Patent ID: 7097358

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of bags each having a pair of sidewalls and defining a mouth with two edges, said bags being arranged in a group; a pair of fastener strips located along each said mouth, said fastener strips including interlockable profile elements for closing said mouth, each said fastener strip including an outwardly depending shoulder and a lower edge; a plurality of sliders, each one of said sliders coupled to the fastener strips of a corresponding one of said bags; and a header strip extending proximate to one edge of each said mouth attached to one fastener strip in each said pair of fastener strips at a location intermediate of the shoulder and lower edge, each said header strip being adapted and configured for separation of said header strip from the respective said bag; wherein for each said bag said profiles are at least partly unlocked and said mouth is at least partly open, and further wherein said header strip is integral with one of the sidewalls.