A slide fastener includes a right and left pair of first fastener stringers and second fastener stringer, and a slider. The first fastener stringer and the second fastener stringer each include a fastener tape, a fastener element array, and a restricting unit restricting displacement of right and left cover materials away from each other. The restricting unit is configured to form a space that receives a side periphery of each of the cover materials between the restricting unit and the fastener tape.

A slide fastener includes a right and left pair of first fastener stringers and second fastener stringer, and a slider. The first fastener stringer and the second fastener stringer each include a fastener tape, a fastener element array, and a restricting unit restricting displacement of right and left cover materials away from each other. The restricting unit is configured to form a space that receives a side periphery of each of the cover materials between the restricting unit and the fastener tape.

Slider assemblies and outdoor equipment including the same. A slider assembly is configured to be slidingly coupled to a slide track and includes a slider body and an actuation lever operatively coupled to the slider body. The slider body includes a first clamp member and a second clamp member that collectively define at least a portion of a track receiver. The slider assembly is configured to selectively translate along the slide track and includes a lock mechanism configured to selectively prevent the slider assembly from translating relative to the slide track. The actuation lever selectively transitions the slider assembly between an adjustment configuration and a locked configuration. When the slider assembly transitions from the adjustment configuration toward the locked configuration, one or both of the first clamp member and the second clamp member move toward one another.

A garment or accessory includes a fabric portion including an opening and a zipper arrangement to selectively close the opening. The zipper arrangement includes a first toothed portion fixedly coupled to the fabric portion along the at least one opening, and a second toothed portion fixedly coupled to the fabric portion along the opening. The zipper arrangement also includes two sliders. Each slider is slidably received on each of the first toothed portion and the second toothed portion so as to selectively engage the first toothed portion with the second toothed portion and disengage the first toothed portion from the second toothed portion. The zipper arrangement also includes at least one stop formed by the first toothed portion and the second toothed portion such that the first toothed portion is non-releasably engaged with the second toothed portion at the at least one stop.

These slide fastener-attached products each have: a pair of element members in which fastener elements are attached to a fixing member; a fastener attached member provided with a pair of element attaching edge portion; and sliders. The element members are directly fixed to the element attaching edge portions by sewn portion for fixing, the sewn portion for fixing pierce and pass through the element attaching edge portions, and the sewing thread of the sewn portion for fixing hold the fixing member. In addition, the slide fastener-attached products are provided with protective parts which protect at least a part of the element attaching edge portions from contact with the sliders. Thus, lightweight and improved flexibility of the slide fastener-attached products can be achieved, and the durability of the element attaching edge portions can be improved.

An ultra-thin plastic steel zipper includes: a pair of zipper fabric belts; two sets of teeth, respectively distributed along a direction of the pair of zipper fabric belts and engaged onto an inner side of each zipper fabric belt; a zipper head; a pair of top stops; and a bottom stop; the upper surface and the lower surface of the tooth are composed of three surfaces comprising a flat surface, a tapered surface, and a vertical surface, both an upper surface and a lower surface of the tooth has a tapered structure from the tooth head to the tooth tail, the overall volume of the teeth is significantly reduced, and the thickness and volume of the central line of the fabric belt are reduced, the established appearance of the plastic steel zipper is improved.

An ultra-thin plastic steel zipper includes: a pair of zipper fabric belts; two sets of teeth, respectively distributed along a direction of the pair of zipper fabric belts and engaged onto an inner side of each zipper fabric belt; a zipper head; a pair of top stops; and a bottom stop; the upper surface and the lower surface of the tooth are composed of three surfaces comprising a flat surface, a tapered surface, and a vertical surface, both an upper surface and a lower surface of the tooth has a tapered structure from the tooth head to the tooth tail, the overall volume of the teeth is significantly reduced, and the thickness and volume of the central line of the fabric belt are reduced, the established appearance of the plastic steel zipper is improved.

A slide fastener-attached product includes a pair of element members and a fastener attached member having a pair of element attaching edge portions to which the element members are attached at positions. A fixing member includes an element holding portion and an extending portion extending further in one direction of a length direction than the element holding portion. The element member is fixed to the element attaching edge portion of the fastener attached member with a sewn portion for fixing of a sewing thread, and the extending portion of the fixing member is fixed to the element attaching edge portion with the sewn portion for fixing. A member attaching portion to which a component part of a separable rear end stop is attached is formed of a part including the extending portion. Thereby, a weight reduction and improvement of flexibility can be attained.

Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.

Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.