US 12,108,848 B2
Slide fastener sealing systems and methods
Richard Kerr Myerscough, Victoria (CA); and Ross Davis Harrington, Victoria (CA)
Assigned to YKK (U.S.A.) Inc., Marietta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/031,775
Filed by YKK (U.S.A.) Inc., Marietta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/012474
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169577, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,087, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389660 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 19/32 (2006.01); A44B 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/32 (2013.01) [A44B 19/06 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A sealing member for a slide fastener sealing system, the sealing member comprising:
(a) a deformable sealing body;
(b) a connector attached to the sealing body, the connector comprising a resilient hook configured to connect the sealing member to a slide fastener, and
(c) a sealing body actuator configured to deform and expand the sealing body when actuated, wherein the sealing body actuator extends through the sealing body in a sliding fashion.