US 6,981,936 B2
Method for making slider end stops on zippers for reclosable packaging
Eric Paul Plourde, Homewood, Ill. (US); and James H. Pool, Lake Forest, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill. (US)
Filed on Aug. 05, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/213,385.
Prior Publication US 2004/0022460 A1, Feb. 05, 2004
Int. Cl. B31B 1/90 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 493—214 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making slider end stops on a zipper tape comprising first and second interlockable profiled closure members, said method comprising the following steps:
inserting a first portion of a first piece of material into a first gap between opposing sections of said first and second profiled closure members with a second portion of said first piece of material projecting above the tops of said first and second profiled closure members; and
joining said first portion of said first piece of material to said first and second profiled closure members.