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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426773 | Post attachment device A post attachment device for connecting a helmet to a head and neck support. The device includes a post anchor having a base, a button, a resilient member, a post, a retainer and a catch having a slot with a larger first section connected by a channel to a smaller s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7337508 | Zip fastener with emergency opening facility In a zip fastener the elements (10) on one tape have a head which engages a shoulder (20) of an opposed element to limit out of plane movement. A small number of elements (30) have a head (38) which bears on a shoulder 46 when twis... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7293333 | Water repellent slide fastener A water repellent slide fastener includes a pair of zipper tapes (25, 26), to which are secured fastening elements (21, 22) which are unfastenable and fastenable through the intermediary of a zipper slide (30), said zipper tapes (25, 26) ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7260871 | Ventable interlocking closure strip The invention generally relates to interlocking closure devices including two closure elements arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length. The closure elements permit the venting of fluids when the closure elements are in their occluded vented position. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7188395 | Slide fastener A stopper portion has a minute protrusion on part of an outer peripheral face except a side face in the length direction of a fastener tape. This protrusion is a rib-like protrusion extended linearly in the length direction of the fastener tape formed on a vertex of... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7114224 | Slide fastener A weld portion produced by heat welding and a non-weld portion which does not undergo heat welding are formed on a contact face between an inside face of a stopper portion made of synthetic resin and a surface of a fastener tape. Preferably, a bottom end face of a r... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7036190 | Closure mechanism for apparel A flexible and extensible closure apparatus for use in apparel is disclosed. The flexible and extensible closure apparatus provides continuity to securely join different pieces of material. In addition, a slider apparatus is disclosed to assist a user in joining and... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6953542 | Interlocking closure device A closure device for a thermoplastic bag which includes two opposing, longitudinally extending interlockable male and female fastening strips having respective male and female closure elements or profiles that are deformed to interdigitate and produce an audible cli... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6594872 | Interlocking closure device A closure device for a thermoplastic bag which includes two opposing, longitudinally extending interlockable male and female fastening strips having respective male and female closure elements or profiles that are deformed to interdigitate and produce an ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6497015 | Linear slide fastener A coil-shaped fastener element is comprised of a coupling head bulging to both sides, upper/lower leg portions adjacent the coupling head and a connecting portion for connecting the upper and lower leg portions. With providing a stepped portion in a cente... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6279209 | Color slide fastener and method and apparatus for fabricating the same A color slide fastener and a method and apparatus for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of a tape arranging step for arranging a support tape of a slide fastener on a mold having a capacity having a plurality of unit fasten... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6243927 | Slide fastener The present invention provides a slide fastener in which a normal engaging state of engaging elements can be maintained, even if right and left tensile loads are applied to the engaged elements having an engaging male portion and an engaging female portio... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6065192 | Zip-fastener A zip-fastener in which the hollow lower face of each of the interlocking teeth, which are directly molded on the zipper tapes, has two recessed retaining portions at two opposite vertical lateral sides, top and bottom transverse thread grooves disposed a... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5836058 | Safety release zipper A safety release zipper including two opposing side portions securable to two opposing sides of a garment to be closed together. Two lengths of interlocking teeth are secured to and extend inwardly from the two opposing side portions. The teeth have a tri... | 11/17/1998 |
| 4920616 | Slider for a slide fastener A slider for use with a ladder-type slide fastener is disclosed which comprises a pair of opposed flanges and means of locking the slider in place against unintentional movement under the influence of a force tending to spread open the fastener. The locki... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4675951 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer has a continuous strip of spaced thermoplastic molded coupling elements interconnected by a pair of embedded connector threads and attached to a stringer tape along a longitudinal edge thereof, each of the connector threads being... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4639981 | Slide fastener stringer having continuous thermo-plastic molded coupling element strip A slide fastener stringer having a continuous zigzag-shaped thermoplastic molded coupling element strip. The strip includes a succession of spaced coupling elements, each having a pair of first and second legs extending from a head in a common direction, ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4562621 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer comprises an elongate molded coupling element strip woven into a stringer tape along a longitudinal edge thereof. The strip includes a succession of laterally spaced coupling elements each having a pair of first and second legs, ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4505008 | Adjustable fastener An adjustable fastener which comprises a rail having a plurality of spaced-apart stop elements affixed thereto along the length thereof, and a slider fit on the rail for adjustable sliding movement therealong. The rail is manufactured by affixing the stop... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4439898 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer having a continuous thermoplastic molded coupling element strip attached to a longitudinal edge of a tape. The strip includes a row of spaced coupling elements interconnected by a pair of series of first and second thermoplastic ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4429438 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer comprising a woven coupling element having a plurality of first and second connecting portions interconnecting a plurality of laterally spaced scoops of the element. Each of the first connecting portions extends between adjacent ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4418449 | Slide fastener A slide fastener has a pair of tapes along confronting edges of which are provided respective rows of coupling elements in a ladder configuration with individual members being affixed together by a continuous textile strand, as one-arm rungs of the ladder... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4231138 | Slide fastener A slide fastener is disclosed including mounting tapes each having a warpless area or a void area formed in them near their adjacent edges. Coupling elements are secured onto the edges of the mounting tapes and plugs of material interconnecting the legs o... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4172308 | Fastener A fastener of the type in which two arrays of spaced-apart coupling heads are juxtaposed and pressed together, either with or without a slider, so that the heads of one array or row are received in the inter-head spaces of the other row and vice versa, is... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4117575 | Fastener A fastener of the type in which two arrays of spaced-apart coupling heads are juxtaposed and pressed together, either with or without a slider, so that the heads of one array or row are received in the inter-head spaces of the other row and vice versa, is... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4037295 | Slide fastener stringer A stringer method for making a plastic, relatively flexible stringer for a slide fastener is disclosed. The stringer blank is extruded in a relatively rigid U-shaped form and, subsequently, a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transverse slots are die cu... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3964137 | Slide fastener A slide fastener is disclosed which comprises a pair of stringer tapes of a warp-knitted structure including wales and fastener component parts attached to the tapes. These fastener component parts are made of a thermoplastic material and attached by inje... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3961398 | Separable fastening A snap-type fastening for garment belts or the like consists of two arrays of headed pins which can be pressed together to make the fastening. Each array is mounted on a resilient carrier strip and, to ensure a positive opening and closing action, each ro... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3955247 | Slide fastener element construction A slide fastener element construction having a ladder-like structure of the type which is longitudinally folded on itself to form a finished row of coupling elements. The ladder-like structure basically includes longitudinally parallel spaced-apart base p... | 05/11/1976 |
