Patent ID: 6431754
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing an end stop onto a reclosable fastener of a thermoplastic bag which includes front and rear side panels joined together along three sides to define an open mouth, wherein the reclosable fastener extends along the mouth of the bag and a slider straddles the fastener, the fastener comprising first and second interlocking fastening strips attached to respective ones of said front and rear side panels and arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined longitudinal x-axis between a first end and second end of the bag, the fastening strips being fused together at the first and second ends, the slider adapted to occlude the fastening strips when moved toward the first end and deocclude the fastening strips when moved toward the second end, the method comprising:positioning a generally inverted u-shaped end stop onto said first end of the fastening strips, said end stop including a top portion and first and second side portions depending from said top portion, said first and second side portions adapted to be positioned adjacent said first and second interlocking fastening strips, each of said first and second side portions having a lower inwardly directed tab portion with a shoulder adapted to engage a lowermost portion of the respective adjacent fastening strip to restrain transverse movement of the end stop once positioned onto the fastening strips; and bonding the corresponding tab portion of each side portions to the adjacent front and rear side panels of the bag.