EP0761117B1 - Slider pull tab - Google Patents

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EP0761117B1
EP0761117B1 EP19960305824 EP96305824A EP0761117B1 EP 0761117 B1 EP0761117 B1 EP 0761117B1 EP 19960305824 EP19960305824 EP 19960305824 EP 96305824 A EP96305824 A EP 96305824A EP 0761117 B1 EP0761117 B1 EP 0761117B1
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puller
fastener
slider
loops
hooks
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Malcolm Mackinnon
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YKK Europe Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A44B19/262—Pull members; Ornamental attachments for sliders

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  • the present invention relates to a slide fastener and in particular to a puller for a pull-tab of a slide fastener such as a zip fastener.
  • a puller to an eye at the end of the pull-tab on the slider.
  • the puller can be readily gripped by the fingers, and it can carry a trade mark, logo or other design.
  • JP-63-592210 shows a puller which is looped through the eye which is usually provided at the end of the slider pull-tab, and secured by a rivet through the overlapping layers of puller material. This arrangement is expensive to manufacture, requiring separate parts, and a rivetting operation.
  • JP 63-59511 shows a puller moulded of plastics material and which incorporates an integral snap fastener to secure the puller to the slider pull-tab. This arrangement is more convenient in practice, but it is expensive to mould, and changing the puller shape requires a new mould.
  • GB-A-621 539 shows a puller which is folded about an eye on the slider, and facing halves of the puller are held together by a tubular rivet.
  • a first aspect of the present invention provides a puller for a slide fastener as set fourth in claim 1.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a slide fastener as set fourth in claim 2.
  • Hook and loop fasteners are cheap to produce in large volume when the fastener is not required to operate under rigorous conditions or carry a high load.
  • the fastener material is readily produced in large sheets or rolls with a fabric or flexible plastics backing on which the hooks and loops are formed.
  • a puller of any desired shape can be readily cut from the sheets or rolls, for example by an ultrasonic cutting machine, and so the shape of the puller is easily varied.
  • the backing material is easily printed on to display a trade mark or logo.
  • the puller itself is easily replaced, for example if the particular logo or trade mark must be changed.
  • a face 8 of the puller 2 which is prominent to the user carries a printed trade mark or logo, such as "SPORTS".
  • the puller of this embodiment has a woven backing material, for example, polypropylene, and is divided into a front half 10 and a back half 12 by a neck 14. Loops 18 are woven into one half of the puller 2, and hooks 20 are formed on the other half.
  • the hooks can be formed, for example, by weaving relatively stiff nylon loops into the strip and cutting the loops. The production of such hook and loop fastener material is well known in the art.
  • the region of the neck 14 is left plain to accommodate the rim 22 of the eye 5 (see Figure 4).
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 differs from the embodiment of Figure 2 in that the hooks and loops 18, 20 are intermingled on the fastener material.
  • one half 10 is gathered and fed through the eye 5 to bring the neck 14 into registry with the rim 22.
  • the puller 2 is then folded about the rim 22 to bring the halves 10, 12 together, when they are held by the hooks and loops 18, 20.
  • Figures 5a and 5b show top and bottom faces 8, 23 of a strip 24 of hook and loop fastener material suitable for forming the pullers 2.
  • the bottom face of the strip is divided into two halves 26, 28 by a plain centre line region 30.
  • Hooks and loops 18, 20 are formed on each half 26, 28, for forming the embodiment of Figure 3.
  • Pullers 2 are illustrated in dotted outline on the plain top face 8, and are cut from the strip 24 by an ultrasonic cutting machine.
  • a logo or pattern may be printed on the plain face 8 of the strip 24 in register with the puller outline.
  • the plain centre region may be omitted.
  • one half 26 of the strip is formed with only loops 18, and the other half with hooks 20.
  • the plain face 8 of the backing material is suitable for printing on, but another material layer may be bonded to it if desired.
  • an additional, larger pull-tab may be secured to the first pull-tab, to provide a larger eye for receiving the puller.

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EP19960305824 1995-08-09 1996-08-08 Slider pull tab Expired - Lifetime EP0761117B1 (en)

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GB9516357 1995-08-09
GB9516357A GB2304150A (en) 1995-08-09 1995-08-09 Slide fastener

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EP0761117B1 true EP0761117B1 (en) 2000-03-08

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IL155485A0 (en) 2000-11-29 2003-11-23 Procter & Gamble Openable assembly with gripping aids and folding means
ES2391010B1 (es) * 2012-08-10 2013-09-30 Rafael PALMERO ESTESO Tirador removible para el carro de una cremallera
US9386874B2 (en) 2014-11-12 2016-07-12 Sheila B. Benjamin Multipurpose tool for dressing assistance and methods of use

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GB621539A (en) * 1946-02-16 1949-04-11 United Carr Fastener Corp Improvements in and relating to sliders for sliding clasp fasteners
AU516651B2 (en) * 1977-05-12 1981-06-18 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. Ornamental attachment for slide fastener
JPS6359511A (ja) * 1986-08-29 1988-03-15 Mitsubishi Electric Corp 樹脂成形装置
DE3717318A1 (de) * 1987-05-22 1988-12-15 Henkel Kgaa Klettbandverschluss fuer textilen waeschesack

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DE69606937T2 (de) 2000-06-29
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EP0761117A1 (en) 1997-03-12
GB9516357D0 (en) 1995-10-11
ES2142546T3 (es) 2000-04-16

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