Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Zipper or required component thereof – Slider having specific configuration – construction,...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-29
2002-08-13
Knight, Anthony (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Zipper or required component thereof
Slider having specific configuration, construction,...
C024S423000, C024S424000, C024S430000, C024S431000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06430785
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a zipper pull of slider for slide fastener for use behind a fly of mainly a front-open clothes such as a training wear and jacket, and more particularly to a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener, the zipper pull being formed of a resilient body and urged so as to be fallen onto a slider body in a horizontal state relative thereto, thereby maintaining a stabilized state in which the zipper pull does not swing freely when the clothes is worn.
2. Description of the Related Art
As shown in
FIG. 15
, a conventional slider zipper pull
2
′ is formed of resilient member
33
′ fixed to a connecting body
3
′ pivotally moved in the same direction as a sliding direction of the slider body
1
′. The resilient member
33
′ is capable of moving and fitting in the resilient member
33
′ itself with a gap and the connecting body elastically in the longitudinal direction on substantially the same plane as the slider at their locking position. The connecting body
3
′ comprises a first end portion
3
′-
1
which is pivotally moved on the slider and a second end portion
3
′-
2
fixed to the resilient member
33
′.
The resilient member
33
′ has a free end portion
30
′ which is disposed at a position apart from the second end portion
3
′-
2
. The free end portion
30
′ of the resilient member
33
′ and the second end portion
3
′-
2
of the connecting body
3
′ are located oppositely each other at both ends of the slider at a locking position of the slider. Further, the first end portion
3
′-
1
of the connecting body
3
′ is disposed between the second end portion
3
′-
2
and the free end portion
30
′ of the resilient member
33
′. Such a slider for slide fastener has been disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,101,538.
In the zipper pull
2
′ of the above described slider for slide fastener shown in
FIG. 15
, when it is intended to close the slide fastener by sliding the slider in the longitudinal direction, the ring-like zipper pull
2
′ of resilient member
33
′ must be pulled forward. At that time, the zipper pull
2
′ must be pulled forward such that the resilient member
33
′ is turned substantially at 180° between the free end portion
30
′ and the second end portion
3
′-
2
fixed to the connecting body
3
′. Further, when the zipper pull
2
′ is pulled backward to intend to separate and open the slide fastener, the resilient member
33
′ is also turned substantially at 180° between the free end portion
30
′ and the second end portion
3
′-
2
fixed to the connecting body
3
′ to slide the slider backward. For these reasons, there is a fear for the ring-like resilient member
33
′ that a turning load is borne onto the second end portion
3
′-
2
fixed to the connecting body
3
′ so that the resilient member
33
′ may be damaged. Thus, this kind of the zipper pull of the slider for slide fastener cannot bear a long term use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been achieved in views of the above described problems. An object of the invention is to provide a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener, wherein by rotating the zipper pull of resilient body attached to a slider body with a connecting body by a slight rotation in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the slider and then pulling it, the slider fastener is opened or closed. More specifically, the main object of the invention is to provide such a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener, wherein the slide fastener can be opened or closed without much turning of the resilient body, so that the zipper pull is prevented from being damaged by the twisting and capable of bearing a long term use and maintains a stabilized state without swinging freely, thereby providing no discomfort to user of the slider fastener.
Another object of the invention is to provide a zipper pull of resilient body adaptable for various types of the sliders by specifying the configuration of the zipper pull formed of resilient body to be mounted on the slider body.
And another object of the invention is to provide a connecting body of a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener, wherein by specifying the configuration of the connecting body for attaching the zipper pull made of an annular or sheet-like resilient body to the slider body, the zipper pull of various types of the resilient body is fixed in a stable state by various types of the connecting body so as to achieve an endurance on a long term use.
Also another object of the invention is to provide a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener of resilient body, wherein by specifying the configuration of the annular or sheet-like zipper pull to be mounted on the slider body, the zipper pull is adaptable for various types of the connecting body and maintained in a stabilized condition so as to ensure an easiness of operation.
Further object of the invention is to provide a zipper pull of resilient body which can be produced in various types thereof simply and easily by specifying material of the annular or sheet-like zipper pull made of resilient body.
To achieve the above object, according to the main aspect of the present invention, there is provided a zipper pull of a slider for slide fastener, wherein a zipper pull mounting portion for mounting a zipper pull is always provided on a top face of a sliding body; a connecting body is disposed in a lateral direction relative to the zipper pull mounting portion or in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the slider; and the zipper pull formed of resilient body having an appropriate shape is fixed on any side of the right or left of the connecting body so as to form a fixing portion so that the zipper pull is urged to be always fallen on a top face of the slider body. A state in which the zipper pull is urged to be always fallen on the top face of the slider body refers to a state in which the zipper pull is disposed substantially in parallel to the top face of the slider body.
Preferably, the zipper pull made of resilient body to be fixed to the connecting body is formed in an annular shape having an appropriate shape and a part of the annular portion is fixed to a vertical bar provided on the connecting body so as to form a fixing portion.
Alternatively, the zipper pull made of resilient body to be fixed to the connecting body is formed in a sheet-like shape having an appropriate shape and a part of the sheet-like portion is fixed to a vertical bar provided on the connecting body so as to form a fixing portion.
Preferably, the connecting body for connecting the zipper pull of resilient body to the slider body is comprised of two lateral bars disposed with an interval and being capable of being inserted into the zipper pull mounting portion provided on a top face of the slider body, and vertical bars molded integrally with the lateral bars and being protruded in back and forth direction from each of both ends of the lateral bars.
Also preferably, the connecting body for connecting the zipper pull of resilient body to the slider body places the fixing body at which the zipper pull of resilient body is fixed to contact thereon.
Preferably, the connecting body for connecting the zipper pull of resilient body to the slider body disposed the vertical bar on one side of the lateral bars and the lateral bars of U letter shape are connected to the vertical bar while protrusions provided on the top surface of the slider body are fitted in between the lateral bars disposed on the right and left of the mounting portion provided on the top surface of the slider body.
Further preferably, the connecting body, which connects the zipper pull of resilient body to the slider body, has an annular supporting portion to which the mounting portion can be fitted provided on the top surface
Matsushima Hideyuki
Yoneshima Hisashi
Finnegan, Henderson, Farbow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Jackson André L.
YKK Corporation
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