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IN A CONCEALED SLIDE FASTENER, A SLIDER HAVING A STEM END PORTION OF LIPPED CHANNEL FORM, A BRANCHED END PORTION OF LIPPED CHANNEL FORM INCLUDING AN ISLAND SEPARATOR AND A PAIR OF LIPPED BRANCH CHANNELS EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID STEM CHANNEL ALONG DIVERGENT PATHS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SEPARATOR, SAID SEPARATOR INCLUDING A GENERALLY HOOK SHAPED END PORTION THAT PROJECTS OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE FREE ENDS OF THE BRANCH CHANNELS, THEN EXTENDS FORWARDLY, AND THEN BACK TOWARDS THE SLIDER PROPER, THEREBY DEFINING AN INNER HOOK AREA THAT LIES BEYOND THE FREE ENDS OF SAID BRANCH CHANNELS, A LOCKING PAWL PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SEPARATOR, CLOSELY ADJACENT THE FREE TERMINUS OF SAID HOOK PORTION, AND EXTENDING THENCE INWARDLY IN SPACED JUXTAPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SEPARATOR, AND THEN TURNING INWARDLY AND SOMEWHAT NORMALLY TOWARDS THE SLIDER, A CONNECTING RING NORMALLY ENCIRCLING SAID PAWL AND OF A SIZE LARGE ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE SAID HOOK PORTION OF THE SLIDER, WITH THE SAID INNER HOOK AREA EXTENDING A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE FREE ENDS OF THE BRANCH CHANNELS, SO THAT THE RING CAN BE MOVED AROUND THE SAID HOOK PORTION AND SET INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY CONCEALED ATTITUDE WHEREIN A PORTION OF IT IS ENGAGED IN SAID INNER HOOK AREA AND A DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED PORTION IS POSITIONED REARWARDLY OF THE SLIDER; AND A PULL TAB PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID RING ANS POSITIONABLE REARWARDLY OF THE SLIDER IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH THE BACK SIDE THEREOF, WHEN SAID RING IS SET INTO THE SAID SUBSTANTIALLY CONCEALED ATTITUDE.