Patent ID: 7134192

Claim:
A closure device comprising: a first fastening strip; a second fastening strip; a slider adapted to be slidably disposed on said fastening strips and facilitating the occlusion of said fastening strips when moved in an occlusion direction towards a first end thereof and facilitating the deocclusion of said fastening snips when moved towards a second end thereof, 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 first side portion, a second side portion and a flexible occlusion member for facilitating occlusion of said fastening strips when said slider is moved to said first end of said fastening strips; wherein said flexible occlusion member comprises a first leg for engaging said first fastening strip and a second leg for engaging said second fastening strip, wherein said first and second legs extend inwardly in the longitudinal X axis towards the occlusion direction from the first and second side portions, respectively.