US 12,274,334 B2
Stop member of slide fastener and method of producing slide fastener
Tiantian Feng, Kurobe (JP); Kazuo Tamura, Kurobe (JP); Shintaro Metani, Kurobe (JP); and Atsushi Takata, Kurobe (JP)
Assigned to YKK Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/547,275
Filed by YKK Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/009924
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/190332, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122309 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 19/60 (2006.01); A44B 19/36 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/60 (2013.01) [A44B 19/36 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stop member for slide fastener, the stop member comprising:
a main body having first surface, second surface, third surface and fourth surface, the first and second surfaces being on opposite sides, and the third and fourth surfaces being on opposite sides;
a first superficial region formed at a side of the first surface of the main body;
a second superficial region formed at a side of the second surface of the main body; and
a slit or interface interposed between the first and second surfaces of the main body, wherein
the first superficial region extends over and covers the slit or the interface, and has a thickness defined between the first surface and an end of the slit or the interface at the side of the first surface, and
the second superficial region extends over and covers the slit or the interface, and has a thickness defined between the second surface and an end of the slit or the interface at the side of the second surface,
the stop member further comprising:
a third superficial region formed at a side of the third surface to prevent at least a part of the slit or the interface from being exposed in the third surface, and
a fourth superficial region formed at a side of the fourth surface to prevent at least a part of the slit or the interface from being exposed in the fourth surface.