Stop and zipper teeth arrangement
US6070306A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/2598
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A top stop and zipper teeth arrangement for a zipper in which the top stop has a sloping bottom edge smoothly curved inwards and sloping downwardly backwards and terminating in a downward bottom projection, the sloping bottom edge defining with the topmost edge of the first tooth of the row of teeth on the longitudinal side rib of the zipper tape a gap through which the slide of the zipper is insert into engagement with the zipper tape; the first tooth having a stop wall portion at a top side of a neck thereof for preventing an inside partition wall of the slide from being moved into engagement with the neck of the first tooth when the slide is pulled downwards.
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