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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802347 | Slide fastener slider A slide fastener slider, in which a pair of projecting portions are formed such that they project from shoulder mouth side end portions of a pair of flanges to a shoulder mouth side, the flanges being erected on both right and left sides of a lower plate. Each proje... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7386921 | Slider for concealed type slide fastener A slider for a concealed type slide fastener for securing a smooth sliding operation even if a strong laterally pulling force is applied when the slide fastener is closed. The slider includes: a lower plate having a pair of flanges each having an inverted L shaped s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7293333 | Water repellent slide fastener A water repellent slide fastener includes a pair of zipper tapes (25, 26), to which are secured fastening elements (21, 22) which are unfastenable and fastenable through the intermediary of a zipper slide (30), said zipper tapes (25, 26) ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7269883 | Closure device A container (110) including a closure device (121) is disclosed. The closure device (121) includes a pair of interlocking fastening strips (130, 132) and a slider (134) for occluding and deoccluding the fastening strips (130, 13... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7188394 | Hollow ribbed slider for a reclosable pouch A slider is provided that may be oriented on a closure assembly of a reclosable pouch to open and/or close the pouch. The slider includes a top portion and at least two side walls. A channel is formed between the side walls for receiving the closure assembly of the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165292 | Plastic chuck with wrong opening preventing slider, and bag with the chuck A plastic zipper includes a pair of male hooks and female hooks for a slider guide operable parallel to the hooks for sealing on the opening side of the zipper wherein, at the same time, an inside guide of the slider is positioned between the hooks for sealing and h... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150080 | Concealed type slide fastener A concealed type slide fastener comprises two fastener tapes having their opposed edges folded thereon; two rows of fastener elements mounted on the folded edges; a top end stop mounted a fastener element row; and a slider movable along the element rows. The slider ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140772 | Bag having slider-actuated complimentary closure strips and a leakproofing structure A bag comprising two generally parallel sheets (16, 18) forming the main walls of the bag, complementary closure strips (20, 22) fixed to respective ones of the sheets, and a cursor (50) for actuating the strips (20, 22) for closing and o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134192 | Closure device The closure device (121) includes interlocking fastening strips (130, 131) and a slider (132) slidably disposed on the fastening strips for facilitating the occlusion and deocclusion of the fastening strips (130, 131) when moved towards f... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111367 | Slider for a concealed slide fastener This invention relates to a concealed-type slider. Side walls are erected on both sides of a bottom plate of a body and a top end of each side wall is bent to form a flange. A guide portion is provided by forming a down-grade slope inclined from a leading end of a s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097359 | Reclosable packaging having slider coupled to top of zipper A slider-zipper assembly for reclosable packaging in which the slider is coupled to the top portions of the zipper parts. The zipper can be either a flanged zipper or a string (i.e., webless) zipper. In one embodiment, the slider has a pair of diverging profiled pro... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080429 | Closure device A container (120) includes a closure device (121). The closure device includes interlocking fastening strips (130, 131) and a slider (132) slidably disposed on the fastening strips for facilitating the occlusion and deocclusion of the fas... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059024 | Slide fastener Fastener elements are attached to a side edge of a fastener tape composed of a knitting structure. An interval between the elements and a wale in the vicinity of the elements is formed into a thin knitted fabric. A flange on a side of a rear mouth of a slider is dis... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056022 | Reclosable bag having wicket flap and slider-actuated string zipper A reclosable bag having a bottom flap with holes configured to allow a stack of the bags to be mounted on a wicket, a slider-actuated string zipper installed in a mouth at the top of the bag, and an open string zipper, not actuated by a slider, installed at the bott... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052181 | Zippered bag having a pair of fastener strips A zippered bag includes two sheets sealed to each other along a plurality of edges to form opposing bag sides. The bag also includes a first fastener strip including an inner wall and an outer wall hinged to the inner wall, with the first fastener strip being attach... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6994663 | Slider applicator A slider applicator is disclosed for applying sliders to storage bags with zippers. The slider applicator includes a slider sorter and a slider pusher actuated by an actuator such as a linear servo motor. The slider pusher includes an applicating head which moves th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6954970 | Insertion apparatus for attaching sliders onto zipper bags and film A slider (10), a slider insertion apparatus (50) and a method for inserting the slider (10) on an interlocked fastener or zipper (25) of a reclosable bag (44). A loading rack (58, 72) feeds individual sliders (10) to ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944919 | Zipper head structure A zipper head structure comprises a pull tab, a base and a universal joint. The base has a receiving space for receiving a zipper chain scoop. The universal joint is connected between the pull tab and the base. Through the design of the universal joint, the pull tab... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6928702 | Closure device The closure device (121)includes a first fastening strip (130), a second fastening strip (131), and a slider (132) adapted to be slidably disposed on the fastening strips. The slider (132) facilitates the occlusion of the fastening... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6883210 | Closure device The closure device (121) includes a first fastening strip (130) and a second fastening strip (131) arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length. The first fastening strip (130) includes a first offset (169). A slider (... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6826808 | Ziplock for pouches and bags The invention relates to a closure (3) that comprises two interacting pairs of locking ribs (23, 33) that function in pairs. Said locking ribs (23, 33) are formed integrally with connecting strips (17, 21) in which guide ribs (27, 37 | 12/07/2004 |
