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US 2003/0194155 A1Published application
Slider-operated rocking zipper for reclosable packaging
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorEric Paul Plourde
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AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorEric Paul Plourde
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A reclosable package has a flexible zipper and a slider. The zipper comprises first and second zipper parts having interlocking elements, first opposing portions on one side of the interlocking elements and second opposing portions on the other side of the interlocking elements. The slider has a top wall, first and second side walls connected to the top wall, an opening end, a closing end, and first and second camming means that have respective fixed positional relationships to the first and second side walls and that cam the first opposing portions of lengthwise sections of the first and second zipper parts located inside the slider in opposite directions during movement of the slider in an opening direction along the zipper, while the second opposing portions of the lengthwise sections of the first and second zipper parts located inside the slider do not move further away from each other during the slider movement in the opening direction.
An assembly comprising a flexible zipper and a slider mounted to said zipper, wherein:
A package comprising a receptacle, a flexible zipper joined to said receptacle, and a slider mounted to said zipper, wherein:
An assembly comprising a flexible zipper and a slider mounted to said zipper, wherein:
A package comprising a receptacle, a flexible zipper joined to said receptacle, and a slider mounted to said zipper, wherein:
A zipper comprising first and second zipper parts, wherein said first zipper part comprises a profiled rib on a side confronting said second zipper part and a first profiled groove on a side facing outward, and said second zipper part comprises a second profiled groove on a side confronting said first zipper part and a third profiled groove on a side facing outward, said profiled rib being interlocked with said second profiled groove, said first and third profiled grooves being located at a first elevation and said second profiled groove being located at a second elevation different than said first elevation when said first and second zipper parts are interlocked.
A zipper comprising first and second zipper parts, wherein said first zipper part comprises a first profiled rib on a side confronting said second zipper part and a second profiled rib on a side facing outward, and said second zipper part comprises a profiled groove on a side confronting said first zipper part and a third profiled rib on a side facing outward, said first profiled rib being interlocked with said profiled groove, said second and third profiled ribs being located at a first elevation and said first profiled rib being located at a second elevation different than said first elevation when said first and second zipper parts are interlocked.
A slider comprising a top wall, first and second side walls connected to said top wall and extending from an opening end to a closing end, and first and second profiled ribs respectively connected to and projecting from the interior surfaces of said first and second side walls, each of said first and second profiled ribs comprising a respective enlarged head, wherein said heads of said profiled ribs are divergent along at least a portion of the length of said slider in a direction from said opening end to said closing end.
A slider comprising a top wall, first and second side walls connected to said top wall and extending from an opening end to a closing end, first and second bottom walls respectively connected to said first and second side walls and projecting generally inward, and a first and second projections respectively connected to opposing ends of said first and second bottom walls and projecting generally toward said top wall, wherein said first and second projections are divergent along at least a portion of the length of said slider in a direction from said opening end to said closing end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.