Sealing separable fastener

Claim 1

A SEALING SEPARABLE FASTENER COMPRISING A SINGLE PAIR OF ELONGATED CARRIERS HAVING INTERDIGITATING SCOOPS ALONG ADJACENT EDGES, SAID SCOOPS HAVING COOPERATING BEADS AND RECESSES WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL AROUND AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE EDGES OF THE CARRIERS, SAID SCOOPS HAVING PROJECTIONS THEREFROM TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SCOOPS, SAID PROJECTIONS HAVING FACING EDGES PROVIDING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN WHEN THE SCOOPS ARE INTERLOCKED AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SCOOPS ON THE TWO CARRIERS ARE COPLANAR, AN ELONGATED BODY OF ELASTIC MATERIAL SECURED ON THE PROJECTIONS OF THE SCOOPS OF EACH CARRIER OVERLYING THE FACING EDGES OF THE PROJECTIONS, THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF THE PORTIONS OF SAID ELASTIC BODIES OVERLYING SUCH EDGES BEING NORMALLY GREATER THAN SAID SPACE, AND A SLIDER HAVING CONVERGING CHANNELS ENGAGING SAID SCOOPS FOR ENGAGING AND RELEASING THE SAME, AT LEAST THE NARROWER PART OF SAID CHANNEL IN WHICH THE SCOOPS ARE INTERENGAGED AND THE SCOOPS HAVING COOPERATING MEANS THEREON FOR GUIDING THE SCOOPS OF THE TWO CARRIERS TO POSITIONS IN WHICH THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES FORM A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE APEX OF SAID ANGLE POINTING TOWARDS THE SIDE OF THE SCOOPS ON WHICH THE PROJECTIONS ARE LOCATED.