Foldable zipper slider with improved compression-type latch

In a reclosable plastic bag including a reclosable zipper, extending along a mouth of said bag, said zipper including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other, a plastic slider slidably mounted to said zipper, said slider comprising:

• a transverse support member having first and second opposing sides and a depending separating finger for engaging and disengaging said first and second profiles;
• first and second legs depending from said respective first and second opposing sides;
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• first and second wings hingedly attached to said respective first and second opposing sides, said first and second wings having respective first and second openings for receiving said respective first said second legs, said first and second wings having respective first and second cross pieces, each of said cross pieces including a cored out main body member and a solid sloped latch, said latch protruding from a surface of said main body member, said main body member defining a cavity disposed below said surface, said solid sloped latch being adapted to engage said respective leg to install said slider on said zipper in an installed position.

A method of installing a foldable plastic slider on to a reclosable plastic bag including a reclosable zipper extending along a mouth of said bag, said zipper including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other, said plastic slider being slidably mounted to said zipper, said method comprising the steps of:

• supplying said slider with a transverse support member, first and second legs, and first and second wings, said support member having first and second opposing sides and a depending separating finger, said first and second legs depending fronm said respective first and second opposing sides, said first and second legs having respective first and second shoulders, said first and second wings hingedly attached to said respective first and, second opposing sides, said first and second wings having respective first and second cross pieces, each of said cross pieces including a cored out main body member and a solid sloped latch, said latch protruding from a surface of said main body member, said main body member defining a cavity disposed below said surface;
• placing said transverse support member on said plastic zipper with said depending separating finger between said first and second tracks and said first and second depending legs outside said respective first and second tracks such that said respective first and second tracks separate said finger from said respective first and second legs;
• rotating said first and second wings downward toward a bottom of said reclosable bag until said latch engages said respective leg, said cored out main body member allowing said respective latch to be deflected downward while said latch engage said respective leg;
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• pressing said first and second wings until said latch snaps into engagement with said respective shoulder of said respective leg.