INVISIBLE ZIP FASTENER SLIDER AND GARMENT HAVING SUCH A FASTENER

摘要

A garment has: a pair of fabric panels each connected to a zip tape; the zip tape including a pair of rows of zip teeth; a zip slider, having a bridge extending upwardly and a pull tab connected to the bridge via an intermediate link; the zip slider being movable along the zip tape to interdigitate the rows of zip teeth by pulling of the pull tab; the panels provide a pair of lips extending over the zip teeth thereby to cover the slider; the intermediate link, pull tab and bridge are constructed so that rotation of the pull tab causes the intermediate link to bear against outer surfaces of the bridge.

主权项

1. A zip slider comprising:
a body adapted to move longitudinally in a first direction along opposing rows of tip teeth to interdigitate or extradigitate the teeth and fasten or unfasten the zip; a bridge extending upwardly from the body and comprising forward and rearward longitudinally-spaced posts defining a cleft therebetween; a pull tab, connected to the bridge by an intermediate link retained in the cleft for pivotal motion relative to the body about a transverse axis; an elongate spring member having a locking prong and a retaining bar interconnected by a biasing loop which urges the locking prong against interdigitated teeth; wherein the external dimension of the bridge and the configuration of the intermediate link are such that, when the pull tab is rotated about a longitudinal axis, the intermediate link bears against the outside of the bridge.