ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,814, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Slide fastener and slide fastener-attached product" was invented by Yoshiyuki Sho (Toyama-ken, Japan), Nao Yasuda (Toyama-ken, Japan), Takayoshi Tanaka (Toyama-ken, Japan), Tomoya Kaido (Toyama-ken, Japan), Yoshifumi Nakata (Toyama-ken, Japan), Yutaka Sunagawa (Toyama-ken, Japan) and Kazuki Katsuki (Toyama-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide fastener with which a slide fastener-attached product capable of preventing or suppressing exposure of a fastener tape can be manufactured is provided. The slide fastener includes fastener stringers and a slider, in which eac...