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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Murray Edward Bruce Leighton, Whitley Bay, GB;
Inventor:
Murray Edward Bruce Leighton, Whitley Bay, GB;
Assignee:
Illinois Took Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 61/18 (2006.01); B31B 1/64 (2006.01); B65D 33/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 33/2591 (2013.01); Y10S 493/927 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reclosable zipper fastener has a sliderand first and second profiles. Each profile has a bodyand a flangewhich has three zones which are, successively and in the direction away from the body, an anti-seal zone, a line-of-weakness formation zoneand a sealing zone. The zipper can be used in a bag in which it is secured internally of a top seal, the line-of-weakness zonesforming lines along which a top portion of the bag can be removed to open the bag. The bag can then be sealed using the zipper. A tamper-evident feature is thus provided.