Abstract: A tool for preparing and treating food, such as knife, large fork, ladle, chopping board, etc., personalizable depending on the expected specific use, comprises a portion intended to come into contact with the food and a handle portion intended to allow the gripping of the tool by a user. The handle portion comprises at least one housing intended to house a distinguishing insert. The tool of the invention can thus be personalized by the user depending on the type of foodstuff for which it must be used.

Abstract: The flush cut power saw comprises a framework having a base plate with a saw blade slot extending through two risers located at one end of the base plate. At least two rods slidably receive a movable housing for supporting a motor at a location above the cutting blade. The motor is secured to a transmission to convert the rotary motion of the motor to a reciprocating, linear motion. The transmission is connected to a saw blade mounting apparatus, which linearly reciprocates a cutting blade, which adjustably extends below the mounting plate. The cutting blade may be adjustably positioned with an adjustable stop for depth in vertical alignment with the framework. The transmission reciprocally biases the cutting blade, enabling the cutting blade to reciprocally travel linearly in relation with the movable housing, to complete a cut flush with an adjoining surface, while controlling the depth of cut.

Abstract: A chain saw (1) includes a guide bar (5) supporting a chain (7) and attached to a main body (3). Disposed within the body is an anchor bolt (9) for securing the guide bar to the main body. Disposed within a sprocket cover (8) is a hexagonal nut (11) screwed onto the anchor bolt. Furthermore, provided coaxially with the hexagonal nut is a cylindrical element (15) having a hexagonal cavity (13) that engages the hexagonal nut and is axially movable and rotatable about the same axis as the hexagonal nut. Also provided is a lever (17) disposed at the outer end of the cylindrical element. Provided within the sprocket cover are an adjustment pin (19) engaging the guide bar, a screw stock (20) onto which the adjustment pin is threaded and which extends in the axial direction of the guide bar, a first helical gear (21) disposed at one end of the screw stock, and a second helical gear (23) meshing with the first helical gear. Further provided is a rotating element (25) coaxial with the second helical gear.

Abstract: A can opener (100) comprising a pair of handles (10 and 11), a traction wheel (13) and a cutter blade (14) for removing a lid of a can in the conventional laterally-cutting manner. Embodiments of the invention include an operating knob (16) that is supported, at one side (right side as shown) of the can opener (100), to rotate about an axis transverse to a central axis of the can. The knob (16) is coupled by means of step-down gearing (17 and 18) to the traction wheel (13). This construction renders the use of the can opener (100) much more comfortable for a user. For left-handed use, the knob (16) is fitted to the opposite (left hand) side of the can opener.

Abstract: A control system is provided for a pivotally actuated tracer which traces an object (e.g., a frame mount of an eyeglass frame, a lens, or a lens pattern) while the object is held in a more-vertical-than-horizontal orientation. The control system comprises a trace control element and a gravity compensation element. The trace control element applies control signals to the pivotally actuated tracer. In response, the object engager of the tracer is pivotally actuated against and along the object to be traced with a biasing force toward the object. The gravity compensation element is adapted to compensate for the effects of gravity on the object engager by causing a varying pivoting force to be exerted on the object engager. The pivoting force varies depending on the rotational orientation of the object engager to keep the biasing force substantially constant along the object. Also provided is a data acquisition system for the tracer.

Abstract: A correcting mechanism of an electronic azimuth meter includes a storing unit for storing maximum values and minimum values with regard to magnetic field detecting values by X- and Y-direction magnetic sensors, an updating unit for updating the magnetic field detecting values when newly detected magnetic field detecting values exceed maximum values/minimum values of the storing unit, an azimuth change inducing unit for providing display for inducing continuous change of azimuth of an electronic azimuth meter main body in a range larger than 360 degree, a predicting unit for predicting whether maximum value/minimum value are true when maximum/minimum magnetic field detecting values are not updated during a predetermined time period even by rotating the azimuth meter main body in accordance with induction display and canceling true prediction when maximum value/minimum value are updated and a stop control unit for stopping updating processing when all of maximum values/minimum values in X- and Y-directions are

Abstract: A tape measure includes a removable pencil sharpening assembly. The pencil sharpening assemblies can be sized to sharpen a variety of pencil sizes. The tape measure also includes a writing stripe for allowing user generated indicia. The writing stripe also allows for the selective erasure, wiping or removal of the user generated indicia.

Abstract: Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from the at least one wire and resting against the at least one wire.

Abstract: A process for lyophilizing a solution of an active agent in a delivery container is provided. Solution of active agent is deposited into a delivery container, the container is covered with a covering plate and placed inside a lyophilizing apparatus. Lyophilization is conducted to dryness by radiation, convection or both. Also provided is a device made by this process, an active agent-plastic administration device such as a syringe containing an active agent in the form of lyophilized cake, and an array of such administration devices.

