Patent ID: 7137942

Claim:
A continuous process for assembling a slider onto fastening strips comprising the steps of: providing a first fastening strip having a first length, providing a second fastening strip having a second length, said second length corresponding to said first length, providing a slider adapted to be slidably disposed on said fastening strips and facilitating occlusion of said fastening strips when moved towards a first end thereof and facilitating the deocclusion of said fastening strips when moved in the opposite direction, said fastening strips and said slider having a longitudinal X axis and a transverse Y axis, said transverse Y axis being perpendicular to said longitudinal X axis, said fastening strips and said slider having a vertical Z axis, said vertical Z axis being perpendicular to said longitudinal X axis, said vertical Z axis being perpendicular to said transverse Y axis, said slider comprising a housing having a separator facilitating the deocclusion of said fastening strips, interlocking said first length of said first fastening strip to said second length of said second fastening strip to provide an occluded length, sealing together the fastening strips to form a sealed first end and sealed second end, and attaching said slider onto said occluded length of the interlocked fastening strips by moving the slider only in said longitudinal X axis through said sealed first end by allowing entry of the sealed first end of the interlocked fastening strips, wherein said separator penetrates a portion of said occluded length of said fastening strips.