Patent ID: 7553082
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A storage bag comprising: first and second panels joined or connected on three sides and having a mouth on a fourth side; first and second zipper strips having respective upper and lower zipper profiles projecting from a respective base web, said base webs of said first and second zipper strips being respectively joined to said first and second panels in the region of said mouth, said upper zipper profiles of said first and second zipper strips being mutually interlockable to form a first closure and said lower zipper profiles of said first and second zipper strips being mutually interlockable to form a second closure, said first and second zipper strips not having any other zipper profile disposed between said respective upper and lower zipper profiles; resealable means covering and in contact with a band-shaped section of the surface of said base web of at least one of said first and second zipper strips in a region between the upper and lower zipper profiles and having a flat profile, said band-shaped section extending across said mouth; and a slider mounted to said zipper strips, said slider comprising first and second contact surfaces separated by a first gap and having respective portions of said upper zipper profiles disposed therebetween, third and fourth contact surfaces separated by a second gap and having respective portions of said resealable means disposed therebetween, and fifth and sixth contact surfaces separated by a third gap and having respective portions of said lower zipper profiles disposed therebetween, wherein as the slider travels along the mouth of the bag, said first and second contact surfaces cam said upper zipper profiles into a mutually interlocked state to close said first closure, said third and fourth contact surfaces cooperate to reseal said resealable means, and said fifth and sixth contact surfaces cam said lower zipper profiles into a mutually interlocked state to close said second closure, wherein said resealable means comprise first and second layers of cohesive material applied on said first and second zipper strips respectively, said first layer of cohesive material covering and in contact with a band-shaped section of the surface of said base web of said first zipper strip in a region between the upper and lower zipper profiles of said first zipper strip and said second layer of cohesive material covering and in contact with a band-shaped section of the surface of said base web of said second zipper strip in a region between the upper and lower zipper profiles of said second zipper strip, wherein said third and fourth contact surfaces cam said first and second layers of cohesive material into a state of cohesion during slider travel in either direction along said mouth, and wherein said slider comprises mutually opposing first and second sidewalls connected by a bridge, and further comprises first, third and fifth plateaus projecting inwardly from said first sidewall, and second, fourth and sixth plateaus projecting inwardly from said second sidewall, said first through sixth contact surfaces being respectively disposed on said first through sixth plateaus.