| 6721999 | Device for creating a seal between fabrics or other materials Disclosed is a device for creating a seal which includes an upper seal member, a lower seal member, and a slider, wherein mating surfaces of the upper and lower seal members interlock. A lifting rib on the slider cooperates with a lifting wing on the upper seal memb... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6611998 | Closure device The closure device (121) includes interlocking fastening strips (130, 131) and a slider (132) slidably disposed on the fastening strips for facilitating the occlusion and deocclusion of the fastening strips when moved towards first and second ends thereof... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6604262 | Method for 3-D engagement of a fastener and a separate-type fastener formed by this method A method for 3-D engagement of a fastener, in which fastener teeth of two fastener strips received in different height-level within slider can be engaged together in the same plan by the siding action of slider. The present invention also discloses a sepa... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6594873 | Slide closures for touch fasteners A slide closure for joining overlapping edges of flexible or rigid substrates having complementary touch fasteners thereon. The slide closure has a pair of closing surfaces facing each other and structure joining the closing surfaces together so as to def... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581253 | Fluid-tight container seal A reusable bi-directional, fluid-tight, vertical sealing device for closing, sealing, and permitting re-opening of, flexible bags, with two sealing strips arranged to be interlocked and uninterlocked by a slider which has internal means such as rails acti... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575628 | Closure device The closure device includes interlocking fastening strips (130, 131) and a slider (132) slidably disposed on the fastening strips for facilitating the occlusion and deocclusion of the fastening strips (130, 131) when moved towards first and second ends th... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568046 | Closure device The closure device includes interlocking fastening strips and a slider. The ends of the fastening strips are heat sealed, melted or otherwise secured together. The fastening strips include a slit near the end of the fastening strips. The slit prevents the... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6530132 | Slider for linear slide fastener A slider, which can be closed easily without a separation of a chain even if a lateral pulling load is applied to the fastener chain when the linear fastener chain is closed with the slider. An element pressing face, which is in contact with an inverted p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6497014 | Fluidtight zip fastener A fluidtight zip fastener includes a pair of fluidtight zip fastener carrying tapes each having a base tape with a soft covering layer. Sewn to each carrying tape is in an offset position a continuous coupling member row. A zip fastener slider is provided... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6490770 | Slider for slide fastener The present invention provides a slider enabling a meshing position of a fastener chain inserted through a slider to be adjusted smoothly by pulling the fastener stringers in opposite directions along the fastener tape. This invention provides a slider fo... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491432 | Resealable closure mechanism having a slider device and methods A slider device is disclosed for use with a resealable package. The slider device includes structure for preventing or minimizing the likelihood that the slider device can be removed from the resealable package. In one embodiment, the slider device includ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6402375 | Resealable closure mechanism having a slider device A slider device includes a top wall, first and second sidewalls, and a separating structure. The first sidewall depends from the top wall and includes a first hooking construction. The second sidewall also depends from the top wall and includes a second h... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6293701 | Resealable closure mechanism having slider device and methods A slider device for use with a resealable package includes a top wall with first and second ends, a spreader depending from the top wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first hook construction extending from the first sidewall, a second hook const... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5947603 | Resealable closure mechanism having a slider device and separate housing A closure arrangement includes a first closure profile, a second closure profile, a slider device, and a slider housing. The slider device is designed to open the package when slid in one direction and to seal the package when slid in the opposite directi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5871281 | Zipper slider pivoting wedge A plastic bag closer slider has a separator normally resting in notches in the tops of slider track strips, when the slider is at a bag-closed stop. As the slider is moved in the bag-opening direction, the separator is cammed downward by ends of the notch... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5636415 | Zipper with anti-derailing ribs A resilient fastener or zipper, which may be incorporated as part of a bag, pouch, wrapper or liner, or which may be used as a protective garment closure, includes a pair of flexible closure strips and at least one zipper slider. The strips include interl... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5517733 | Non-pinlock type slide for zip fasteners A slide for a zip fastener including: a flat, rectangular base frame having a front and and a rear end of width smaller than the front end; a center guide plate of shape corresponding to the flat base frame but of relatively smaller size, connected in par... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5497535 | Non-binding zipper A zipper of the type having two tapes with interconnecting teeth, a slide having a front and rear and including a divider to separate and mesh the teeth in cooperation with a pull tab attached to the slide, includes spaced wing segments formed on the slid... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5448808 | Foldable zipper slider with improved compression-type latch A plastic zipper slider having hinged wings is provided with an improved latch tongue which is deflected downward to snap in place. Additional flexible latch web structure cooperates with the latch tongue to provide additional forces which are active in a... | 09/12/1995 |
