Patent ID: 7082648

Claim:
An air/water-right slide fastener for opening and closing an opening formed in an article comprising: a pair of fastener swingers each including an air/water-tight tape and a plurality of fastener elements mounted on one longitudinal edge thereof, each fastener element including a coupling element having a shaft and a coupling head provided on one end of the shaft, and a substantially U-shaped clamping element, the shaft being wrapped by the longitudinal edge of the tape with the coupling head projecting outwardly from the longitudinal edge of the tape, and then clamped by the U-shaped clamping element with the wrapping longitudinal tape edge interposed therebetween, the fastener tapes being mounted along the opposed edges of the opening on the rear side of the article; a slider reciprocally movable along the fastener elements around the clamping elements to bring the coupling elements into and out of engagement with each other; and an end stop integrally mounted on one end of the fastener stringers to stop the movement of the slider, the end stop including a block and a flange portion extending round the block and intimately fixed to the front side of the air/water-tight tape, at least part of the flange portion be extensive enough to be integrally fixed to the opening edges of the article.