JPH0241105A - Fastener device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily open a closed part, by rounding a free open part to an opening direction over itself by an operation moving a cursor on a fastener and by expanding to a closed direction of the fastener. CONSTITUTION: A slider 5 settled at a cursor 4 of a fastener 3 is connected to an end of a member 1 fixed to the fastener 3 through a small soft tongue like member 6. When operating the slider 5 to move the cursor 4 to the open direction, the small tongue part 6 works to drag a border of the member 1 and a cursor and at the same time a responsive part of the fastener 3. As a result, the member is rounded. Therefore, the member 1 is removed from a member 2 perfectly, and is possible to reach directly an inner part of a space closed by the fastener 3. The member 2 is a fixed part or a comparatively poor deformability part, and the member 1 must be a material possible to round by itself and is required to be flexible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a fastener device for attachment to clothing or other products used in particular in the sports or leisure field, such as gloves, sports bags, JI items.

These devices require that two members be brought into close proximity and maintained in that position to achieve closure of the product in order to use the product, and that it is difficult to reach inside clothing or bags, and The purpose is to enable the closure to be easily opened in order to/or to be able to take off gloves or release the foot from the shoe.

Many applications of this type of device are known. For example British Patents Nos. 531,776 and 380,90
No. 9, United States Patent No. 2,970,390, French Utility Model No. 2549701, the footwear fastener described in the specifications and drawings of Utility Model Registration No. KR84-2311, or West German Published Patent Application No. 360
Examples include the fastener for gloves described in No. 4103A1. Each of these patents teaches the application of a fastener that, when performing an opening operation, simultaneously releases two members that are kept in close proximity and on which a slider is mounted, the release being carried out by a cursor along the fastener. This is done within the range of movement. Releasing these two members allows access to the interior of the product. The two parts separated in this way still mostly remain in close proximity to each other, so that in order to access the interior through the opening thus created, the user has to pull them apart. , which must be held apart to reach the interior, which is sometimes inconvenient and leaves the user's hands at least partially unavailable for other tasks.

It is the above-mentioned drawbacks that the present invention aims to solve.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The features and certain advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, which is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings for an understanding thereof.

The fastener 3 shown in FIG. 1 may be of the in-shell type, except as is specific to the invention and will be described below.

The above described fastener serves to keep the two parts 1 and 2 to which it is attached in close proximity by temporarily interlocking them.

According to the invention, the slider 5 attached to the cursor 4 of the fastener 3 is connected via a flexible tongue 6 to the end of the member 1 fixed to the fastener 3. The connecting portion 7 of the flexible small-shaped member 6 connected to the member 1 is arranged at a fixed longitudinal distance in the direction in which the pivot of the cursor 4 opens, and at least at the border of the fastener 3 and from the fastener. Preferably localized at a constant distance in the transverse direction. With this arrangement, the flexible small bevel-shaped member 6 can be easily bent when the slider 5 is operated to move the cursor 4 of the fastener 3 in either direction.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cursor 4
It is clear that when the slider 5 is operated in order to move the slider 5 in the opening direction, the tongue-like member 6 acts to pull the border of the member 1 and, simultaneously with the cursor 4, the corresponding part of the fastener 3. As a result, one member 1 becomes rounded, as can be clearly seen in FIG.

The member 1 is therefore completely separated from the member 2 and can directly access the interior of the space closed by the fastener 3 without any other operations.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, member 2
is a fixed part or a part with relatively little deformability and is connected at a relatively short distance from the fastener 3 to such part of the product in question.

On the other hand, the member 1 must be able to roll itself up, as shown in FIG. 3, and must be flexible, and in particular (as shown in FIGS. ) at the location of the edge 10 extending from the open end 13 of the fastener 3 to the upper end point 18 of its joining area 8 with such part of the target product, in a rigid or poorly deformable part of the target product 0 member 1 or at least a part 1' of which it is necessary that the deformation is not hindered by the part
Several solutions are possible to facilitate the curling, especially at the point of curling.

