Child resistant zipper closure for recloseable pouch with double slider and methods
AssigneeReynolds Presto Products Inc.
InventorsGregory L. Petkovsek, Roger E. Dowler, Gregg Thompson, Samuel D. Aversa
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Abstract
A child resistant zipper closure for a plastic bag includes a double slider, including a first slider and second slider. The first and second sliders are oriented on the zipper closure such that when at least one of the first slider and second slider is moving in a direction toward the other of the first slider and second slider, the zipper is interlocking; and when at least one of the first slider and second slider is moving in a direction away from the other of the first slider and second slider, the zipper is unlocking. The first and second sliders can be releasably connected together.
Claims4
A child resistant slider zipper closure system comprising:
- (a) a zipper closure operably openable and closeable;
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- (b) a first moveable slider and a second moveable slider, each operably mounted on the zipper closure;
- (i) the first slider and second slider each having a top member and a pair of legs extending from the top member;
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- (ii) the first slider and second slider having a projection-receiver arrangement to allow selective releasable connection therebetween, the projection-receiver arrangement including at least one tab projecting from at least one of the legs of the first and second sliders, and the other of the first and second sliders having at least one receiver defined by one of the legs sized to receive the tab;
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- (A) the at least one tab includes an aperture, and the at least one receiver includes a protuberance releasably engaging the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.