Patent ID: 6402375
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A slider device for use with a reclosable package, the slider device comprising:(a) a top wall; (b) a first sidewall depending from the top wall and having a first hooking construction; (c) a second sidewall depending from the top wall and having a second hooking construction; (i) the top wall, first sidewall, and second sidewall defining a first cavity to operably receive a closure mechanism having first and second selectively engageable closure profiles; and (d) a separating structure to selectively separate the first and second profiles of the closure mechanism; the separating structure including: (i) a stabilizer extending from the second sidewall and the second hooking construction into the first cavity to retain a lower portion of the second closure profile proximate to a lower portion of the first closure profile; and (ii) a separator depending from the top wall and extending from the first sidewall into the first cavity to apply pressure to an upper portion of the second closure profile to push the upper portion of the second closure profile away from an upper portion of the first closure profile, causing the first and second closure profiles to separate.