Patent ID: 7241046

Claim:
A watertight closure for a reclosable package comprising: a first and a second mutually interlocking profile, said first and second mutually interlocking profiles together having two sets of interlocking members separated from one another by a central portion thereof, each of said first and second mutually interlocking profiles having a web and two interlocking members separated from one another thereon; a collapsible member of a foamed polymeric resin material on the web of one of said first and second mutually interlocking profiles between its respective interlocking members, a compressing member opposite said collapsible member on the web of the other of said first and second mutually interlocking profiles between its respective interlocking members, said compressing member encountering and compressing said collapsible member when said first and second mutually interlocking profiles are joined to one another to create a watertight seal in said central portion thereof; and wherein said compressing member has a triangular cross section with an apex, said apex creating said watertight seal with said collapsible member when said first and second mutually interlocking profiles are joined to one another.