Patent ID: 6733555
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A user closable collar for a vacuum cleaner bag, comprising:a collar body formed from a single blank of relatively rigid material which is folded to define three generally overlapping and planar panels, said collar body further comprising: a middle panel having a fixed raceway element which is adhesively secured to a first outer panel and a second outer panel; a slider element securely and non-detachably attached to said raceway element during the assembly process by retention bands of collar blank material, said slider element further containing an aperture therein; an apertured portion on said first outer panel and an apertured portion on said second outer panel, wherein said aperture of the slider element is aligned with the apertures of the first outer panel and the second outer panel; and means for severing said retention bands and separating said slider element from said middle panel, whereby the slider element can be moved by a user from an open position to a closed position causing the apertures of said first and second outer panels to be occluded.