Patent ID: 7574782

Claim:
A slider for operatively engaging a longitudinally elongate closure mechanism having opposing pairs of upper and lower interlocking profiles, the slider comprising: a first sidewall opposing a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls depending from a top wall and defining a channel therebetween for accepting the closure mechanism therein; a first closure bar on the first sidewall proximate an opening end of the channel, the first closure bar vertically aligned with and adapted to close the lower interlocking profiles; a second closure bar on the first sidewall longitudinally spaced from the first closure bar toward a closing end of the channel opposite the opening end, the second closure bar disposed to close the upper interlocking profiles; and a separator member extending into the channel from the top wall proximate the opening end and spaced between the first and second sidewalls, the separator member disposed to separate the upper interlocking profiles.