ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,565, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to BOTTONIFICIO B.A.P. S.P.A. (Villongo, Italy).
"Slider for zip fasteners" was invented by Roberto Pievani (Foresto Sparso, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zip slider (1) is described comprising a slider body (110); a lock mechanism (200) for locking the sliding movement of the slider (1) that is positioned in the slider body (110) and comprising a movable stop element (210) for stopping the sliding movement of the slider (1) in a longitudinal direction and in the zip opening direction and a release button (300) for unlocking the lock mechanism (200), slidably mounted in the slider body (110...