For example: (a) manufacturing the member 1 or at least the part 1' fixed to the fastener 3 from a stretchable and/or deformable material, as shown in Figures 3a and 3b; (b) 3c. By making the position of the end point 18 of the joining area 8 dependent on the position of the cursor 4, as shown in the figure, the position of the end point can be changed in the direction of movement of the cursor 4 on the fastener 3; (C ) The end point 18 of the joining area 8 is placed on the fastener 3 so that the member 1 and/or its edge 10 is not subjected to any stretching action due to the constant movement of the cursor 4 over said fastener 3.
(d) Combining two or more of the above methods.

In the solution (a) of FIG. 3a, which shows this closure device in plan, it can be seen that the part of the element 1 fixed to the cursor 4 on the fastener 3 corresponds to a changing triangle. This triangle is defined by the open end 13 of the fastener, the end point 18 of its joining area 8 and the relative position of the cursor 4 of the fastener 3. One of the sides of this triangle is the length of the opening of the zipper (i.e., the end 13 of the zipper).
and the position of cursor 4 on the fastener)
, the other side is the edge 10 of member 1 (i.e.
(the part between the end 13 of the fastener and the end point 18 of the joining area 8)
Therefore, the third side whose length changes further (that is, the side that becomes rounded) is set at the end point 1 for each position of the cursor on the zipper.
8 and the cursor 4, this straight line is defined by an edge 10' that is determined by the position of the cursor.
overlap with.

In this embodiment of FIG. 3a, part 1' of part 1 has a varying right triangular shape, starting from point 18, in the initial position (triangle sides 18-13) and then in the open position (triangle sides 18-13). 18-4, ie, straight line 10'), it is rounded into a conical shape around a line that is the midline of the apex angle defined by the target edge 10. Since the position of the joint end point 18 is fixed, the edge 10 forming a right-angled side of the triangle (18, 13, 4) also forms the hypotenuse (straight line 10') of the triangle in the open position, and thus In order to adapt to this change in length, I realized that I had to devise a structure that could be elastically deformed.

This also applies to the embodiment of FIG. 3b. In this example, the part 1' of the member 1 fixed to the cursor 4 on the fastener 3 forms an arbitrary triangle (18, 13, 4), whose long side, that is, the side that is rounded, is fixed to the cursor 4 on the fastener 3. 4 is defined by a straight line 10' extending from the junction end point 18 to the cursor 4.

3a and 3d, the position of the joint end point 18 can be made movable and/or variable. (solution method (b) above). In fact, as can be seen in the embodiment of FIG. 3c, stretching of the part 1' and in particular its edge 10 is avoided by changing the position of the end point 18 along the arrow 20 approximately in the direction of the cursor 4.

It will be appreciated that the relative mobility of the end points 18 is at least as large as a right triangle (Fig. 3a) or any triangle (Fig. 3a).
The difference in length between side 18-4 and side 18-13 (edge 10) of FIG. 3b) must be accommodated.

Also, as can be seen from FIGS. 3d and 3e, in order to prevent the portion 1' of the member 1 from extending when the fastener 3 is opened, the triangle formed by the portion 1' of the member 1 must be 18-13 (i.e. edge 10), so as to have a rounded edge 18-4 (i.e. straight line 10') of length shorter than or at most equal to that of edge 10, and thus for a constant movement of the cursor 4, It is conceivable to arrange 18 in relation to the longitudinal direction of the fastener 3. Such an arrangement corresponds to solution (c) above and consists in arranging the end point 18 longitudinally with respect to the fastener 3 in front of the open end 13 of the fastener.

A first embodiment thereof is shown in Figure 3d.

