| US 7,574,782 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method of operatively retaining an actuating member on an elongate closure mechanism | ||
| Bryan L. Ackerman, Freeland, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc., Racine, Wis. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 25, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/440,856. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/684941, filed on May 26, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0265844 A1, Nov. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A44B 19/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 24—400 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A slider for operatively engaging a longitudinally elongate closure mechanism having opposing pairs of upper and lower
interlocking profiles, the slider comprising:
a first sidewall opposing a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls depending from a top wall and defining a channel
therebetween for accepting the closure mechanism therein;
a first closure bar on the first sidewall proximate an opening end of the channel, the first closure bar vertically aligned
with and adapted to close the lower interlocking profiles;
a second closure bar on the first sidewall longitudinally spaced from the first closure bar toward a closing end of the channel
opposite the opening end, the second closure bar disposed to close the upper interlocking profiles; and
a separator member extending into the channel from the top wall proximate the opening end and spaced between the first and
second sidewalls, the separator member disposed to separate the upper interlocking profiles.
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