Patent ID: 7204001

Claim:
A portable container having an opening therein, said portable container comprising: (a) a pair of parallel interlocking zipper members, one arranged on each side of the opening in the container; (b) a slider moveable along the zipper members for reversibly opening and closing the opening; (c) a metal bracket extending from the moveable slider for hingedly supporting a pull tab; (d) a metal pull tab for moving the slider, the metal pull tab including a metal loop that is integrally formed from the metal pull tab such that the metal loop includes reduced dimensions compared to the metal pull tab, the metal loop extending through the metal bracket to hingedly secure the metal pull tab to the metal bracket; and (e) a non-metallic coating secured to the metal loop such that the metal pull tab is exposed, the non-metallic coating providing for metal-to-non-metallic coating contact between the metal bracket and the metal loop, wherein the metal pull tab and the non-metallic coating secured to the metal loop define a tab having an apparent uniform width.