Zipper assembly for reclosable enclosure

A zipper assembly comprising:

• a first profile having a first elongated supporting element and one or more first intermeshing elements protruding from the first elongated supporting element;
• and
• a second profile having a second elongated supporting element and one or more second intermeshing elements protruding from the second elongated supporting element, the one or more first intermeshing elements configured to releasably interlock with the one or more second intermeshing elements to close an enclosure, each of the first elongated supporting element and the second elongated supporting element including a thicker portion and a thinner portion, the thicker portions coupled with one or more panels of the enclosure without the thinner portions being coupled with the one or more panels of the enclosure, the thicker portions disposed farther from an interior volume of the enclosure than the thinner portions,
• the first elongated supporting element extending from a first consumer end to an opposite first product end, the second elongated supporting element extending from a second consumer end to an opposite second product end, the thicker portion of the first elongated supporting element extending from the first consumer end to the thinner portion of the first elongated supporting element, the thinner portion of the first elongated supporting element extending from the first product end to the thicker portion of the first elongated supporting element, the thicker portion of the second elongated supporting element extending from the second consumer end to the thinner portion of the second elongated supporting element, the thinner portion of the second elongated supporting element extending from the second product end to the thicker portion of the second elongated supporting element.

A method comprising:

• forming a first profile of a zipper assembly for a reclosable enclosure, the first profile formed to extend from a first consumer end to an opposite first product end with a first elongated supporting element and one or more first intermeshing elements protruding from the first elongated supporting element between the first consumer end and the first product end;
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• forming a second profile of the zipper assembly, the second profile formed to extend from a second consumer end to an opposite second product end with a second elongated supporting element and one or more second intermeshing elements protruding from the second elongated supporting element between the second consumer end and the second product end, the one or more first intermeshing elements formed to releasably interlock with the one or more second intermeshing elements to close the enclosure,
• wherein the first elongated supporting element and the second elongated supporting element are formed as including thicker portions and thinner portions, the thicker portions of the first elongated supporting element and the second elongated supporting element formed in a shape to be coupled with one or more panels of the enclosure in locations that are farther from an interior volume of the enclosure than the thinner portions,
• the thicker portion of the first elongated supporting element extending from the first consumer end to the thinner portion of the first elongated supporting element, the thinner portion of the first elongated supporting element extending from the first product end to the thicker portion of the first elongated supporting element, the thicker portion of the second elongated supporting element extending from the second consumer end to the thinner portion of the second elongated supporting element, the thinner portion of the second elongated supporting element extending from the second product end to the thicker portion of the second elongated supporting element.