In this example, the part 1' of one member 1 shows an isosceles triangle 13°18.4 in the maximum open state, and the edge 1
Its side 18-13 corresponding to 0 is the same length as side 18-4 corresponding to straight line 10' (ie, the rounded side). On the other hand, the side 13- which is the base of the isosceles triangle
4 coincides with the opening of the fastener 3. It can be seen that since the end point 18 is fixed in position and acts as a pivot for the edge 10, this edge will have some slack for any intermediate position in which the fastener 3 opens.

Moreover, an end point 18 lying longitudinally with respect to the fastener 3 and facing the open end 13 of said fastener 3
The position is at a location corresponding to half of the maximum movement length of the cursor 4 on the fastener.

A second embodiment of solution (c) is evident from FIG. 3e. The illustrated embodiment shows an arrangement of the end points 18 such that the portion of the member 1 when fully open defines a right triangle, the side 18-13 (edge 10) extending along the hypotenuse of the triangle. In addition, the side 18-4, that is, the rounded side (straight line 10') constitutes one right-angled side. In this structure, the edge (hypotenuse 18-13) is the fastener 3
Since it overlaps with the straight line [10' (side 18-4) when it is fully opened, a certain amount of slack is created.

It goes without saying that the fastener according to the invention can combine some of the solutions described with reference to FIGS. 3a to 3c. Thus, using the cursor 4, the part 1'' of the part 1 can be rolled up without being stretched to a certain opening value of the fastener 3, as shown for example in FIGS. 3d or 3e, and then As shown in Figure 3a, it may be devised so that it can be rolled up with stretching.

Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 3d and 3e, the part 1' of the member 1 is loosened and opened, and then, as shown in FIG. 3C, the joint end point 18 is moved and opened. It is also possible.

The slider 5 may be significantly longer than the tongue 6 and the cursor 4 to provide a better grip for the user. A holding means can be connected to this slider for maintaining the slider 5, which is attached to a product equipped with the fastener device of the invention, in the closed state when the cursor 4 is locked. The retention means may be springs, snaps, snap-on buttons, or the like, or may have, for example, known buckle/hook type hooking structures cooperating with auxiliary fabrics arranged on the second part 2 or on other parts of the product in question. It can be constructed from textiles.

The invention as described so far can be applied without particular problems to fasteners arranged in a conventional manner on the target product. In this case, the area previously referred to as the "joining area of component 1" on the integral part of the product is the fastener 3
3c, or by pulling on the slider 5, the position of its joining end point changes so as to enable curling of the member 1, or both. For example, Figures 6 and 7
This is the case with sports bags of the type shown in the figures, or gloves of the type shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. In these two embodiments, the fastener 3 is arranged in the generally conventional longitudinal direction with respect to the product in question. During opening, the apex of the rounded cone formed by the joining end point 18
and the previously mentioned joining area 8 and, at least at the end of the opening operation, tends to locate in an equilibrium position within this joining area.

On the contrary, for products in which the joining area 8 of the part 1 and/or the joining end point 18 of the edge 10 do not round freely or do not round sufficiently freely, the fastener is In order for the fastener 3 according to the invention to be able to be opened without damaging the material, it is necessary that the member 1
It is necessary to arrange the fastener 3 at a sufficient inclination with respect to the normal longitudinal direction so as to allow it to curl up. This inclined arrangement of the fasteners 3
It consists in arranging the joint end point 18 of the part 1 relative to the fastener in the same way as already described with reference to FIGS. d and 3e.

This type of arrangement is realized in the jumper-type garment embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. That is to say, in such garments only a very slight opening can be obtained, since the central zipper, due to the shape of the garment, is incompatible with the rounding of the part 1, which allows the connection point to reach almost beyond the corresponding clavicle area. do not have. It is also advantageous to arrange the fastener 3 itself obliquely on the chest, in which case the free edge of one part 1 can run from one clavicle to the other, so that part 1 is rounded. It can run along a wide enough width.

