Patent ID: 6983573
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: B31B,B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a slider to a closure mechanism for a resealable package and filling the resealable package with a product, comprising: (a) providing a closure mechanism comprising first and second closure profiles; (b) providing a slider device for selectively opening and closing the closure mechanism, the slider device comprising: attaching the slider device to the closure mechanism while the first and second closure profiles are at least partially disengaged, wherein the first and second upper flanges are both positioned in the channel through the spreader, before attaching the first closure profile and the second closure profile to a resealable package, the resealable package having a first and second side panel, the first side panel having a first edge, a second edge, a bottom edge, and a top edge that correspond to a first edge, a second edge, a bottom edge, and a top edge on the second side panel, each of the first, second, and bottom edges on the first side panel are fused/sealed to the corresponding edges on the second side panel thereby forming a resealable package with an interior, an exterior, a bottom, and an unsealed top, the unsealed top having a row of perforations below the top edge of each side panel; attaching the first closure profile and the second closure profile to the resealable package by fusing the flange of the first closure profile to the interior of the first side panel at a pre-determined distance below the row of perforations on the first side panel and fusing the flange of the second closure profile to the interior of the second side panel below the row of perforations on the second side panel thereby forming a header section above the first and second closure profiles; filling the resealable package with a product through the unsealed top and partially disengaged first and second closure profiles without having to disengage the first closure profile from the second closure profile prior to filling; and sealing the top edges of the side panels above the perforations thereby forming a sealed resealable package with partially disengaged first and second closure profiles.