Patent ID: 6955465

Claim:
A flexible zipper comprising first and second zipper parts, said first zipper part comprising a first base, and first and second generally hook-shaped profiled members projecting from one side of said first base, having respective profiles that are substantially constant along the entire length of said first zipper part and disposed generally parallel to each other with a first space therebetween, and said second zipper part comprising a second base, and third and fourth generally hook-shaped profiled members projecting from one side of said second base, having respective profiles that are substantially constant along the entire length of said second zipper part and disposed generally parallel to each other with a second space therebetween, each of said first through fourth profiled members having only one detent projecting from one side of its distal end, said first and second profiled members being respectively interlockable with said third and fourth profiled members to close said zipper, said interlocked profiled members and said first and second bases defining a zipper internal volume, wherein said first base comprises a first plurality of apertures that form communication pathways from said zipper internal volume to a volume on another side of said first base, the entirety of each aperture of said first plurality being disposed between said first and second generally hook-shaped profiled members, and each aperture of said first plurality having a dimension along a line parallel to a lengthwise direction of said first zipper part that is less than the length of said first zipper part.