Resealable plastic bag with die cut handles and a reclosable zipper incorporating an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment

A resealable bag comprising:

• a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along a portion of periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween;
• a zipper closure having an interlocking male part disposed on an inside surface proximate to a top edge of the front panel and an interlocking female part disposed on an inside surface and proximate to a top edge of the back panel;
• an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts, the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment including a separating guide finger descending downward from the transverse portion of the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment and operable to separate the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a first direction and to couple the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a second direction;
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• first and second extension panels of bag-forming material bonded to an outside top edge portion of the front and back panels respectively, each of the first and second extension panels extending upward from the interlocking male and female parts respectively and having a handle aperture formed therein.

A resealable bag comprising:

• a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along a portion of periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween, each of the front and back panel having a lower portion with bonded periphery edges and an upper portion having a transverse fold forming a double layer of bag-forming material in the upper portions of the front and back panel, each of the upper portions of the front and back panel having a handle aperture formed therein;
• a zipper closure having an interlocking male part disposed on an inside surface proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the front panel and an interlocking female part disposed on an inside surface and proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the back panel such that each of the upper portions of the front and back panel extend upward from the interlocking male and female parts, respectively;
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• an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts, the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment including a separating guide finger descending downward from the transverse portion of the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment and operable to separate the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a first direction and to couple the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a second direction.