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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
May. 12, 1993
Catherine E Kettner, Appleton, WI (US);
Jack R McLean, Richmond, VA (US);
Mladomir Tomic, Appleton, WI (US);
Wayne M Wegner, Appleton, WI (US);
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc., Appleton, WI (US);
Abstract
An interlocking closure device for a plastic bag includes two closure elements which interlock over a predetermined length to selectively open and close the opened end. The first closure member projects from an opaque web and is formed with brightly colored tips co-extruded with the contrasting opaque web and connecting portions. The second closure element has a translucent web co-extruded of clear resin with opaque tips connected to that web with clear connecting portions formed of clear resin. When the tips of the first and second closure elements properly mate together, the bright color is highly contrasted against the opaque color and appears as a pair of parallel bands through the transparent or translucent web.