Patent ID: 6976787

Claim:
An assembly comprising a zipper and a slider mounted to said zipper, wherein: said slider comprises first and second side walls, a first top portion that is connected to and bridges said first and second side walls to form an opening end, a second top portion that is connected to and bridges said first and second side walls to form a closing end, said first and second side walls depending downward from said first and second top portions to define a tunnel, a first bottom wall connected to said first side wall, a first upwardly directed projection connected to said first bottom wall, a second bottom wall connected to said second side wall, and a second upwardly directed projection connected to said second bottom wall; and said zipper comprises first and second zipper parts that pass through said tunnel, said first zipper part comprising a rib and said second zipper part comprising a groove in which said rib is inserted when said zipper is closed, said first zipper part further comprising a first uppermost portion having a section that is disposed between said rib and said first and second top portions of said slider, and a first lowermost portion having a section that is disposed between said first side wall and said first upwardly directed projection of said slider, and said second zipper part further comprising a second uppermost portion having a section that is disposed between said groove and said first and second top portions of said slider, and a second lowermost portion having a section that is disposed between said second side wall and said second upwardly directed projection of said slider, wherein said first and second upwardly directed projections are mutually divergent in a direction from said closing end to said opening end of said slider, whereby respective sections of said first and second zipper parts are pulled apart by said first and second upwardly directed projections of said slider as said slider is moved in an opening direction, resulting in disengagement of said rib of said first zipper part from said groove in said second zipper part while said first and second uppermost portions of said respective sections of said first and second zipper parts contact each other.