Patent ID: 6899461

Claim:
A slider which is attached to a plastic zipper composed of a pair of a male hook and a female hook formed on a surface of plastic films for opening and closing said zipper, comprising: a slider main body having a cavity therein; an inside guide fastened to the slider main body by a resilient member, the resilient member configured to allow the inside guide to be rotated about an axis perpendicular to the plastic zipper between a first position outside of the cavity in the slider main body to a second position inside the cavity in the slider main body, the inside guide inserted between said hooks of the plastic zipper and configured to disengage the male hook and female hook from each other by sliding movement of the slider when the inside guide is located in the second position; and an outside guide placed at a position nipping said hooks of the plastic zipper and configured to engage said hooks with each other by the sliding movement of the slider.