Patent ID: 6442819
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of mounting a slider device on a recloseable closure arrangement for a recloseable package; the method comprising:(a) providing a package having a recloseable closure mechanism; (b) providing a slider device for opening and closing the recloseable closure mechanism, the slider device having first and second leg constructions having a first distance therebetween; (c) expanding the slider device to increase the first distance between the first and second leg constructions to a second distance, wherein the expanding comprises hooking an end of the first and second leg constructions with an expanding device and moving the first leg construction away from the second leg construction; (d) mounting the slider device onto the recloseable closure mechanism; (e) decreasing the second distance between the first and second leg constructions to the first distance; and (f) removing the slider device from the expanding device.