Patent ID: 7470061

Claim:
A reclosable package comprising: a receptacle comprising front and rear walls made of plastic film material, said front and rear walls being joined to each other along first and second side seals, said receptacle being closed at a bottom thereof and having a mouth at a top thereof; a reclosable plastic zipper joined or integrally connected to said mouth of said receptacle and extending from said first side seal to said second side seal, said zipper comprising first and second bodies of plastic material adjacent to said first and second side seals respectively and connected by first and second strips of plastic material, said first and second strips being suspended between said first and second bodies and comprising mutually interlockable closure profiles; third and fourth bodies of plastic material projecting upward from said first and second bodies respectively; and a slider slidably mounted to said zipper and movable between said third and fourth bodies, movement of said slider in a zipper opening direction being stopped when a first portion of said slider impinges on said third body and movement of said slider in a zipper closing direction being stopped when a second portion of said slider impinges on said fourth body, wherein said third body is in the shape of a rod or bar having a maximum width less than a maximum width of said first body, said fourth body is in the shape of a rod or bar having a maximum width less than a maximum width of said second body, and width is measured along an axis normal to the plane of said receptacle when said receptacle is empty and in a planar state, and wherein said third body is offset from said first body in an area between said third body and said slider and on opposite sides of said third body in areas extending in opposite directions along said normal axis, and said fourth body is offset from said second body in an area between said fourth body and said slider and on opposite sides of said fourth body in areas extending in opposite directions along said normal axis.