Patent ID: 6962440
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: B31B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reclosable package comprising a receptacle having a mouth, a zipper joined to said receptacle at said mouth and a slider comprising first and second side walls spaced apart to define a passageway therebetween; a first cross beam connecting said first side wall to said second side wall and disposed at one end of said slider; a second cross beam connecting said first side wall to said second side wall and spanning said passageway in a zone intermediate to the ends of said slider; a third cross beam connecting said first side wall to said second side wall and disposed at the other end of said slider; a plow connected to and depending from said second cross beam, said plow partitioning said passageway in said intermediate zone of said slider; a first retaining ledge projecting from said first side wall into said passageway; a second retaining ledge projecting from said second side wall into said passageway; a third retaining ledge projecting from said first side wall into said passageway; and a fourth retaining ledge projecting from said second side wall into said passageway, wherein a first cutout in the top of said slider communicates with said passageway, said first cutout being bounded at least in part by respective first portions of said first and second side walls, a portion of said first cross beam, and a first portion of said second cross beam, said first and second retaining ledges being disposed entirely under said first cutout with no portion of said first and second cross beams overhanging any portion of said first and second retaining ledges, wherein a second cutout in the top of said slider communicates with said passageway, said second cutout being bounded at least in part by respective second portions of said first and second side walls, a portion of said third cross beam, and a second portion of said second cross beam, said third and fourth retaining ledges being disposed entirely under said second cutout with no portion of said second and third cross beams overhanging any portion of said third and fourth retaining ledges, and wherein said zipper comprises first and second mutually interlockable zipper parts that pass through said passageway and are separated by said plow, said slider being latched to adjacent portions of said first and second zipper parts by said first through fourth retaining ledges.