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Zip fastener top-end piece arrangement

US6715187B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 2002
Grant dateApr 6, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 23, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/2598
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A zip fastener top-end piece arrangement in which the top-end piece of the zipper tape is formed of a top block and a bottom block, the bottom block having a top recessed hole, the top block having a bottom springy hook, which is disengaged from the top recessed hole of the bottom block to open the passage between the top block and the bottom block for enabling the zipper slide to be coupled to the zipper tape, or hooked in the top recessed hole of the bottom block to close the passage between the top block and the bottom block-after installation of the zipper slide in the zipper tape.

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