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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
James S. Blythe, Rochester, NY (US);
Ian J. Barclay, Marion, NY (US);
Michael W. McManus, Marion, NY (US);
Eric A. St. Phillips, Fairport, NY (US);
Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastener for plastic bags opened and closed by a slider includes first and second track members with each having one of a pair of interlocking profiles. The fastener has opposite ends with terminations. A slider is mounted on the fastener and has a separation member with a wide portion and a narrow portion positioned in the fastener. The slider, upon complete closure of the fastener, rides up onto a termination moving the wide portion of the separation member out from between the fastener allowing the profiles to lock along the entire length of the fastener.