding convex portion22. The holding convex portion22is continuously formed on the tip end portion18aof the holding portion18and a pair of upper surfaces18d. The holding portion18has a trapezoidal wedge-shaped cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, a portion of which protrudes from the upper surface18din the Z-axis direction to form the holding convex portion22. A protrusion amount of the holding convex portion22protruding from the upper surface18din the Z-axis direction is smaller than a protrusion amount of the guide portion26described later.

A base end portion18copposite to the tip end portion18ais continuously formed in a plate shape having side surfaces that are flush with the pair of upper surfaces18dof the holding portion18and each end surface of the clamping protrusions20. The base end portion18cis shorter than a length of the clamping protrusion20, and a hole24of a predetermined depth is formed in a pair of side surface portions orthogonal to the Y-axis direction to reduce weight.

On a pair of surfaces of the base end portion18cof the holding portion18that are orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, guide portions26that respectively protrude in the Z-axis direction are provided. The guide portion26is provided at a center of the base end portion18cof the holding portion18and is elongated in the X-axis direction passing through the center of the base end portion18c. The base end portion18cof the holding portion18and an end portion of the guide portion26on the opposite side to the protrusion direction of the holding portion18coincide with each other.

An operation portion28is provided at each tip end of the pair of guide portions26in the Z-axis direction. The operation portion28is a plate body having a plane parallel to an XY plane and is a rectangle having a width longer than the base end portion18cof the holding portion18in the Y-axis direction and longer than the base end portion18cin the X-axis direction. A thickness of each operation portion28in the Z-axis direction is smaller than that of the holding portion18. An end portion of the operation portion28on the opposite side to the protrusion direction of the holding portion18coincides with the base end portion18cof the holding portion18and the end portion of the guide portion26, on which an operation finger hook portion30, which is a protrusion protruding from each surface, is formed in the Z-axis direction. The operation finger hook portion30is formed along the end portion of the operation portion28. When the socket12and the plug14are assembled, the operation finger hook portion30is positioned on an opposite side of the socket12from the insertion through port38which will be described later. As a result, the guide portions26and the operation portions28having the same shape are provided on both sides of the holding portion18in the Z-axis direction, and the pair of operation portions28overlap with the clamping protrusions20of the holding portion18in the Z-axis direction. That is, the plug14is formed shorter in the X-axis direction than a sum of respective lengths of the holding portion18and the operation portion28. The plug14is symmetrical about a central axis in the X-axis direction.

Next, the socket12will be described. The socket12is integrally formed from a synthetic resin such as polypropylene. As shown inFIG.8, the socket12has a hollow fitting portion16into which the plug14is inserted. The fitting portion16is surrounded by a pair of surface portions32having the same shape and facing each other at a predetermined interval and orthogonal to the Z-axis direction and a pair of side surface portions34having the same shape, positioned at side edges of the pair of surface portions32, and facing each other, and is formed into a cylindrical body. As shown inFIG.5, the fitting portion16is a space into which the plug14is fitted with some clearance and has a gap between the plug14and the fitting portion16in which a string46, which will be described later, is clamped therebetween. The insertion direction of the string46in the fitting portion16is the X-axis direction in which the plug14of the socket12protrudes.

One opening portion of the cylindrical body of the socket12is the insertion port36into which the plug14is inserted and through which the string46is inserted, and the opposite opening portion is the insertion through port38which holds the string46, against which the plug14is pressed, and through which the held string46is inserted. A thickness of the surface portion32in the Z-axis direction is approximately constant, and a thickness of the side surface portion22in the Y-axis direction is formed to gradually increase from an insertion port36side to an insertion through port38side. Accordingly, an interval between inner wall surfaces of the side surface portions34gradually narrows from the insertion port36to the insertion through port38. A width of the insertion port36in the Y-axis direction is formed larger than a width of the insertion through port38in the Y-axis direction, and widths of the insertion port36and the insertion through port38in the Z-axis direction are approximately the same. A plurality of uneven portions40are provided on the inner wall30) surface of the side surface portion34. The uneven portions40are protrusions provided in the Z-axis direction and are arranged at equal intervals in the X-axis direction. A top portion of the protrusion is triangular and protrudes toward the insertion port36.

Each surface portion32is provided with a rectangular slide groove portion42. The slide groove portion42has a rectangular shape elongated in the X-axis direction and has one end portion communicating with the insertion port36and the other end portion reaching a position slightly closer to the insertion through port38than the intermediate portion of the length of the surface portion32in the X-axis direction. A portion of each surface portion32between an end portion of the slide groove portion42and the insertion through port38serves as a finger place portion32aon which a finger is placed during operation.

