Patent ID: 6860844

Claim:
A method of forming a zipper bearing carrier web comprising the steps of: providing a zipper profile including a first interlocking profile element with a first flange extending in a first direction from said first interlocking profile and a second flange extending in a second direction from said first interlocking profile and a second interlocking profile element with a first flange extending in a first direction from said second interlocking profile and a second flange extending in a second direction from said second interlocking profile, said first and second interlocking profile elements being interlocked to each other; advancing a first continuous strip of carrier web in a machine direction; and attaching discrete sections of said first flange and said second flange of at least one of said first and second interlocking profile elements oriented in the machine direction at predetermined spaced intervals to said first continuous strip of carrier web to form a supply of carrier web with pre-positioned sections of zipper profile.