ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,962, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to YKK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Slider and slide fastener" was invented by Takanori Ozawa (Toyama-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slider includes: a body; a pull tab; and a cover body. In a section orthogonal to a front-rear direction, at least a part of a gap between an abutting portion and a first abutted portion is smaller than a gap between a lower surface of an upper wall portion and a first facing wall upper surface portion, and at least a part of a gap between the abutting portion and a second abutted portion is smaller than a gap between the lower surface of the upper wall portion and a s...