Slide fastener

摘要

A slide fastener having a split arrester (1) for preventing a pair of interengaged fastener stringers (S) from accidental splitting when a slider is removed. The split arrester (1) comprises interlocking male and female members (10, 20) mounted on a pair of fastener stringers (S) contiguously to the respective terminal portions of opposed coupling element rows and substantially equal in thickness and width of the coupling elements (E). The male member (10) has a locking tongue portion (12) projecting from an attachment base portion (11) toward the female member (20) and terminated in a protuberance (12a). The female member (20) has a locking hollow portion (22) for receiving the locking tongue portion (12) and having a pair of resilient catch portions (22a) for gripping a neck (12b) of the protuberance (12a) from opposite sides in the direction of thickness of the fastener tape (T). $$