Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Zipper or required component thereof
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Lavinder, Jack W. (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Zipper or required component thereof
C024S387000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07921526
ABSTRACT:
A zip fastener (30) comprised of a long strip of two thermoplastic support tapes (35); two rows of coupling elements (40), each row being attached to its own support tape (35); and a slider body (45) comprising a puller (50) attached to the slider body (45). Portions of the two support tapes (35) are shaped to cause the two rows of coupling elements (40) to rest higher or lower than the shaped portions of the support tapes (35). At least one end portion of the zip fastener (30) is curved downward and in a closed position the curved portion (75) accommodates at least one slider body (45).
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Lavinder Jack W.
Nichols Steven L.
Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy P.C.
Wangbunyen Tanakorn
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