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Abstract

A reclosable fastener assembly having two interlocking profiles with uppermost closure elements and bottommost closure elements and a slider for moving between a closed position and an open position along the profiles in straddling relation. The slider has a top and side walls depending from opposite sides of the top for receiving the profiles therebetween. The side walls extend downward from the top to a point at or below the profiles, and the side walls extend from a separating end of the slider to a pinching end. The side walls have a greater spacing at the separating end than at the pinching end, but close enough at the pinching end to press the first and second profiles into an interlocked relationship as the slider is moved toward the closed position. The slider has a separating leg depending from the top between the first and second side walls at the separating end of the slider. The separating leg is inserted between at least the uppermost closure elements of the first and second profiles, but not between the bottommost closure elements. In a second aspect, the fastener assembly includes means for holding the bottommost closure elements in interlocked relationship when the slider is in the closed position, such that the bottommost closure elements are in interlocked relationship throughout their entire length.

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