Patent ID: 8004796

Claim:
A slider comprising: a slider body having a first side; and a protective layer disposed on a portion of the first side of the slider body comprising at least one corner of the slider body, the protective layer positioned to contact a surface opposing the slider at the at least one corner and at a position displaced from the at least one corner, the protective layer disposed on the first side of the slider body in a first orientation generally parallel to an underlying slider body surface at the at least one corner such that the protective layer has a first elastic modulus at the at least one corner, and the protective layer disposed on the first side of the slider body in a second orientation generally perpendicular to the underlying slider body surface at the position displaced from the at least corner such that the protective layer has a second elastic modulus at the position displaced from the at least one corner, wherein the second elastic modulus is higher than the first elastic modulus.