Patent ID: 7506488

Claim:
A method of making reclosable plastic bags comprising: providing a web of plastic film; providing a fastener including first and second opposing tracks, the first and second tracks including respective first and second interlocking profiles and respective first and second fins extending from the respective first and second profiles; sealing the first and second fins to each other; forming at least a first and a second notch into the tracks and the fins, the first notch is located downstream from the second notch, the first and second notches assist in defining a first segment and a second segment, the first segment is located upstream from and adjacent to the second notch, the second segment is located between the first notch and the second notch; feeding a first slider into the first notch and a second slider into the second notch at generally the same time; applying the first slider onto the second segment and the second slider onto the first segment at generally the same time as the fastener indexes forward; conveying the fastener to an end stop applicator; forming at least a first end stop on the first segment of the tracks and at least a second end stop on the second segment of the tracks; attaching the fastener to the web of plastic film; and forming the web into a plurality of interconnected plastic bags.