Patent ID: 6863645

Claim:
A method of manufacture comprising the following steps: (a) joining a first portion of a length of film material to a back side of a length of a first flangeless zipper strip having a first closure profile on its front side; (b) joining a second portion of said length of film material to a back side of a length of a second flangeless zipper strip having a second closure profile on its front side, said first and second closure profiles of said respective lengths of said first and second zipper strips being interlockable to form a length of string zipper assembly; and (c) after said joining steps, loading a slider comprising a plow onto a first section of said length of string zipper assembly with said plow being inserted between said first and second flangeless zipper strips, respective portions of said first and second portions of said length of film material being respectively disposed between said slider and said string zipper assembly after said slider has been loaded.