End termination for reclosable fastener, and method of making same
AssigneeReynolds Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorJames S. Blythe
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Abstract
Method of making an end termination on a reclosable fastener includes providing a reclosable fastener including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile. The first track has an end portion and the second track has an end portion. The first and second profiles are releasably engageable to each other. A plastic slider is slidably mounted to the fastener for movement between an open position and a closed position, and the slider has a separating finger. An end termination is formed at the end portions of the first and second tracks, and the end termination has a shape corresponding to the separating finger.
Claims31
A method of making an end termination on a reclosable fastener comprising:
- providing a reclosable fastener including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first track having an end portion and second track having an end portion, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other;
- slidably mounting a plastic slider for movement between an open position and a closed position to said fastener, the slider having a separating finger;
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- forming an end termination at the end portions of the first and second tracks, the end termination having a shape corresponding to the separating finger.
A reclosable plastic bag comprising:
- opposing body panels attached to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides;
- a mouth formed opposite said bottom;
- a reclosable fastener extending along said mouth, said fastener including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first track having an end portion and second track having an end portion, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other;
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- a slider mounted to said fastener for movement between an open position and a closed position, the slider having a separating finger;
- wherein said end portions of the first and second tracks form an end termination having a shape corresponding to the separating finger.
A reclosable plastic bag comprising:
- opposing body panels attached to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides;
- a mouth formed opposite said bottom;
- a reclosable fastener extending along said mouth, said fastener including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first track having an end portion and second track having an end portion, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other;
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- a slider mounted to said fastener for movement between an open position and a closed position, the slider having a separating finger;
- wherein said end portions of the first and second tracks form an end termination configured to provide at least one of an audible or a tactile indication when the slider is moved to the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.