Patent ID: 6594868
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A closure device comprising:interlocking fastening strips; and a slider member slidably disposed on the interlocking fastening strips, the slider member facilitating occlusion of said fastening strips when moved towards a first end thereof and facilitating deocclusion of said fastening strips when moved towards a second end thereof, the slider member including a first housing segment, a separate second housing segment, and a latching mechanism comprising a first member disposed on the first housing segment and a cooperating second member disposed on the second housing segment, the first and second members each having a shoulder with an edge portion, the second member of the latching mechanism receiving the first member of the latching mechanism when the first and second housing segments are moved together while the edge portion of the first member engages the edge portion of the second member to hold the first and second housing segments together in an assembled position upon the interlocking fastening strips wherein the first and second housing segments each have a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion, the top portions of the first and second housing segments each having an opposing face, and wherein the first member of the latching mechanism has a partially planar configuration and projects outwardly from the top portion of the first housing segment.