Assertion: slide fastener's stop | /r/HasProperty | secured to top portion of the tape
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text: The present invention is summarized in a slide fastener and method and apparatus for forming same, the slide fastener being generally characterized in a tape carrying fastener elements thereon, the tape having a top portion attached to terminal elements of the fastener elements; a top stop secured to the top portion of the tape adjacent the terminal elements; and, a slider receiving the fastener elements to control interengagement thereof and having a diamond disposed adjacent the terminal elements when the slider is limited in movement by engagement with the top stop, the terminal elements being reduced in size relative to interengaged ones of the fastener elements whereby the diamond of the slider is accommodated without causing the tape to splay.