Patent ID: 7549954
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a foldable plastic slider onto a reclosable plastic bag having opposing body panels attached to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides, a mouth formed opposite said bottom, and a reclosable fastener extending along said mouth, said fastener including a first track with a first profile and a second track with a second profile, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other, said plastic slider being slidably mounted to said fastener, said method comprising: providing a foldable plastic slider, the foldable plastic slider including placing said transverse support member on said plastic fastener with said first and second separating fingers between said first and second tracks and said first and second depending legs outside said respective first and second tracks such that said respective first and second tracks separate said first and second separating fingers from said respective first and second legs; rotating said first and second wings downward toward a bottom of said reclosable bag until each of said latches engages one of said respective legs; and pressing said first and second wings until each of said latches snaps into engagement with one of said respective shoulders of said respective leg.