Abstract: In a gas dryer for use in a gas transmission line in which a bed of desiccant tablets is suspended in the flow of gas, making an aqueous solution of the desiccant salts from the moisture taken from the gas, the solution is inhibited from generating solids and precipitates in a sump area by conducting the heat of hydration from the bed area to the sump area.

Abstract: A child's sandal, having removable and interchangeable soles that may be attached to a permanent upper sole, where the bottom of the removable soles has any desired textured graphical design, such as an animal paw print or the like. A removable ornamental design may be added to an upper portion of the sandal, on top of a wearer's foot, to correspond to the underside of the removable sole. For instance, if the underside of the removable sole includes a design that resembles a bear claw track, then the removable ornamental design may resemble a bear's face and head. Similarly, if the underside of the removable sole resembles the footprint of a rabbit's foot, then the removable ornamental design may resemble a rabbit's face, head, and ears. This arrangement allows a child to choose from any number of available soles and ornamental designs to be attached to a single pair of sandals or flip-flops.

Abstract: The shoe system comprises a shoe that has an upper rim section. A shoe sole is disposed inside the shoe and has a top layer. A shoe insert has a stiff first member and a resilient second member attached to the first member so that the first member is attached to the top layer of the shoe sole. The second member is movable between a compressed position immediately adjacent to the first member and an expanded position remote from the first member. The first member is disposed a first distance from the upper rim section when the second member is in the compressed position and the first member being disposed the same first distance from the upper rim section when the second member is in the expanded position.

Abstract: A bladder which is particularly useful for a sole assembly of a shoe is formed of multiple layers of barrier film to provide multiple pressurized layers of cushioning fluid or gas when the bladder is filled. A multiple gas layer bladder enhances cushioning response by relying more on the response characteristics of the gas and reducing the amount of foam and the dependence on foam as a cushioning material. The internal film layers provide a truss-like geometry in cross section and act as tensile members to impart a generally smooth surface contour to the bladder. The bladder is constructed to provide complex regionalized cushioning profiles which are coupled to the anatomy of the foot and expected loads at known points.

Abstract: An insole which extends from the toes to the heel includes at least one fluid-filled container; a control unit for enabling a user to increase or reduce an amount of fluid in the container; and a stirrup-shaped device for immobilizing the talocalcaneonavicular joint and for controlling and/or stabilizing the ankle joint. The insole is a prefabricated insole selectable from a range of differently shaped insoles for the various forms of foot prophylaxis and the various shoe sizes. This enables users to adapt the prefabricated insoles suitable for their shoe size and form of foot prophylaxis to their own personal needs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to athletic shoes used in sports that require asymmetric movement of the feet, such as fencing. The asymmetric shoes of the present invention include a trailing shoe and a leading shoe that are each specially adapted to the particular asymmetric movement of the trailing and leading foot, respectively, allowing each foot to perform optimally. The leading and trailing shoes each include an upper and a sole. The trailing shoe sole includes front, rear, lateral, and medial portions, the lateral sole portion having a greater thickness than the medial portion.

Abstract: A flexible skate boot having lower and upper portions made of leather, synthetic leather or similar material is provided with a flexible ankle encircling cuff made of synthetic moldable plastic material capable flexing designed in amounts in the forward and aft and lateral directions to act as an energy storage and release device and without wrinkling so as to minimize discomfort and abrasion on the user's ankle and extend the useful life of the boot. The tongue portion of the boot has a similar molded synthetic flexible panel separating the upper and lower sections of the tongue, the tongue panel being aligned with the flexible ankle encircling cuff which separates the upper and lower parts of the boot from each other. The parts are designed to essentially lock the tongue in the desired frontal position to prevent tongue migration from the desired frontal position during skating.

Abstract: A therapeutic shoe for shifting the weight exerted on the foot of a wearer in a frontward or rearward direction as required has a sole and an upper portion configured to retain the foot of the user in contact with the sole. A recessed track, formed in the lower surface of the sole, extends parallel to the length of the sole and along a major portion of its length. At least one support block is provided for attachment to the lower surface of the sole at any of a plurality of positions along the entirety of the recessed track. Also provided is a heel protection configuration.

Abstract: An electric iron comprising a housing (1), a sole plate (2), a first reservoir (6) having an outlet (12) for a first fluid (7), an exchangeable reservoir (8) having an outlet (11) for a second fluid (9), which has a viscosity, and having coupling means (14), a nozzle means (10) comprising at least one aperture, a pump (19) for delivering a mixture of the first and second fluids to the nozzle means (10), said coupling means (14) comprising a first and a second inlet (15,16) and an outlet (17), said second inlet (16) of the coupling means being fixedly connected to the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8), the first inlet (15) of the coupling means (14) and the outlet (17) of the coupling means (14) being connected to the outlet (12) of the first reservoir (6) and to a supply tube (18) to the pump (19), respectively, if the exchangeable reservoir (8) is inserted into the iron, at least one of the inlets (15,16) of the coupling means (14) and/or the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8) being pr

Abstract: A filling orifice structure in a clothes pressing iron having a water reservoir, the structure having: an orifice body providing a filling orifice for filling the reservoir; a closing piece mounted for movement between an open position for opening said filling orifice and a closed position for closing the filling orifice; and at least one sealing joint overmolded onto the orifice body and disposed to provide a fluid seal between the body and the closing piece.

