Patent ID: 7219401

Claim:
A slider for a slide fastener with an automatic stopper, wherein a groove portion, which is open continuously in a vertical direction and outwardly away from the slider, is provided in a front face of a guide post for connecting an upper blade and a lower blade; a drooping piece of a leaf spring in a stop mechanism disposed on a top face of the upper blade is accommodated within the groove portion and engaged therein; a projecting portion projecting forward is provided in the groove portion; the projecting portion is so shaped to be located below a front end of the drooping piece; the projecting portion having a proximal portion at the guide post and a front end portion away from the guide post; a top face of the projecting portion tilts downward away from the guide post from the proximal portion of the projecting portion to the front end portion of the projecting portion; and the front end portion of the projecting portion exists within the groove portion.