Patent ID: 6951421
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: B31B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reclosable package comprising a receptacle having a mouth, a string zipper joined to said receptacle at said mouth, said string zipper comprising first and second mutually interlockable zipper parts, and a slider mounted over said string zipper to cause said first and second zipper parts to separate when said slider is moved in one direction along said string zipper and to cause said first and second zipper parts to interlock when said slider is moved in an opposite direction along said string zipper, wherein said first zipper part comprises first and second female profiles, a sealing bridge having one end connected to said first female profile and another end connected to said second female profile, and a rounded rib projecting outward from said second female profile near a bottom of said first zipper part, and said second zipper part comprises a base having top and bottom edges, first and second male members having stems connected to said base at respective positions removed from said top and bottom edges, and heads that interlock in said first and second female profiles respectively, wherein a face of said top edge of said base is inclined inward and upward approximately along a tangent to said first female profile.