Patent ID: 6836945
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A44B,B31B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling resilient slider members onto interlocking fastening strips, each slider member having a pair of spaced-apart first and second side walls and an intermediate body portion therebetween, each side wall having an interior surface, the method comprising the steps of: engaging respective side walls of a slider member with first and second tools; using the first tool and the second tool to resiliently spread apart the side walls of the slider member; inserting interlocking fastening strips between the spread apart side walls of the slider member; releasing the first tool from engagement with the side wall of the slider member to permit the side walls to resiliently return to a relaxed position wherein the interior surfaces of the side walls are positioned to obstruct removal of the slider member from the interlocking fastening strips; wherein the first and second tools are side portions of a rail; arranging a slider member on the rail, the rail converges with interlocking fastening strips at a distal end thereof; and moving the slider member along the rail toward the distal end thereof.