Patent ID: 8677570

Claim:
A zipper assembly including: a zipper including first and second interlocking profiles, the zipper further including a first end and a second end; a slider mounted on the zipper, the slider moving in a first direction separating the first and second interlocking profiles, the slider moving in a second direction interlocking the first and second interlocking profiles; a slider parking station attached to the first end of the zipper, the slider parking station including a first inclined wall for receiving the slider, wherein a portion of the first interlocking profile is removed adjacent to the slider parking station; an end cap attached to the second end of the zipper, the end cap including a second inclined wall for receiving the slider; the slider including: a top wall; a first sidewall extending from a first side of the top wall; a second sidewall extending from a second side of the top wall; an opening end wherein the first and second sidewalls are relatively further apart and a closing end wherein the first and second sidewalls are relatively closer together, the opening end including a third inclined wall which is complementary to the first inclined wall, and the closing end including a fourth inclined wall which is complementary to the second inclined wall, wherein the third and fourth inclined walls are undercut; the top wall including first and second upper channels separated from each other at the opening end by a triangular island, further including a separating plow descending from the triangular island, wherein the first and second channels are relatively further apart at the opening end and relatively closer together at the closing end; and wherein the first and second inclined walls are configured and arranged so that the first and second inclined walls are closer together at the top wall of the slider than at a lower edge of the slider.