BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure relates to an assembly structure and an elastic member thereof, and more particularly to a zipper head assembly structure and an elastic member thereof.
2. Description of Related Art
In general, zippers are basic members in clothing or accessories. Compare to buttons, the zippers are easier to use. A conventional zipper includes a zipper head and a tape. The zipper head works with the tape to allow the pulling action. Recently, the zipper has been used commonly for clothing, pants, backpack, and other accessories.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a zipper head assembly structure and an elastic member thereof.
One of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a zipper head assembly structure, including a sliding assembly and a pulling member. The sliding assembly has a base portion, a first lateral wall portion, a second lateral wall portion, a seat portion, an elastic member and a retaining member. The first lateral wall portion and the second lateral wall portion are respectively upwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of the base portion, and the first lateral wall portion and the second lateral wall portion correspond to each other and are connected to a front side portion of the base portion. The seat portion is disposed on the base portion and is connected to a rear side portion of the base portion, and the seat portion has a positioning through hole formed between the first lateral wall portion and the second lateral wall portion. The elastic member is disposed on the seat portion to elastically abut against the retaining member, the elastic member has a fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, an elastic portion extended from the fixing portion, and an abutting portion extended from the elastic portion for abutting against the retaining member, and a thickness of the elastic portion is smaller than a thickness of the fixing portion. The retaining member is movably disposed on the seat portion for movably contacting the elastic member, and the retaining member has a retaining portion disposed on an end thereof for passing through the positioning through hole. The pulling member is movably mated with the retaining member.
Another one of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an elastic member disposed on a seat portion of a sliding assembly for elastically abutting against a retaining member that is movably disposed on the seat portion. The elastic member includes a fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, an elastic portion extended from the fixing portion, and an abutting portion extended from the elastic portion for abutting against the retaining member, and a thickness of the elastic portion is smaller than a thickness of the fixing portion.
More particularly, the seat portion has at least one concave space concaved on an outer surface thereof, the seat portion has at least one protruding body disposed on an inner surface thereof and adjacent and corresponding to the at least one concave space, and the at least one concave space and the at least one protruding body are disposed on the rear retaining section of the seat portion. The retaining member has a retaining portion disposed on another end thereof, and the retaining portion of the retaining member is disposed inside a receiving groove of the seat portion.
Therefore, an elastic coefficient and an elastic force provided by the elastic portion can be increased due to the features of “the elastic member having a fixing portion fixed on the seat portion, an elastic portion extended from the fixing portion, and an abutting portion extended from the elastic portion for abutting against the retaining member” and “the thickness of the elastic portion being smaller than the thickness of the fixing portion”. Therefore, the elastic portion can avoid causing elastic fatigue and plastic deformation, so that the usage life of the elastic member can be increased.
Furthermore, the at least one protruding body can keep the retaining portion to be disposed and retained inside a receiving groove of the seat portion due to the features of “the seat portion having at least one concave space concaved on an outer surface thereof, and the seat portion has at least one protruding body disposed on an inner surface thereof and adjacent and corresponding to the at least one concave space” and “the retaining member having a retaining portion disposed on another end thereof and disposed inside a receiving groove of the seat portion”, so that the retaining member can be moved upwardly or downwardly relative to the retaining portion as a rotating shaft or a rotation axis.
To further understand the techniques, means and effects of the present disclosure applied for achieving the prescribed objectives, the following detailed descriptions and appended drawings are hereby referred to, such that, and through which, the purposes, features and aspects of the present disclosure can be thoroughly and concretely appreciated. However, the appended drawings are provided solely for reference and illustration, without any intention to limit the present disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective schematic view of a sliding assembly (an elastic member has not be retained by a base portion yet) according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 shows a top assembly schematic view of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 shows a lateral schematic view of an elastic member of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 shows a top schematic view of the elastic member of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 shows a bottom schematic view of the elastic member of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 shows an assembled perspective schematic view of the sliding assembly (the elastic member has not be retained by a top portion of the base portion yet) according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view taken along the section line VII-VII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 shows a cross-sectional view taken along the section line VIII-VIII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 9 shows a front schematic view of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 10 shows a perspective schematic view of a retaining member of the sliding assembly according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 11 shows a perspective schematic view of a zipper head assembly structure according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 12 shows a partial cross-sectional schematic view of the zipper head assembly structure before upwardly pulling the retaining member by a pulling member according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 13 shows a partial cross-sectional schematic view of the zipper head assembly structure after upwardly pulling the retaining member by the pulling member according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 14 shows a top schematic view of the zipper head assembly structure slidably disposed on a zipper teeth structure according to the present disclosure; and
FIG. 15 shows an enlarged schematic view of a positioning portion inserted into a gap between two adjacent second zipper teeth.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The embodiments of a zipper head assembly structure and an elastic member thereof of the present disclosure are described. Other advantages and objectives of the present disclosure can be easily understood by one skilled in the art from the disclosure. The present disclosure can be applied in different embodiments. Various modifications and variations can be made to various details in the description for different applications without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The drawings of the present disclosure are provided only for simple illustrations, but are not drawn to scale and do not reflect the actual relative dimensions. The following embodiments are provided to describe in detail the concept of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope thereof in any way.
Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, one of embodiments of the present disclosure provides a sliding assembly 1 (such as a sliding head or a slide fastener head), and the sliding assembly 1 includes a base portion 10, a first lateral wall portion 11, a second lateral wall portion 12, a seat portion 13, a retaining member 14 (such as a hook body or a horse-like hook), and an elastic member 15. The base portion 10, the first lateral wall portion 11, the second lateral wall portion 12 and the seat portion 13 are mated with each other to form a sliding member.
Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12 are respectively upwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of the base portion 10, and the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12 correspond to each other and are connected to a front side portion 101 of the base portion 10. In addition, the seat portion 13 is disposed on the base portion 10 and is connected to a rear side portion 102 of the base portion 10, and the seat portion 13 has a positioning through hole 130 formed between the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12. Moreover, the elastic member 15 is disposed on the seat portion 13 to elastically abut against the retaining member 14, and the elastic member 15 has a fixing portion 151 fixed on the seat portion 13, an elastic portion 152 extended from the fixing portion 151, and an abutting portion 153 extended from the elastic portion 152 for abutting against the retaining member 14. Furthermore, the retaining member 14 is movably disposed on the seat portion 13 for movably contacting the abutting portion 153 of the elastic member 15, and the retaining member 14 has a positioning portion 140 disposed on an end portion thereof for passing through the positioning through hole 130.
It should be noted that a thickness h2 of the elastic portion 152 is smaller than a thickness h1 of the fixing portion 151 as shown in FIG. 3, such that an elastic coefficient and an elastic force provided by the elastic portion 152 can be increased. Therefore, the elastic portion 152 can avoid causing elastic fatigue and plastic deformation so as to increase the usage life of the elastic member 15. In addition, referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the abutting portion 153 has an inclined chamfer 1530 formed on an end thereof for slidably contacting the retaining member 14 so as to increase a contact area between the abutting portion 153 and the retaining member 14.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the fixing portion 151 has a front fixing section 1511, a rear fixing section 1512 connected to the elastic portion 152, and a middle fixing section 1513 connected between the front fixing section 1511 and the rear fixing section 1512. With regard to a width of the elastic member 15, as shown in FIG. 4, a width W12 of the rear fixing section 1512 is smaller than a width W11 of the front fixing section 1511, and a width W13 of the middle fixing section 1513 is decreased gradually from the front fixing section 1511 to the rear fixing section 1512. As shown in FIG. 5, a width W2 of the elastic portion 152 is much smaller than the width W12 of the rear fixing section 1512, such that an elastic coefficient and an elastic force provided by the elastic portion 152 can be increased. Therefore, the elastic portion 152 can avoid causing elastic fatigue and plastic deformation so as to increase the usage life of the elastic member 15. In addition, a width W3 of the abutting portion 153 is larger than a width W2 of the elastic portion 152 so as to increase a contact area between the elastic member 15 and the retaining member 14.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the rear fixing section 1512 has a first fixing section 15121 connected to the middle fixing section 1513 and a second fixing section 15122 connected between the first fixing section 15121 and the elastic portion 152. With regard to a thickness of the elastic member 15, as shown in FIG. 3, a thickness h2 of the elastic portion 152 is smaller than a thickness h11 of the first fixing section 15121 and a thickness h12 of the second fixing section 15122 of the rear fixing section 1512, and the thickness h12 of the second fixing section 15122 is decreased gradually from the first fixing section 15121 to the elastic portion 152. In addition, a thickness h2 of the elastic portion 152 and a thickness h3 of the abutting portion 153 are substantially the same.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the seat portion 13 has a front retaining section 1301 for fixing the front fixing section 1511, a rear retaining section 1302 for fixing the rear fixing section 1512, and a middle retaining section 1303 connected between the front retaining section 1301 and the rear retaining section 1302 for fixing the middle fixing section 1513. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a width W2′ of the rear retaining section 1302 is smaller than a width W1′ of the front retaining section 1301, and a width W3′ of the middle retaining section 1303 is decreased gradually from the front retaining section 1301 to the rear retaining section 1302. The width W3′ of the middle retaining section 1303 and the width W2′ of the rear retaining section 1302 are smaller than the width Wr of the front retaining section 1301, so that the friction force between the seat portion 13 and a clothing can be decreased so as to increase the smooth level of the sliding assembly 1 slidably mated with the clothing.