US Patent Issued to YKK on Dec. 30 for "Slide fastener, production method for same, and sewn slide fastener article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,767, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Slide fastener, production method for same, and sewn slide fastener article" was invented by Ryo Maseguchi (Toyama, Japan), Yoshie Nakamae (Toyama, Japan), Atsushi Ogihara (Toyama, Japan), Yoshio Taira (Toyama, Japan) and Hikaru Sato (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide fastener includes a pair of left and right fastener tapes; and a pair of element rows including a plurality of fastener elements that face edge portions of the fastener tapes on sides facing each other along a length direction of the fastener tapes, and to which a slider that engages with the...