Patent ID: 6931707

Claim:
A device for facilitating operation of a separable slide fastener having a pair of stringers respectively carrying first and second rows of interlocking elements, first and second members respectively having first and second apertures therein, at least one of the first and second members being slidable along the first row and disposable in a terminal position against another of the first and second members with the second aperture aligned with the first aperture, wherein the second row terminates in a lug receivable in the aligned apertures when the at least one member is in the terminal position to permit interlocking of the rows of elements by movement of the at least one member therealong, the device comprising: a handle adapted to be easily grasped by a user; and retention structure coupled to the handle and engageable with the first and second members in a retaining position for holding the at least one member in its terminal position, the retention structure being displaceable from its retaining position during insertion of the lug into the aligned apertures.