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the seat portion 13 has at least one concave space 15123 concaved on an outer surface 13001 thereof, the seat portion 13 has at least one protruding body 15124 disposed on an inner surface 13002 thereof and adjacent and corresponding to the at least one concave space 15123. In addition, the at least one concave space 15123 and the at least one protruding body 15124 are disposed on the rear retaining section 1301 of the seat portion 13, and the retaining member 14 has a retaining portion 141 disposed on another end thereof and retained by the at least one protruding body 15124. It should be noted that the at least one protruding body 15124 can keep the retaining portion 141 to be disposed and retained inside a receiving groove 131 of the seat portion 13 as shown in FIG. 7, so that the retaining member 14 can be moved upwardly (as shown in FIG. 13) or downwardly (as shown in FIG. 12) relative to the retaining portion 141 as a rotating shaft or a rotation axis.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the first lateral wall portion 11 has a first inner surface 111 and a first outer surface 112 opposite to (oppositely arranged to) the first inner surface 111, and the second lateral wall portion 12 has a second inner surface 121 corresponding to the first inner surface 111 and a second outer surface 122 opposite to the second inner surface 121. In addition, a first thickness H1 between the first inner surface 111 and the first outer surface 112 of the first lateral wall portion 11 is smaller than a second thickness H2 between the second inner surface 121 and the second outer surface 122 of the second lateral wall portion 12.
For example, the first inner surface 111 of the first lateral wall portion 11 is divided into a first primary inner surface 1111 and a first secondary inner surface 1112, and the second inner surface 121 of the second lateral wall portion 12 is divided into a second primary inner surface 1211 facing the first primary inner surface 1111 and a second secondary inner surface 1212 facing the first secondary inner surface 1112. In addition, a first primary thickness H11 between the first primary inner surface 1111 and the first outer surface 112 of the first lateral wall portion 11 is smaller than a second primary thickness H21 between the second primary inner surface 1211 and the second outer surface 122 of the second lateral wall portion 12, and a first secondary thickness H12 between the first secondary inner surface 1112 and the first outer surface 112 of the first lateral wall portion 11 is smaller than a second secondary thickness H22 between the second secondary inner surface 1212 and the second outer surface 122 of the second lateral wall portion 12.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the base portion 10 has a first symmetric center line L1 (i.e., a symmetry centerline or a symmetrical central line), and the seat portion 13 has a second symmetric center line L2. The first symmetric center line L1 can pass through a geometric center point P (as shown in FIG. 8) of the positioning through hole 130, and the second symmetric center line L2 of the seat portion 13 is horizontally moved relative to the first symmetric center line L1 of the base portion 10 by a predetermined horizontal offset S and along a horizontal direction from the second lateral wall portion 12 to the first lateral wall portion 11. For example, the predetermined horizontal offset S from the second symmetric center line L2 of the seat portion 13 to the first symmetric center line L1 of the base portion 10 can conform to the following formula: S=(H2-H1)/2, in which S is the predetermined horizontal offset, H1 is the first thickness, and H2 is the second thickness.
As shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, it should be noted that when the first symmetric center line L1 is used as a symmetrical baseline, the first outer surface 112 of the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second outer surface 122 of the second lateral wall portion 12 are symmetrically disposed relative to the first symmetric center line L1 (i.e., the first outer surface 112 and the second outer surface 122 are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the first symmetric center line L1). In addition, when the second symmetric center line L2 is used as a symmetrical baseline, the first primary inner surface 1111 of the first inner surface 111 of the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second primary inner surface 1211 of the second inner surface 121 of the second lateral wall portion 12 are symmetrically disposed relative to the second symmetric center line L2 (i.e., the first primary inner surface 1111 and the second primary inner surface 1211 are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the second symmetric center line L2), or the first secondary inner surface 1112 of the first inner surface 111 of the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second secondary inner surface 1212 of the second inner surface 121 of the second lateral wall portion 12 are symmetrically disposed relative to the second symmetric center line L2 (i.e., the first secondary inner surface 1112 and the second secondary inner surface 1212 are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the second symmetric center line L2).
