Resealable package having slider device; and methods

A method of manufacturing a flexible package;

• the method comprising:
• (a) providing first and second panel sections and a resealable closure mechanism secured thereto;
• the resealable closure mechanism including first and second interlocking closure profiles;
• each of the first and second interlocking closure profiles comprising a mating closure member, an upper flange, and a slider guide channel;
• (b) providing a slider device comprising a top wall and first and second hook constructions projecting from the top wall;
• each of the first and second hook constructions including a guide protrusion positioned on an internal surface of the hook construction, the first and second hook constructions defining a groove there between;
• (c) contacting the upper flanges of the closure profiles against the slider device;
• (d) urging the closure profiles between the first and second hook constructions into the groove until the guide protrusion is received within the slider guide channel;
• and
• (e) simultaneously sealing the first and second panel sections together and forming a first guide protrusion stop at a first side edge of the resealable closure mechanism by deforming the slider guide channel.

A method of using a bag having a resealable closure mechanism and a slider device operably mounted thereon;

• the resealable closure mechanism including first and second interlocking closure profiles;
• the slider device comprising a top wall and first and second hook constructions projecting from the top wall;
• the method comprising:
• (a) urging the slider device along the closure mechanism in a first direction to separate the first and second interlocking closure profiles;
• (b) while urging the slider device along the closure mechanism in the first direction, sliding a protrusion extending from the slider device within a slider guide channel defined by the closure mechanism to hold the slider device onto the closure mechanism;
• and
• (c) abutting the protrusion in the slider device against a first slider guide channel stop formed by a first deformation of the slider guide channel at a first side edge of the bag to prevent the slider device from sliding off the first side edge of the bag.