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Flexible plastic zipper slider with rigidizing structure for assembly with profiled plastic zipper

US5283932A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 10, 1993
Grant dateFeb 8, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45168
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible plastic slider having sidewalls normally diverging outwardly and spaced apart a distance adequate for transverse installation of the slider over the profiled elements of a zipper with rigidizing structure on the slider to move the sidewalls into and retain them in an assembled position on the zipper to prevent the slider from being lifted off the zipper.

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