Abstract: An album page for displaying articles, such as photographs, includes an intermediate, preferably opaque, sheet and a pair of outer sheets made from a transparent plastic material. Die cuts are provided in the immediate sheet at a plurality of locations, and the two outer sheets are adhered to one another at the locations defined by the die cuts. The preferred album page does not use adhesives to bond either outer sheet to the intermediate sheet, and the die cut/seal areas are arranged to permit display of rectangular objects in either horizontal or vertical positions. The invention features an arrangement, which insures that horizontally displayed objects are supported on both sides of the bottom edge thereof to enhance the overall aesthetics of the filled page.

Abstract: Signs including electroluminescent lamps are described. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention the electroluminescent system has an electroluminescent lamp releasably and fixedly mateable with a slide connector to provide electrical energy for the light system.. The electroluminescent lamp includes a substrate, a rear electrode, a dielectric layer, a phosphor layer, a conductive layer, and a front electrode. The lamp further includes a tab interconnect tab portion, which receives the leads from the rear electrode and front electrode, and is configured to be releasably and fixedly mated with the connector.

Abstract: A channel letter has a rear surface for mounting against a raceway, wall, or a structure for supporting the signage, and sides defining the figuration of the letter of shape to be depicted. A lighting element is positioned against the rear surface of the enclosure, and a lens is retained to the open front of the enclosure. The lens may br retained by a plurality of retainers to a shoulder recessed within the walls of the enclosure. As a first alternative, the retainers may retain a lens without a shoulder where a sealing edging is fitted around the perimeter of the lens. As a second alternative a lens having dimensions greater than those of the enclosure may be retained across the forward end thereof.

Abstract: A hinged member consists of two parts joined by a first living hinge. An upstanding nib on one of the parts is in turn joined to the other part via a strip-like rigid panel. The panel is in turn joined along its side edges by second and third living hinges. Elasticity of the living hinges provides a biassing force for urging the parts towards a closed position. The member may be arranged to form a picture hanger or a picture frame element or a hinge for joining two substrates.

Abstract: An authorization system for a firearm includes a personal device worn by the authorized user, modifications to the firearm's fire control system, and an authorization control circuit carried in the backstrap of the firearm handle. The authorization control circuit controls the fire control system and communicates with the personal device. In particular, the authorization control circuit will send a first signal to the personal device via an ultrasonic transponder and wait for a coded response. If the personal device is worn by a user and is within range and properly oriented, it will respond to the first signal. If the correct coded response is not received, the authorization control circuit signals a bi-stable solenoid located near the trigger arm to move its plunger to an extended position where it will cam the edge of the trigger bar out of engagement with the sear when the trigger is pulled. Consequently, the trigger bar will not move the sear.

Abstract: Revolver frame and barrel assembly including a frame, a barrel shroud carrying a sight and keyed in sight alignment with the frame, and a generally cylindrical barrel having a rifled bore and extending through the barrel shroud and threadably engaged in the frame retaining the shroud in assembly with the frame. An assembly toot engaged with and complementing the rifling grooves in the barrel applies predetermined torque to the barrel to assemble it with the frame.

Abstract: An attachable grenade launcher is disclosed for installation on a rifle. The launcher has a grenade launching barrel that is pivotable about a stationary pin located near a muzzle of the barrel. The launcher also has a breech housing and a trigger assembly carried by the breech housing. The trigger assembly has a trigger and an impact plate. The launcher has a connection piece with a longitudinal slot. Th connection piece is integrally bound to the breech housing and carries the stationary pin. The connection piece circumferentially encapsulates the grenade launching barrel over at least a part of its length in such a manner that permits the grenade launching barrel to pivot about the stationary pin between a swung out position and a non-swung out position.

Abstract: A device facilitates adjustment of a sight on each of a variety of firearms having different calibers by providing a visible mark on a target when the device is placed within a chamber of any of the firearms. The device includes a housing, and a laser module energizeable within the housing to produce the mark at a position along a laser axis extending through the firearm's barrel. An outer sleeve fits snugly around at least a portion of the housing, and has an external shape sized to fit snugly within a chamber of predetermined caliber for one of the firearms. A power supply situated either within the housing or within the sleeve electrically energizes the laser module.

