Patent ID: 8082635

Claim:
Slider ( 1 ) for a zip fastener, which slider comprises a lower part ( 4 ), an upper part ( 3 ) and a puller ( 2 ), where the lower part ( 4 ) and the upper part ( 3 ) are interconnected by means of a hinge, whereby the slider can be set in an open and a closed condition, respectively, where the puller ( 2 ), which is made of a resilient material and constitutes the part that the user holds when using the slider, comprises locking pins ( 6 ) for locking the lower part ( 4 ) and the upper part ( 3 ) in the closed condition, and also dividing shoulders ( 9 ), the lower part ( 4 ), which when the slider ( 1 ) is mounted to a zip fastener mainly is located on a first side of the zip fastener, comprises a hole ( 7 ) which can receive the locking pins ( 6 ) of the puller ( 2 ) in order to lock the lower part and the upper part in the closed condition, the upper part ( 3 ), which when the slider ( 1 ) is mounted to a zip fastener mainly is located on a second side of the zip fastener, comprises a cradle ( 13 ) for the locking pins ( 6 ) of the puller ( 2 ) and also a slanted dividing body ( 10 ), which can separate the dividing shoulders ( 9 ) and therewith the locking pins ( 6 ) of the puller ( 2 ), and the upper part ( 3 ) comprises two hinge taps ( 14 ) and the lower part ( 4 ) comprises an area ( 15 , 16 , 17 ) for cooperation with said hinge taps, whereby the hinge between the lower part and the upper part is formed through cooperation between the hinge taps ( 14 ) and the area ( 15 , 16 , 17 ), characterised in that the area ( 15 , 16 , 17 ) of the lower part comprises an assembly chamfer ( 16 ), which by cooperation with the hinge taps ( 14 ) is adapted to pivotally lock the upper part ( 3 ) and the lower part ( 4 ), and in that the area ( 15 , 16 , 17 ) of the lower part also comprises a guiding groove ( 15 ), in which the hinge taps ( 14 ) are led upon assembly of the upper part ( 3 ) to the lower part ( 4 ), whereby the assembly chamfer ( 16 ) forces the hinge taps ( 14 ) outwards in a slight resilient movement.