Patent ID: 8714819
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A44B,B31B,B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a reclosable bag having first and second walls and an open top defined by first and second elongate flexible fastener strips attached to the first and second walls, respectively, adjacent the top of the walls, one of the fastener strips having a profile portion forming a groove and the other fastener strip having a profile portion forming a rib with a portion of the rib received and retained in the groove when the bag top is closed, each of the fastener strips having a base connected to the respective wall, and each of the strips having an upper edge adjacent the upper edge of the other strip, and the bag having a slider mounted on the fastener strips and movable in one direction longitudinally of the fastener strips to progressively separate the rib from the groove to open the bag, and the slider being movable in the opposite direction to progressively return the rib portion to a retained condition in the groove to close the bag, the reclosable bag comprising: a cradle proximate one end of said fastener strip said cradle having a single recessed portion and being sized, constructed and arranged to receive and retain the base of said slider therein while said fastener strip is sealingly engaged with said corresponding sealing portion of said complementary sealing member, said recessed portion having a length greater than the length of said slider so as to retain the slider within said cradle and a tab that shuts against said slider when said slider is within said cradle.