Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Of a slide fastener
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Compton, Eric (Department: 3726)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Of a slide fastener
C029S408000, C029S766000, C029S767000, C029S768000, C029S468000, C029S281100, C024S420000, C024S430000, C024S433000, C024S434000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06931707
ABSTRACT:
A device is designed to facilitate operation of a separable slide fastener having a pair of stringers, respectively carrying first and second rows of interlocking elements, the rows respectively terminating at a stop member and a lug, the fastener including at least one slider moveable along the first row and having an aperture therethrough alignable with an aperture in the stop member when the slider is disposed in a terminal position. The device includes a handle and retention structure receivable in an aligning position in the apertures when the slider is in or is moved to its terminal position and engageable with the slider and the stop member to hold the slider in its terminal position so that the user does not have to manually do so during insertion of the lug into the apertures to join the stringers. When the lug is inserted it displaces the retention structure from the apertures. Several embodiments of the device are disclosed. They are usable with single-slider fasteners openable from one end or with dual slider fasteners openable from opposite ends.
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Compton Eric
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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