Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Zipper or required component thereof – Interlocking surface constructed from plural elements in series
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2008-09-23
Brittain, James R (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Zipper or required component thereof
Interlocking surface constructed from plural elements in series
C024S432000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07426772
ABSTRACT:
A fastener element for a concealed type slide fastener having a substantially U shaped section including a side edge portion mounting groove for a fastener tape, comprising: a C shaped base portion; flat first and second tape nipping portions extended substantially in parallel from respective front ends of the C shaped base portion; and a coupling portion integrated with an engaging face side on the opposite side to a tape nipping face of the second tape nipping portion, wherein the first tape nipping portion has expanded portions expanded back and forth in a coupling direction, and a front end face of the first tape nipping portion is formed wider than a front end face of the second tape nipping portion, thereby having excellent concealed property and coupling strength and capable of preventing generation of a gap between right and left fastener tapes even if pulling stress is applied.
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patent: UM-52-10483 (1977-03-01), None
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Himi Naoyuki
Kojima Masayoshi
Alston & Bird LLP
Brittain James R
YKK Corporation
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