US Patent Issued to YKK on April 15 for "Stop member of slide fastener and method of producing slide fastener" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,334, issued on April 15, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Stop member of slide fastener and method of producing slide fastener" was invented by Tiantian Feng (Kurobe, Japan), Kazuo Tamura (Kurobe, Japan), Shintaro Metani (Kurobe, Japan) and Atsushi Takata (Kurobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stop member for slide fastener includes: a main body having first and second surfaces; a first superficial region formed at a side of the first surface of the main body; and a slit or interface interposed between the first and second surfaces of the main body. The first superficial region extends over and covers the slit or interface, ...