Patent ID: 8434943

Claim:
A reclosable plastic bag comprising: 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; 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 track having an end portion and said second track having an end portion joined to the end portion of the first track, said first and second profiles being releasably engageable to each other; and a slider mounted to said fastener for movement between an open position and a closed position, the slider having a separating finger having a front surface facing the joined end portions of the first and seconds tracks, opposing sides, and a back surface opposite the front surface; wherein said joined end portions of the first and second tracks form an end termination, the end termination being formed by heating said joined end portions of the first and second tracks, and disposing the separating finger of the slider between said joined end portions of the first and second tracks to allow said joined end portions of the first and second tracks to cool around the separating finger, the end termination having a shape to receive the separating finger and the shape of the end termination is retained when the slider is in the open position, the end termination being configured to provide at least one of an audible or a tactile indication when the slider is moved to the closed position and to contract behind at least a portion of the back surface of the separating finger when received by the end termination.