Patent ID: 7322920

Claim:
A method of manufacture comprising the following steps: (a) mounting a slider to a zipper comprising interlocked first and second zipper strips; (b) folding a length of a web along a fold line; (c) joining a portion of a length of a first flange of said first zipper strip to a first portion of said length of said web; (d) joining a portion of a length of a second flange of said second zipper strip to a second portion of said length of said web, said first and second portions of said length of said web being on opposite sides of said fold line; (e) cutting said joined lengths of said web and said zipper along first and second lines generally perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of said web to form an individual shrouded slider-zipper assembly that includes said slider; (f) joining a third portion of said length of said web to a first portion of a pre-made bag that partly defines a mouth; and (g) joining a fourth portion of said length of said web to a second portion of said pre-made bag that partly defines said mouth, wherein steps (f) and (g) are performed after step (e).