Containers provided with sealable sliding fasteners
AssigneeBond (R.S.C.) Associates, Ltd.
InventorsMichael G. Sturman, David G. Cansdale
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Abstract
The invention provides a sealable slide fastener including a puller (20) for the slider and having sealing means comprising a fixing means (18, 19) fixed to the container and extending over the fastener at one end thereof, and having means to locate the puller with the free end of the puller (20) directed from the slider towards the opposite end (14) of the fastener, and a frangible seal member (21) having locking means (41, 42) engageable with the puller to lock it on to the fixing means, said locking means having a spring-in engageability with the fixing means.
Claims6
A container having an opening and comprising a slide fastener having interlocking elements supported on the edges of the opening, a slider movable over the interlocking elements to engage and disengage them to close and open the opening, and a puller attached to the slider, said puller including a longitudinally extending body with at least one laterally extending portion;
- locating means for locating the puller in its closing position, said locating means being fixed to the container and extending over an end portion of the interlocking elements;
- said locating means comprising a back plate extending longitudinally beneath the end portion of the interlocking elements and having a U-shaped recess in line with the interlocking elements and a U-shaped base member juxtaposed over and connected to the back plate, a sidewall of the container being sandwiched between the base member and back plate, the slider being disposed within the locating means with said at least one laterally extending portion overlying a portion of said back plate, and a free end of the puller directed from the slider towards the opposite end of the fastener thereby overlaying the end portion of the interconnecting elements;
- the at least one laterally extending portion of said puller, said back plate and said base member having vertically aligned apertures through rearward portions thereof;
- and a frangible seal member having locking means extending through the vertically aligned apertures, for locking the frangible seal on top of the puller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.