Patent ID: 7574783

Claim:
A pull tab of a slide fastener slider, comprising: a pull tab having an insert portion and a slider-attaching portion provided at a proximal end of the insert portion for attachment to the slider, the insert portion and the slider-attaching portion being integral with each other forming a one-piece structure; and a cover made of flexible material and having an open end and a closed opposite end, the cover adapted to have the insert portion inserted thereinto and cover substantially all of the insert portion, the insert portion including a plurality of locking surface features for preventing the cover from being pulled off the insert portion, wherein the locking surface features comprise: a through hole formed through the insert portion, and a serrate formed on a side edge of the insert portion, and wherein the cover further comprises a channel formed therein for housing the insert portion of the pull tab and a plurality of locked surface features formed in the inner surface of the channel and adapted to be locked by the locking surface features, the inner surface of the channel being provided with a protuberant engaging lug which is complementary in shape with the through hole, the channel and the engaging lug constituting a locked surface to lock the insert portion to the cover against being pulled thereoff.