US Patent 9968166 Slider cover for slide fastener

There is provided a slide cover for a slide fastener. A pair of second guide element passages are formed in a space among an upper plate, a lower plate, a pair of outer wall portions and a pair of inner wall portions to guide a pair of separated element rows into a first element guide passage of a slider. The upper plate, the lower plate and a connection post have a concave surface, which is recessed in a disengaging direction of the slider, in a surface facing toward an engaging direction of the slider. The pair of second guide element passages are configured so that tip ends of the pair of inner wall portions in the engaging direction are located at the same positions as or at a side of the engaging direction relative to tip ends of the pair of outer wall portions in the engaging direction.