Patent ID: 7565722

Claim:
Top end stops for a slide fastener, comprising a first top end stop and a second top end stop, wherein each top end stop is made of resin, and said first top end stop is molded at an end portion of a first row of coupling elements provided along an edge portion of a first fastener tape such that said first top end stop is adjacent to an end coupling element in said first row of coupling elements, and said second top end stop is molded at an end portion of a second row of coupling elements provided along an edge portion of a second fastener tape such that said second top end stop is adjacent to an end coupling element in said second row of coupling elements, and each top end stop has a concave portion on an opposed face to the other top end stop, each of the concave portions for accommodating a slider therebetween when the slide fastener is closed, wherein a first gap is formed between the first top end stop and the end coupling element of the first row of coupling elements and a second gap is formed between the second top end stop and the end coupling element of the second row of coupling elements, and an overlapping portion is formed on a side edge side in a bottom end of the first top end stop so as to have a thickness approximate to a thickness of an engaging protrusion of a neck portion of a coupling element in the second row of coupling elements, wherein a coupling head of the end coupling element in the second row of coupling elements is capable of overlapping the overlapping portion when the slider is accommodated between the concave portions of the top end stops.