A zipper assembly comprising a left side tape configured with a plurality of left fastener teeth, and a right side tape configured with a plurality of right fastener teeth, defining together a zipper path, and at least one primary slider member slidingly displaceable along the zipper path for interlocking engagement or disengagement of left fastener teeth with corresponding right fastener teeth, wherein at least a portion of the zipper path is configured with a raceway extending through alternating neighboring left fastener teeth and right fastener teeth, said raceway configured for slidingly accommodating a flexible strip articulated at a first end thereof to the at least one slider member.

Ventilation device comprising a flexible support having first and second edges delimiting a longitudinal opening and being provided with first and second closing devices arranged to cooperate with one another, the ventilation device comprising at least one elastic spacer member which includes a first tab extending along the first edge and a second tab extending along the second edge, the elastic spacer member being constrained when the closing devices are in the closed position, so that the first and second tabs tend to separate from one another, the length of at least the first tab being less than half the length of the first edge

Stop member includes: a first member including a first insert to be inserted into a slider via a rear mouth of the slider, and a first base positioned rearward of the first insert; and a second member including a second insert to be inserted into the slider via a slit extending between the rear mouth and a front mouth of the slider, and a second base to be overlaid onto the first base. The first and second bases are configured to effect magnetic attraction and/or repulsion between the first and second bases when the first and second bases are overlaid. The second base rotates relative to the first base in accordance with the magnetic attraction and/or repulsion to allow the second insert to pivot toward the slit.

Stop member includes: a first member including a first insert to be inserted into a slider via a rear mouth of the slider, and a first base positioned rearward of the first insert; and a second member including a second insert to be inserted into the slider via a slit extending between the rear mouth and a front mouth of the slider, and a second base to be overlaid onto the first base. The first and second bases are configured to effect magnetic attraction and/or repulsion between the first and second bases when the first and second bases are overlaid. The second base rotates relative to the first base in accordance with the magnetic attraction and/or repulsion to allow the second insert to pivot toward the slit.

A slide fastener includes a resin sheet that joins tapes on one surface among both surfaces of the tapes in a thickness direction, and that extends from a stop on a side opposite to element rows and is integral with the stop. The stop includes recesses on a boundary portion with the sheet of left and right side portions that respectively correspond to the tapes, and includes a recess region in a surface of the stop that is a region whose range in a left-right direction is defined by leftmost and rightmost ones of the recesses. A surface of the sheet includes a flat portion that is a region extending from the recess region toward the side opposite to the element rows.

A slide fastener includes a resin sheet that joins tapes on one surface among both surfaces of the tapes in a thickness direction, and that extends from a stop on a side opposite to element rows and is integral with the stop. The stop includes recesses on a boundary portion with the sheet of left and right side portions that respectively correspond to the tapes, and includes a recess region in a surface of the stop that is a region whose range in a left-right direction is defined by leftmost and rightmost ones of the recesses. A surface of the sheet includes a flat portion that is a region extending from the recess region toward the side opposite to the element rows.

Provided is a slider for a reverse opening-type slide fastener, which can reduce a catch when a lower slider of the reverse opening-type slide fastener starts to be pulled upward from its lower end position. The separable bottom end stop for a reverse opening-type slide fastener according to the present invention, in which left and right element rows (12) of left and right fastener stringers (10) can be opened from an upper end and a lower end, the slide fastener (100) comprising: a lower slider (30) for opening the left and right element rows (12) from the lower end, the lower slider (30) including a locking claw (40), which is elastically biased to a protruded position protruding into an element guide path (34) of the lower slider (30); an insert pin (50) connected to a lower end of one of the left and right element rows (12); and a box pin (60) connected to a lower end of the other of the left and right element rows (12). At least one of the box pin (60) and the insert pin (50) includes a release groove (63) capable of receiving the locking claw (40) on a side surface (62) opposing to the other side surface. At least one of the box pin (60) and the insert pin (50) includes a protruded piece (66) protruding from one side surface (62) toward the other side face (51), the side surfaces (62, 51) being opposing to each other. The release groove (63) extends upward at least to a lower end of the protruded piece (66).

Provided is a slider for a reverse opening-type slide fastener, which can reduce a catch when a lower slider of the reverse opening-type slide fastener starts to be pulled upward from its lower end position. The separable bottom end stop for a reverse opening-type slide fastener according to the present invention, in which left and right element rows (12) of left and right fastener stringers (10) can be opened from an upper end and a lower end, the slide fastener (100) comprising: a lower slider (30) for opening the left and right element rows (12) from the lower end, the lower slider (30) including a locking claw (40), which is elastically biased to a protruded position protruding into an element guide path (34) of the lower slider (30); an insert pin (50) connected to a lower end of one of the left and right element rows (12); and a box pin (60) connected to a lower end of the other of the left and right element rows (12). At least one of the box pin (60) and the insert pin (50) includes a release groove (63) capable of receiving the locking claw (40) on a side surface (62) opposing to the other side surface. At least one of the box pin (60) and the insert pin (50) includes a protruded piece (66) protruding from one side surface (62) toward the other side face (51), the side surfaces (62, 51) being opposing to each other. The release groove (63) extends upward at least to a lower end of the protruded piece (66).

A rotational mechanism of a separable stop member for a slide fastener may include: a first member including a first main body, an opening provided in the first main body, and one or more first contact portions provided in the opening; and a second member including a second main body, and one or more second contact portions provided, as a protrusion, in the second main body. One of the first and second contact portions may include an arc-shaped sloped surface extends in an arc about a rotational axis, and the other one of the first and second contact portions may include a sliding portion that slides on the arc-shaped sloped surface. The sliding portion may slide on the arc-shaped sloped surface such that at least one of the first and second main bodies is rotated about the rotational axis.

Provided is an aluminum alloy fastening member including a chemical conversion coating having a novel composition as a colored coating, and a method for producing the aluminum alloy fastening member. The aluminum alloy fastening member includes a chemical conversion coating containing tellurium as a component element.