US Patent Issued to Reynolds Presto Products on May 26 for "Child resistant zipper closure, slider, recloseable pouch and methods" (New York, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,255, issued on May 26, was assigned to Reynolds Presto Products Inc. (Lake Forest, Ill.).

"Child resistant zipper closure, slider, recloseable pouch and methods" was invented by Nicholas A. DeRue (Farmington, N.Y.), Gregg Thompson (Canandaigua, N.Y.) and Richard Wehrle (New London, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zipper closure includes mating first and second profiles, which releasably interlock along a parting line along the side. A slider can be used to open and close the slider. The slider has a channel, which receives an ear on the second profile, and the ear rides through the ear-receiving channel to align engaging structu...