ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,146, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Slider" was invented by Yohei Miyazaki (Toyama-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider operable in a simple operation manner and capable of reducing an overall volume is provided. The slider includes: a slider body; a claw member positioned on the slider body and having a lock pin portion extending to an interior of the slider body to establish a locked state; an operation piece positioned on the slider body and connected to the claw member. The operation piece has first and second shaft portions that are separately positioned. The operation piece is rotatably pos...