Actuating member for a closure assembly and method
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorBryan L. Ackerman
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Abstract
A closure assembly with a slider is provided to open and close a resealable package. The closure assembly includes one or more pair of opposing interlocking profile elements and a rib optionally disposed between the interlocking profile elements of at least one side of the closure assembly. The slider includes opposing sidewalls and a top wall, with a separator member and a retention member extending from the top wall and closure members and hinged engagement members extending from the opposing sidewalls.
Claims20
A slider for operatively engaging an elongate closure mechanism, the slider comprising:
- a body having a top and a side wall at least partly defining a channel for operatively receiving the elongate closure mechanism;
- a retaining member extending downwardly from the top into the channel;
- a flexible member extending upwardly from a lower end of the side wall into an opening in the side wall, wherein the flexible member has a free end proximate the top;
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- an inner surface of the flexible member extending into the channel.
A closure assembly, comprising:
- a first elongate closure member including a first upper profile element spaced from a first lower profile element;
- a second elongate closure member including a second upper profile element opposite the first upper profile element spaced from a second lower profile element opposite the first lower profile element;
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- a slider including a body having a top and a side wall, a retaining member extending downwardly from the top, and a flexible member having an inner surface, wherein the flexible member extends upwardly from a lower end of the side wall and has a free end proximate the top;
- wherein the slider engages the first and second elongate closure members and is adapted to mate and unmate the first and second upper profile elements.
A method of disposing an actuating member having a top and a side wall, a retaining member extending from the top, and a flexible member extending from a lower portion of the side wall opposite the retaining member onto a closure assembly having opposite elongate first and second closure profiles, the method comprising the steps of:
- spacing apart the first and second closure profiles of the closure assembly;
- urging the first closure profile between the side wall and the retaining member of the actuating member;
- urging the retaining member between upper interlocking elements of the first and second closure profiles;
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- moving the flexible member from a first position to a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.