Patent ID: 8096022

Claim:
In a reclosable bag having first and second walls and an open top defined by first and second elongate flexible fastener strips attached to the first and second walls, respectively, adjacent the top of the walls, one of the fastener strips having a profile portion forming a groove and the other fastener strip having a profile portion forming a rib with a portion of the rib received and retained in the groove when the bag top is closed, each of the fastener strips having a base connected to the respective wall, and each of the strips having an upper edge adjacent the upper edge of the other strip, and the bag having a slider mounted on the fastener strips and movable in one direction longitudinally of the fastener strips to progressively separate the rib from the groove to open the bag, and the slider being movable in the opposite direction to progressively return the rib portion to a retained condition in the groove to close the bag, comprising: a separator situated in the slider and having a proximal portion attached to the top of the slider and extending downwardly therefrom and having a distal portion residing in a first space between the top of the slider and the upper edges of the fastener strip when the rib portion is retained in the groove of the groove-forming profile; said separator having an arrowhead-shaped tip having an angle of 60°±30° in a triangular shape constructed and arranged to facilitate selective separation of said rib from said groove; and each of the first and second walls has a substantially rectangular flange turned outwardly from the wall and running parallel to and substantially spaced apart from the said top of the walls thereof and substantially below the elongated fastener strips and top of the walls, said flange being operatively associated with the slider allowing the slider to be retained thereon.