Patent ID: 6531081
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B29C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a plurality of slider devices, each slider device having a first end and an opposite second end, a first side edge and an opposite second side edge, a top wall, a first arm depending from the top wall at the first side edge with a first hook on the first arm opposite the top wall, and a second arm depending from the top wall at the second side edge, with a second hood on the second arm opposite the top wall, and a spreader depending from the top wall between the first arm and the second arm; each slider device constructed and arranged to interlock first and second mating profiles of a zipper closure when the slider device is moved in a first direction along the zipper closure, and to disengage the first and second mating profiles when the slider device is moved in an opposite second direction along the zipper closure; the method comprising:(a) forming an extended length of profiled material, the profiled material comprising: (i) an extended length of top wall; (ii) an extended length of spreader material depending from the extended length of top wall; (iii) an extended length of first arm material depending from the extended length of top wall; and (iv) an extended length of second arm material depending from the extended length of top wall; and (b) converting the extended length of profiled material into a plurality of slider devices.