Lockable slide fastener slider

• US 5,152,036 A
• Filed: 04/11/1991
• Issued: 10/06/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ishii, Susumu, Oda, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US07/684,300
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: 24/418, 24/420, 24/421, 24/424
• US Class Current: 24/424
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 19/308 in the form of a spring-actuated locking member actuated by the pull member
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2571 Resilient or spring biased element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2577 Biased by distinct spring

Abstract

A lockable slide fastener slider includes an upper wing and a lower wing defining therebetween a guide channel for the passage of fastener coupling elements, a pull tab pivotably mounted on the upper wing and a locking member having a locking prong movable into and away from the guide channel. A resilient biasing arrangement is provided in operative relation to the pull tab for urging the latter to lie substantially flat against the upper wing.

Claims

1. A lockable slide fastener slider which comprises:

(a) a slider body including an upper wing and a lower wing joined at one of their respective ends by a neck so as to define therebetween a guide channel for the passage of a pair of rows of coupling elements;

(b) a pull tab having a pintle at one of its ends through which said pull tab is pivotably connected to said upper wing and having a cam means;

(c) a locking member pivotably supported on said slider body and including a locking spring movable into and away from said guide channel;

(d) a first resilient means urging said pull tab to flip down against said upper wing; and

(e) a second resilient means operatively associated with said pintle and adapted to urge said pull tab to lie substantially flat against said upper wing in compensation for the lack of resilient forces of said first resilient means, said second resilient means comprising a pair of leaf springs laterally spaced on opposite sides of said upper wing and extending in overlying relation to said locking member.

2. A lockable slide fastener slider which comprises:

(a) a slider body including an upper wing and a lower wing joined at one of their respective ends by a neck so as to define therebetween a guide channel for the passage of a pair of rows of coupling elements;

(b) a pull tab having a pintle at one of its ends through which said pull tab is pivotably connected to said upper wing and having a cam means;

(c) a locking member pivotably supported on said slider body and including a locking spring movable into and away from said guide channel;

(d) a first resilient means urging said pull tab to flip down against said upper wing; and

(e) a second resilient means operatively associated with said pintle and adapted to urge said pull tab to lie substantially flat against said upper wing in compensation for the lack of resilient forces of said first resilient means, said second resilient means comprising a leaf spring of rectangular frame form disposed in underlying relation to said locking member.