The finger place portion32ais provided at a ratio of the length in the X-axis direction of 0.3 to 0.5 with respect to the length of the socket12in the X-axis direction. On the inner wall surface of each surface portion32, a guide concave portion44having a shape obtained by cutting the thickness of the surface portion32into a rectangular shape is provided on a back side of the finger place portion32a. The guide concave portion44has a rectangular shape elongated in the X-axis direction and has one end portion in the X-axis direction communicating with the insertion through port38and the other end portion reaching a position slightly away from the end portion of the slide groove portion42. The slide groove portion42and the guide concave portion44pass through the intermediate portion of a width of the surface portion32in the Y-axis direction. The end portion of the slide groove portion42and an end portion of the guide concave portion44are provided slightly apart from each other, and a portion between the end portion of the slide groove portion42and the end portion of the guide concave portion44serves as a stopper45for the plug14, which moves in the fitting portion16.

A socket finger hook portion39that protrudes in the Z-axis direction is formed on a side edge portion along the insertion through port38of the finger place portion32aof the surface portion32. The socket12is also symmetrical about the central axis in the X-axis direction.

Next, a locking operation of the cord stopper10according to the present embodiment will be described. First, the cord stopper10is used by being attached near an opening portion of a bag (not shown) or the like. One string46is inserted through the opening portion along a peripheral edge portion, and the opening portion is opened and closed by changing a length at which both end portions46aof the one string46are pulled out from a hole or the like for passing the string through.

As shown inFIGS.3and5, in a method of attaching the cord stopper10to an object to be attached such as a bag, first, before the plug14is assembled, in the socket12, both end portions46aof the string46pulled out from the hole or the like for passing the string through of a bag (not shown) or the like are inserted into the fitting portion16from the insertion through port38and pulled out to the outside from the insertion port36. Both end portions46aof a pair of strings46are brought close to both ends of the insertion port36in the Y-axis direction, and the plug14is inserted between the pair of strings46at a center of the insertion port36with a tip end portion18aof the holding portion18first.

The holding portion18of the plug14is inserted into the fitting portion16of the socket12, the guide portion26of the plug14is inserted along the slide groove portion42, and the operation portion28moves outside the surface portion32of the socket12. Then, the holding convex portion22comes into contact with the stopper45, which is an end portion of the slide groove portion42, and is no longer inserted. However, by further strongly pushing in, the surface portion32is elastically deformed, a space in the Z-axis direction between the pair of stoppers45is widened, the holding convex portion22is passed through the space, and the holding convex portion22is inserted into the guide concave portion44. A space in the Z-axis direction between the pair of guide concave portions44is wide enough to accommodate the holding convex portion22. When the holding convex portion22is inserted into the guide concave portion44, the elastic deformation of the surface portion32is restored. The holding convex portion22is locked by the stopper45in a pulling direction, and the plug14cannot be pulled out from the socket12.

As a result, assembly of the socket12and the plug14is completed, and attachment of the cord stopper10to the opening portion of a bag or the like is completed. In a state where the string46is inserted into the socket12and the plug14is assembled, a projection shape in the Z-axis direction, which is the thickness direction of the surface portion32, of the guide concave portion44inside the surface portion32is at least partially overlapped with the holding portion18of the plug14. An annular portion of the string46along the opening portion extends from the insertion through port38of the cord stopper10, and both end portions46aof the string46extend from the insertion port36. The operation portion28of the plug14is positioned outside the surface portion32of the socket12so as to be parallel to the surface portion32, and a projection shape of the operation portion28on the surface portion32is positioned inside an outline of the surface portion32. The finger place portion32aof the surface portion32of the socket12is exposed from the operation portion28of the plug14at a portion close to the insertion through port38.

The holding convex portion22of the plug14is fitted into the guide concave portion44of the socket12and is slidable between the stopper45and the insertion through port38in a longitudinal direction of the guide concave portion44, that is, in the X-axis direction toward the insertion through port38. The finger place portion32aof the socket12is exposed at a ratio of a length in the X-axis direction of 0.2 to 0.4 to a length of the socket12in the X-axis direction even when the plug14moves to any slidable position.

