Slider with arm
AssigneeCTI Industries Corporation
InventorBrent Anderson
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Abstract
The present invention provides a recloseable bag having a mouth and including a zippered closure at the mouth. The zippered closure has a first end and a second end. The bag also includes a slider having a body with having a first edge and a second edge. The slider is movable along the zippered closure. An arm extends from one of the first edge or second edge of the slider body. The arm includes a distal end.
Claims21
A recloseable bag, the bag having a mouth and comprising:
- a zippered closure at the mouth, the zippered closure having a first end and a second end, the bag having an opening above a top edge of the zippered closure at the second end;
- a slider having an outer edge and seated on the zippered closure, the slider movable along the zippered closure;
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- an arm connected to and extending away from the slider outer edge, the arm having an enlargement at a distal end thereof, the enlargement securable in the opening.
A slider for a recloseable bag, the bag having a mouth, and a zippered closure at the mouth, the zippered closure having a top edge, the slider movable along the zippered closure, the slider comprising:
- a body composed of a pair of opposing legs extending from opposite sides of a rounded portion, the legs seated on the zipper closure, the body having an outermost edge;
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- an arm extending from the outermost edge downwardly away from the body, the arm having a distal end spaced a distance away from the body, the distal end adapted to engage only the top edge of the zippered closure when the slider is moved along the zipper closure.
A method of opening and closing a recloseable bag, the bag having a mouth, a zippered closure at the mouth, the zippered closure having a top edge, a slider seated on the zipper closure, the slider moveable along the zippered closure and having an outer edge and an arm with a distal end extending from and downwardly away from the slider outer edge the method comprising:
- engaging the top edge of the zippered closure with the distal end while sliding the slider along the zippered closure;
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- exerting a separation pressure upon only the top edge of the zippered closure with the distal end during said sliding.
A method of opening and closing a recloseable bag, the bag having a mouth, a zippered closure at the mouth, the zippered closure having an end, the bag having an opening above the end, a slider seated on the zippered closure, the slider moveable along the zippered closure and having an outer edge and an arm with an enlargement at a distal end thereof, the arm connected to and extending downwardly away from the slider outer edge, the method comprising:
- closing the zippered closure by sliding the slider to the end of the zippered closure;
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- securing the enlargement in the opening to prevent movement of the slider along the zippered closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.