Patent ID: 7416339
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reclosable container including: film material forming sides and a mouth, interlocking zipper profiles at said mouth, a slider mounted on said zipper profiles, whereby movement of said slider in a first direction disengages said interlocking zipper profiles from each other thereby opening said mouth and movement of said slider in a second direction engages said interlocking zipper profiles with each other thereby closing said mouth, said slider including a rotary device protruding from said slider for manually moving said slider across said interlocking zipper profiles; wherein said rotary device is a thumbwheel which impinges against at least one of said zipper profiles, whereby movement of said thumbwheel causes movement of said slider: wherein said slider includes a first sidewall joined to a second sidewall by a top, and wherein said thumbwheel is journaled for rotation about an axis in one of said sidewalls; and wherein said thumbwheel includes a ribbed periphery.