When the plug14is moved toward the insertion through port38of the socket12, the clamping protrusions20of the plug14are close to the uneven portions40of the socket12, and the string46is held and fixed by being clamped between the clamping protrusions20and the uneven portions40. As shown inFIGS.3to6, when the plug14is moved away from the insertion through port38, gaps between the clamping protrusions20and the uneven portions40become wider, and the string46becomes slidable. Even when the plug14is moved away from the insertion through port38, the holding convex portion22of the plug14is locked to the stopper45of the socket12and does not fall out, and the operation portion28does not protrude from an end portion of the insertion port36side of the socket12.

Next, a method of using the cord stopper10will be described. When the opening portion of the bag or the like on which the string46is attached is closed, the finger place portion32aof the pair of surface portions32of the socket12is held, and both end portions46aof the string46extending from the insertion port36are drawn outward by the other hand. The plug14pulled by the string body46is separated from the insertion through port38of the socket12, and the string46becomes slidable. When drawn out from the insertion port36to the outside, the string46on the insertion through port38side is shortened, and the opening portion is narrowed. When the opening portion is narrowed to a desired state, the pulling out of the string46is stopped in this state. In this state, even when a tension for widening the opening portion is applied to the string46, the plab14is pulled into the insertion through port38side together with the string46by the clamping protrusions20of the plug14, and the insertion through port and the string46are clamped and fixed by the clamping protrusions20of the plug14and the uneven portions40of the socket12, so that the string46will not be pulled out toward an opening portion side and the opening portion will not widen.

When the opening portion is widened and opened, the operation portion28of the plug14on the pair of surface portions32of the socket12is held by one hand and is pulled away from the bag or the like. Thus, the operation portion28of the plug14is moved away from the insertion through port38of the socket12with respect to the surface portion32of the socket12, and intervals between the clamping protrusions20of the plug14and the uneven portions40of the socket12are widened, and thus the string46slidable and is pulled out from the insertion through port38and becomes longer, and the opening portion becomes larger, allowing articles to be taken in and out of the bag or the like.

The cord stopper10of the present embodiment has a small size and a simple shape and is easily used by a simple operation. In an operation of opening and closing the opening portion of the bag or the like, the finger place portion32aof the socket12can be held together with the operation portion28of the plug14by one hand, it is not necessary to switch between the time of opening and the time of closing or to separately hold the socket12and the plug14, an intuitive operation is possible, and the operation is easy: The socket12and the plug14are symmetrical about the central axis in the X-axis direction, so that there is no need to be aware of front and back or left and right, and there is no need to check an orientation in which the socket12and the plug14are held during operation. The socket12is provided with the socket finger hook portion39and the plug14is provided with the operation finger hook portion30, so that fingers do not slip during opening and closing operations.

The operation portion28of the plug14is positioned inside the outline of the surface portion32of the socket12, is compact, and will not be damaged by protrusion. When the operation portion28of the plug14protrudes toward the insertion port36of the socket12, at the time of closing the opening portion of the bag or the like, the plug14may be accidentally pushed into the socket12, and the string46may be locked accidentally, but in the cord stopper10, since the operation portion28of the plug14does not protrude from the socket12, the string46is not locked accidentally, and operability is good. Further, the plug14is provided with the operation finger hook portion30and can be pushed in from the insertion port36side of the socket12to lock the string46. Even when the same operation as an existing cord stopper using a metal spring is performed, the string46can be locked without any discomfort. Even when not the finger place portion32abut the side surface portion34of the socket12is held, an operation of closing the opening portion of the bag or the like is possible.

In the holding portion18of the plug14, the base end portion18cis positioned between the pair of operation portions28, and a length of the holding portion18protruding from the operation portions28is shortened while the holding portion18has a sufficient protrusion amount, so that the plug14can be downsized into a compact shape. As the plug14is reduced in size, the socket12can also be reduced in size, and the cord stopper10having a small size can be realized. There is no need to use an elastic body, the structure is simple, and a space for accommodating the elastic body is unnecessary. The number of components is two, that is, the socket12and the plug14, which is simple. Since the slide groove portion42of the socket12is covered by the operation portion28of the plug14, foreign matter such as sand or dust does not enter the slide groove portion42.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described based onFIGS.10to14. Here, the same members as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the descriptions thereof are omitted. A cord stopper50) according to the present embodiment is formed of a socket52in which the fitting portion16through which the string46is inserted in one direction is provided inside, and the plug14that is inserted into and locked to the fitting portion16and presses and holds the string46against the socket52. The plug14has the same shape as that of the above embodiment and is integrally molded from a synthetic resin such as polypropylene.

