Differential flange header package
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorJoel L. Johnson
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Abstract
A zipper for a reclosable package includes a male interlocking profile and a female interlocking profile having male and female interlocking members, respectively. One, and only one, of the male and female interlocking profiles includes an extended flange separated and separable therefrom by perforations. In a reclosable package, polymeric sheet material is bonded to the male and female interlocking profiles and, specifically, to both sides of the extended flange. The extended flange, so reinforced with polymeric sheet material, can thereafter be used as a header from which the package may be hung for display in a retail store. Because of the perforations separating the extended flange from one of the two profiles, the header may be readily torn from the package to provide a consumer with access to its contents.
Claims8
A zipper for a reclosable package comprising a male interlocking profile and a female interlocking profile, said profiles each having one side to be directed toward the interior of a package wherein only one of said profiles includes an extended flange separated and separable therefrom by perforations, said extended flange being directed away from the sides of the profiles to be directed toward the interior of the package for connection to both sides of the package.
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