Slider-zipper assembly for reclosable packaging

An article of manufacture comprising a zipper and a slider mounted to said zipper, said zipper comprising first and second zipper parts, said first zipper part comprising a first profile and said second zipper part comprising a second profile that mates with said first profile, and said slider comprising a base overlying said first and second zipper parts and bridging an interstice between said first and second zipper parts, said article further comprising:

• means for coupling said slider to said first and second zipper parts, said coupling means allowing said slider to slide along said zipper in opening and closing directions;
• and
• means for stopping said slider at zipper maximally opened and zipper maximally closed slider park positions respectively,
• wherein said coupling means comprise the following elements:
• first and second profiled projections that project generally perpendicular to said base of said slider when said slider is coupled to said zipper;
• and
• first and second profiled grooves that receive and interlock with said first and second profiled projections respectively when said slider is coupled to said zipper,
• two of said coupling elements being disposed on said slider, one of said coupling elements being disposed on said first zipper part, and one of said coupling elements being disposed on said second zipper part.

An article of manufacture comprising a zipper and a slider mounted to said zipper, said zipper comprising first and second mutually interlockable profiled zipper parts joined along respective sections proximal to respective ends of said zipper, and said slider being movable between first and second slider park positions for engaging or disengaging mutually confronting portions of said first and second zipper parts, wherein:

• said first zipper part comprises a first profiled groove that opens onto a top surface of said first zipper part, and said second zipper part comprises a second profiled groove that opens onto a top surface of said second zipper part;
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• said slider comprises a base and first through fourth profiled projections depending from said base, said base being disposed above the tops of said first and second zipper parts, said first and third profiled projections being inserted in and interlocked with said first profiled groove in said first zipper part, and said second and fourth profiled projections being inserted in and interlocked with said second profiled groove in said second zipper part, said first through fourth profiled projections sliding in said first and second profiled grooves during slider travel along said zipper, said first and second profiled projections being separated by a first distance, and respective portions of said third and fourth profiled projections that are furthest apart being separated by a second distance greater than said first distance, said first and second distances being measured in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of said slider, said second distance being great enough to cause adjoining sections of said first and second zipper parts to disengage.