Next, the socket52will be described. The socket52is integrally formed from a synthetic resin such as polypropylene. The socket52has the hollow fitting portion16into which the plug14is inserted. The fitting portion16is surrounded by the pair of surface portions32facing each other at a predetermined interval and the pair of side surface portions34positioned at the side edge portions of the pair of surface portions32in the Y-axis direction and facing each other, and is formed into a cylindrical body. As shown inFIG.12, the fitting portion16is the space into which the plug14is fitted with some clearance and has the gap between the plug14and the fitting portion16in which the string46is clamped therebetween.

One opening portion of the cylindrical body of the socket52is the insertion port36into which the plug14is inserted and through which the string46is inserted, and the opposite opening portion is the insertion through port38which holds the string46, against which the plug14is pressed, and through which the held string46is inserted. A thickness of the surface portion32in the Z-axis direction is approximately constant, and a thickness of the side surface portion22in the Y-axis direction is formed to gradually increase from an insertion port36side to an insertion through port38side. The interval between the inner wall surfaces34aof the side surface portions34gradually narrows from the insertion port36to the insertion through port38. The width of the insertion port36in the Y-axis direction is formed larger than the width of the insertion through port38in the Y-axis direction. The inner wall surface34aof the side surface portion34is not provided with the uneven portions40as the socket12of the cord stopper10according to the first embodiment.

The one surface portion32, which forms the insertion port36, is provided with a tape attachment portion54. The tape attachment portion54has a U-shape that protrudes from the surface portion32in the Z-axis direction, linear portions54aat both ends of the U-shape are flush with the side surface portions34and rise in the Z-axis direction at a right angle to the surface portion32, and a central linear portion54bis positioned parallel to the surface portion32. A U-shaped inner space54cis continuous with the insertion through port38without the surface portion32extending. Accordingly, the insertion through port38is provided with an enlarged width in the Z-axis direction together with the inner space54c.

The inner wall surface of each surface portion32is provided with the guide concave portion44having a shape obtained by cutting the thickness of the surface portion32into a rectangular shape, and in the surface portion32provided with the tape attachment portion54, the guide concave portion44communicates with the inner space54ccontinuous with the insertion through port38. As shown inFIG.14, since the surface portion32does not extend to the tape attachment portion54, the socket52does not require a mold portion for the surface portion32of a portion where the inner space54cis formed and can be integrally molded by a mold58having a simple shape.

In a method of attaching the cord stopper50to an object to be attached such as a bag, first, before the plug14is assembled, a tape member56is wound around the linear portion54bof the tape attachment portion54of the socket52, and an end portion of the tape member56is fixed in the vicinity of a hole or the like for passing the string through of an opening portion of a bag or the like. Thereafter, in the same way as the cord stopper10, in the socket52, both end portions46aof the string46pulled out from the hole or the like for passing the string through are inserted into the fitting portion16from the insertion through port38and pulled out to the outside from the insertion port36.

Next, the plug14is inserted between the pair of strings46at the center of the insertion port36with the tip end portion18aof the holding portion18first. The plug14is guided and inserted into the slide groove portion42of the socket52, and the holding convex portion22passes through the stopper45and is inserted into the guide concave portion44, so that the plug14cannot be pulled out from the socket52. As a result, assembly of the socket52and the plug14is completed, and attachment of the cord stopper50to the opening portion of a bag or the like is completed.

A method of using the cord stopper50is the same as that of the embodiment described above. When the opening portion is opened, by simply holding the pair of surface portions32of the socket12and the operation portion28of the plug14by one hand, the string46is pulled out from the insertion through port38of the socket52with a weight of a bag or the like, and the string46slides and becomes long, so that the opening portion can be enlarged.

An effect of the cord stopper50of the present embodiment is the same as that of the embodiment described above. When the opening portion is opened, by simply holding the pair of surface portions32of the socket12and the operation portion28of the plug14by one hand, the string46is pulled out from the insertion through port38of the socket52with a weight of a bag or the like, and the string46slides and becomes long, so that the opening portion can be enlarged, which is simple. Since the inner space54cof the tape attachment portion54and the insertion through port38are formed in a continuous shape by removing the surface portions32, the insertion port of the tape member56is wide, and the tape member56is easily passed. Moreover, a shape of the mold58for integrally molding the tape attachment portion54can be simplified. Further, the string46is also easily inserted.

The cord stopper of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, the shape of each member can be freely changed, and the material can be appropriately selected. The article to which the cord stopper is attached may be any article such as a bag, a garment, or a cold protection tool.

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