Furthermore, referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 9, and FIG. 10, the positioning portion 140 of the retaining member 14 has a cutting edge 1400 (such as a cutting plane) concaved on a lateral surface thereof and along an opposite direction opposite to the horizontal direction from the second lateral wall portion 12 to the first lateral wall portion 11, so that the positioning portion 140 is diverged (deviated) from the second symmetric center line L2 and adjacent to the first symmetric center line L1 (as shown in FIG. 9).
Referring to FIG. 11 to FIG. 15, one of embodiments of the present disclosure provides a zipper head assembly structure Z disposed on a zipper teeth structure 3 (such as a zipper tape or a zipper strip) including a first zipper teeth member 31 (such as a zipper rack or a toothed bar) and a second zipper teeth member 32 mated with each other. The zipper head assembly structure Z includes a sliding assembly 1 and a pulling member 2 (such as a pull tab or a pull piece).
Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 11 and FIG. 14, the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12 are respectively upwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of the base portion 10, and the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12 correspond to each other and are connected to a front side portion 101 of the base portion 10. In addition, the seat portion 13 is disposed on the base portion 10 and is connected to a rear side portion 102 of the base portion 10, and the seat portion 13 has a positioning through hole 130 formed between the first lateral wall portion 11 and the second lateral wall portion 12. Moreover, the elastic member 15 is disposed on the seat portion 13 to elastically abut against the retaining member 14, and the elastic member 15 has a fixing portion 151 fixed on the seat portion 13, an elastic portion 152 extended from the fixing portion 151, and an abutting portion 153 extended from the elastic portion 152 for abutting against the retaining member 14. Furthermore, the retaining member 14 is movably disposed on the seat portion 13 for movably contacting the abutting portion 153 of the elastic member 15, and the retaining member 14 has a positioning portion 140 disposed on an end portion thereof for passing through the positioning through hole 130. In addition, the pulling member 2 is movably mated with the retaining member 14, for example, the pulling member 2 includes a movable piece 21 disposed on an end portion 20 thereof for movably mating with the retaining member 14.
More particularly, referring to FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, the first zipper teeth member 31 includes a first zipper teeth carrier 310 and a plurality of first zipper teeth 311 disposed on the first zipper teeth carrier 310, and the second zipper teeth member 32 includes a second zipper teeth carrier 320 and a plurality of second zipper teeth 321 disposed on the second zipper teeth carrier 320. In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, each of the first zipper teeth 311 can be retained between two adjacent second zipper teeth 321. When one of the first zipper teeth 311 is retained between two of the second zipper teeth 321 to form a gap P between the first zipper tooth 311 and the two second zipper teeth 321 for receiving the positioning portion 140 (i.e., the positioning portion 140 is inserted into the gap (g) between the two adjacent second zipper teeth 321), the zipper head assembly structure Z can be accurately positioned on the zipper teeth structure 3 by matching the positioning portion 140 and the gap (g).
In conclusion, the elastic coefficient and the elastic force provided by the elastic portion 152 can be increased due to the features of “the elastic member 15 having a fixing portion 151 fixed on the seat portion 13, an elastic portion 152 extended from the fixing portion 151, and an abutting portion 153 extended from the elastic portion 152 for abutting against the retaining member 14” and “the thickness h2 of the elastic portion 152 being smaller than the thickness h1 of the fixing portion 151”. Therefore, the elastic portion 152 can avoid causing elastic fatigue and plastic deformation, so that the usage life of the elastic member 15 can be increased.
Furthermore, the at least one protruding body 15124 can keep the retaining portion 141 to be disposed and retained inside a receiving groove 131 of the seat portion 13 due to the features of “the seat portion 13 having at least one concave space 15123 concaved on an outer surface 13001 thereof, and the seat portion 13 has at least one protruding body 15124 disposed on an inner surface 13002 thereof and adjacent and corresponding to the at least one concave space 15123” and “the retaining member 14 having a retaining portion 141 disposed on another end thereof and disposed inside a receiving groove 131 of the seat portion 13”, so that the retaining member 14 can be moved upwardly or downwardly relative to the retaining portion 141 as a rotating shaft or a rotation axis.
The aforementioned descriptions merely represent the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, without any intention to limit the scope of the present disclosure which is fully described only within the following claims. Various equivalent changes, alterations or modifications based on the claims of the present disclosure are all, consequently, viewed as being embraced by the scope of the present disclosure.
Patent Application
20180110300
