Patent ID: 7611283
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A zippered closure comprising: a front zipper profile having a base portion and a finger extending from the base portion and positioned between lateral ends of the base portion, the base portion having a substantially flat facing side surface and an attaching side surface opposite the facing side surface, the finger extending in a generally transverse direction from the facing side surface of the base portion; a back zipper profile having a base with opposed ends and two opposed flanges with a channel formed therebetween, the base having a generally flat attaching side surface and opposed lateral ends with each of the two opposed flanges respectively extending from each lateral end, each of the two flanges having opposed lateral edges that extend upwardly and outwardly from the base to an intermediate point in a thickness direction at which point the opposed lateral edges extend laterally inwardly and terminate in an upwardly facing side surface, a first distance measured along a line parallel to the base and connecting points of the opposed lateral edges is greater than a second distance measured between the opposed ends of the base; wherein the channel extends from the facing side surface towards the attaching side surface; and wherein the finger is positioned in the channel and the substantially flat facing side surface of the front zipper profile abuts the substantially flat facing side surface of the back zipper profile.