Patent ID: 6786641
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A package comprising:front and rear walls; a zipper comprising first and second zipper parts respectively joined to said front and rear walls, said first zipper part comprising a first base and a first closure element connected to said first base, and said second zipper part comprising a second base and a second closure element connected to said second base, said first and second closure elements being mutually engageable, said first base comprising an exterior surface facing away from said second base, and said second base comprising an exterior surface facing away from said first base, a portion of said front wall being joined to said exterior surface of said first base and a portion of said rear wall being joined to said exterior surface of said second base; and a slider mounted to said zipper and comprising a body having a first end where said zipper is open and a second end where said zipper is closed, a first direction being directed from said second end to said first end and a second direction being opposite to said first direction, and first and second camming surfaces that have respective fixed positional relationships to said body and are divergent in said first direction, said first and second camming surfaces being disposed so that said first and second zipper parts are respectively cammed toward each other by said first and second camming surfaces as said slider is moved in said first direction, wherein no part of said slider confronts said exterior surfaces of said first and second bases, and the portions of said first and second zipper parts that are in contact with said first and second camming surfaces respectively are displaced toward or away from each other along an axis generally perpendicular to said exterior surfaces of said first and second bases during travel of said slider along said zipper.