In the shoe embodiment of FIGS. 10 and 11, with a conventional axial fastener located on the instep, the member 1 may have only an insufficient curling edge for opening. Additionally, the zipper itself is arranged on the upper of the shoe so that it runs from the foot joint area on one side of the foot to the foot joint area on the opposite side. Papole/Id: Preferably, the bone joint is the joint corresponding to the thumb. In this way, the part 1 can be rolled up on the instep without any problem, as shown in FIG. You can move towards the area.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the fastener device according to the present invention in a closed state. 2 and 3 are perspective views illustrating a sequential two-step operation for opening the fastener device of FIG. 1; FIG. FIGS. 3a to 3e are plan views showing modified embodiments, respectively. 4 and 5 are perspective views respectively showing the closed and open states of a zipper according to the invention provided on the upper front of a jumper-type garment; FIG. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing a sports bag to which the invention is applied in a similar manner. FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views of other embodiments in which the present invention is applied to one glove. 10 and 11 are perspective views of another embodiment in which the present invention is applied to shoes. [Explanation of symbols of main parts] 1.2・・・・・・・・・・・・Member 1′...
・・Free release part 3・
・・・ ・・・ Fastener 4
・・・ Cursor 5 ・ ・・・・・・
・・・ Slider 6 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
・Tangular member 7・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
Connection part 13 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・
End point FIG, 3e FIG, 4 FIG, 6 FIG, 5 FIG, 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fastener device equipped with a cursor with a slider for opening and closing two constituent members of an article, wherein one of the members (1, 2) is opened via the slider (5). the one member is connected to the slider by a flexible tongue (6), the connecting portion between said member (1) and said tongue (6); (7) is the slider (5)
The operation of moving the cursor (4) over said fastener (3) with
) A fastener device characterized in that it is arranged so as to unfold in the closing direction. 2. The connecting portion (7) of the tongue-like member (6) attached on the member (1) is connected to the cursor (
4), characterized in that it is localized on the side opposite to the slider (5).
Fastener device by. 3. Claim characterized in that the connecting portion (7) of the tongue-like member (6) mounted on the member (1) is localized transversely to the fastener (3) at least at the border of said fastener (3). Fastener device according to item 1 or 2. 4. Fastener device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that, in the closed state of the fastener (3), the slider (5) is associated with means for holding the slider on the object article. 5. The free release part (1') of said member (1) extends transversely to said fastener (3) from the open end (13) of said fastener to the joining area (8) with said member (1). and extends longitudinally with respect to said fastener (3) from the open end (13) of said fastener to said cursor (4) on said fastener (3). 5. Fastener device according to claim 1, characterized in that it extends in each position and presents a variable triangle (13, 18, 4). 6. Said end point (18) is located longitudinally with respect to said fastener (3) at the open end (
The fastener device according to claim 5, characterized in that it is located in front of the fastener device (13). 7. Claim characterized in that the end point (18) is located in front of the open end (13) with a value corresponding to at least half the travel length of the cursor (4) on the fastener (3). Fastener device according to item 6. 8. Fastener device according to claim 5, 6 or 7, characterized in that the position of the end point (18) varies depending on the position of a cursor (4) on the fastener (3). 9. Fastener device according to any one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that at least the freely released part (1') of the member (1) is elastically deformable. 10. The fastener device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which is used for opening and closing gloves. 11. The fastener device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it is used for opening and closing bags. 12. Claim 10, characterized in that the fastener (3) is arranged substantially axially with respect to the target article.
or a fastener device according to 11. 13. The fastener device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it is used for opening and closing clothing. 14. The fastener device according to claim 13, wherein the clothing is a jumper. 15. The fastener device according to claim 14, wherein the fastener (3) is disposed obliquely on the wearer's upper body from a position near the clavicle region. 16. The fastener device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it is used for opening and closing shoes. 17. A fastener device according to claim 16, characterized in that the fastener (3) is arranged diagonally on the upper of the shoe, approximately from the area of the metaphysis/phalangeal joint to the area of the opposite ankle. 18. A fastener device according to claim 17, characterized in that the peripalgium/phalangeal joint area is the area corresponding to the thumb.