Containers provided with sealable sliding fasteners

Claim 1

A container having an opening and comprising a slide fastener having interlocking elements supported on the edges of the opening, a slider movable over the interlocking elements to engage and disengage them to close and open the opening, and a puller attached to the slider, said puller including a longitudinally extending body with at least one laterally extending portion; locating means for locating the puller in its closing position, said locating means being fixed to the container and extending over an end portion of the interlocking elements; said locating means comprising a back plate extending longitudinally beneath the end portion of the interlocking elements and having a U-shaped recess in line with the interlocking elements and a U-shaped base member juxtaposed over and connected to the back plate, a sidewall of the container being sandwiched between the base member and back plate, the slider being disposed within the locating means with said at least one laterally extending portion overlying a portion of said back plate, and a free end of the puller directed from the slider towards the opposite end of the fastener thereby overlaying the end portion of the interconnecting elements; the at least one laterally extending portion of said puller, said back plate and said base member having vertically aligned apertures through rearward portions thereof; and a frangible seal member having locking means extending through the vertically aligned apertures, for locking the frangible seal on top of the puller.