Patent ID: 6960021

Claim:
A reclosable package comprising: a bag body having an interior space, said bag body comprising first and second walls of bag making material, said first wall opposing said second wall, and said first and second walls being joined to each other at a top seam and at a bottom seam; a flexible zipper joined to said first wall and not joined to said second wall; and a slider mounted to said zipper, said slider being movable in a first direction along said zipper for opening said zipper and movable in a second direction along said zipper for closing said zipper, wherein said zipper comprises first and second zipper parts that are mutually engageable to close said zipper and mutually disengageable to open said zipper, said first zipper part comprising a first profiled closure member and a first flange connected to said first closure member, and said second zipper part comprising a second profiled closure member that is interlockable with said first closure member and a second flange connected to said second closure member, wherein a band-shaped area of said first flange is joined to a confronting first band-shaped area of said first wall in a first zone of joinder and a band-shaped area of said second flange is joined to a confronting second band-shaped area of said first wall in a second zone of joinder, said first and second zones of joinder being disposed at different heights on said first wall below said top seam and above said bottom seam, wherein said first and second profiled closure members are disposed in said interior space between said first and second walls, and wherein said first and second flanges extend away from said first and second closure members in substantially the same direction at the respective connections to said first and second closure members when said zipper is closed.