Zipper for slider package
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorDonald Van Erden
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Abstract
A slide zipper assembly comprising an interlocking zipper and a slider is provided. The zipper has a first profile and a second profile. The profiles each have a ribbon, a web attached to the ribbon, and an interlocking member attached to the web engageable with the interlocking member of the other profile. The slider is disposed for movement along the zipper and has a top from which two arms depend. The slider arms enclose the profile ribbons and have hooked ends which each hook around a profile ribbon to become positioned between the ribbon and its corresponding web.
Claims14
A slide zipper assembly comprising:
- an interlocking zipper having a first profile and a second profile;
- said first profile including a ribbon, a web attached to said ribbon, and an interlocking member attached to said web, said ribbon having a free end unattached to said web;
- said second profile including a ribbon, a web attached to said ribbon, and an interlocking member attached to said web engageable with said first profile interlocking member, said ribbon having a free end unattached to said web;
- a slider disposed for movement along said zipper, said slider including a top and first and second arms depending from said top, each of said arms having a hooked end directed towards the other arm;
- wherein said slider is positionable on said zipper so that said first and second slider arms enclose said first and second profile ribbons, respectively, and so that said first and second slider arm hooked ends hook around said first and second profile ribbon free ends, respectively, so that each of said hooked ends becomes positioned between a ribbon and its attached web.
A slide zipper assembly comprising:
- an interlocking zipper having a first profile and a second profile;
- said first profile including a ribbon, a web attached to said ribbon and an interlocking member attached to said web, said second profile including a ribbon, a web attached to said ribbon and an interlocking member attached to said web and engageable with said first profile interlocking member, and
- a slider disposed for movement along said zipper, said slider including a top and first and second arms depending from said top, each of said first and second arms including a bottom end hooked respectively about bottom ends of said first and second profile ribbons,
- wherein each of said first and second profile webs is free of attachment to its respective ribbon for a distance extending upwardly from said ribbon bottom ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.