Abstract: An improved fishing lure employing a wire frame having first and second arms that extend in divergent directions with respect to each other. A fish attracting element and a hook are secured to one arm, and a spinner is attached to the other arm. The wire frame is formed of a nickel titanium alloy which provides flexibility and shape memory that are substantially greater than that provided by conventional stainless steel wire whereby when the lure is pulled through water, it has improved fish attracting action.

Abstract: A flying inspect trap includes large, multi-directional, oppositely facing ingress openings to elongated chambers housing UV lamps emitting insect attractant light. A disposable cartridge has two sections which mate together to form a container for a roll of adhesive trapping medium. The cartridge sections are opened and spread apart to fit beneath the UV lamps. A motor indexes the adhesive medium so that some unused portion is always available for trapping insects until the roll is exhausted. The spent roll is then rolled into one cartridge section externally; and the two cartridge sections are coupled together to encase the spent roll for disposal.

Abstract: A support that prevents crawling insects from accessing the structure that is being supported. The support includes a shaft having a base at one end and a platform for holding a load at the other end. A moat is positioned on the shaft below the platform, which prevents insects from crawling further upward and thereby accessing the load being supported. A shield that is slidably received by the shaft is positioned above the moat in order to prevent particulate from entering moat.

Abstract: A method for exterminating insects associated with destruction of agricultural crops, the method consisting of applying an aqueous killing solution formulation containing capsicum directly to the agricultural crop, particularly for controlling beetles, aphids, mites, flea beetles, cabbage seed pod weavils, glassy wing sharpshooters, striped cucumber beetles, spotted cucumber beetles, Colorado potato beetle, and flea beetles as well as laboratory-cultured D.

Abstract: A process for producing a fatty acid ester with a high yield from an oil or fat and an alcohol which comprises reacting an oil or fat with an alcohol in the presence of a solid base catalyst under conditions in which at least one of the oil or fat and the alcohol is in a supercritical state at a temperature exceeding 260° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for controlling plant and flower moisture transpiration and thereby extending the period of time in which cut flowers can be displayed before senescence produces a flower which has exceeded its aesthetic value.

Abstract: A two piece vase adapted to house flowers or a floral arrangement. An insert is adapted to be mounted in a chamber of a vase structure. The insert is not readily visible when inserted into the vase structure and provides a watertight seal. The insert is further easier to clean and provides a more convenient method of mounting the flowers into the vase.

Abstract: A floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, the sleeve having a base with side and bottom gussets for allowing expansion from a flattened position and method of using same. The sleeve may comprise a detachable upper portion, and a skirt portion.

Abstract: A reactor comprising a body made of a heat-resistant material and having an inlet and an outlet for water/moisture gas, having a gas-diffusing member provided in an internal space of the body, and having a platinum coating on an internal wall surface of the body. Hydrogen and oxygen fed from the inlet are diffused by the gas-diffusing member and then come into contact with the platinum coating to enhance reactivity, thereby producing water. A temperature of the reactor is held to be below an ignition temperature of hydrogen or a hydrogen-containing gas. The platinum-coated catalyst layer on the internal wall of the reactor body is formed by treating the surface of the internal wall of the body, cleaning the treated surface, forming a barrier coating of a nonmetallic material of an oxide or nitride on the wall surface, and forming the platinum coating on the barrier coating.

Abstract: A method of applying a decorative color to a thermoplastic strip suited for use to produce slats for blinds is characterized by the use of a heat sensitive printing paper of the type normally used to color the fabric material from which valances are generally made. By using that type of color transferring medium to color the thermoplastic slats it becomes possible, for instance, to manufacture blind slats having the same color as the fabric valance to be hung decoratively from the window for which the blind is to be installed. There is also disclosed a blind structure for attenuating the flapping noise produced when the slats enter in contact with each other.

Abstract: A horizontally sliding screen for door or French window apertures comprising a first module (1) containing a spring assisted roll-back mechanism (3, 4) fastened to a post of the aperture, a second abutment module (16) for a stiffening end bar (8) of the screen (7), fastened to the opposite post, upper (11) and lower (10) channel guides for the said end bar (8) and optionally for the edges of the extended screen (7), respectively fastened to the threshold and the upper crossbar of the aperture, further comprises a rope (21) whose ends are respectively fastened to said end bar (8) running inside and run inside the said channel guides (10, 11), and on pulleys (18, 19, 20) fitted inside said second abutment module (16); a sagging (A) of the said rope (21) loaded with a weight (P) suspended by means of a hook (22) between two of said pulleys lower than or equal to the force exerted by the spring (4) of said roll-back mechanism increased by an amount equal to the sum of the frictional forces acting on the sliding p

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable greenhouse structure comprising a base in the shape of a right-polygonal cylinder having a top and a bottom, wherein the base comprises a plurality of wall panels connected along abutting edges; a hemispherical roof attached to the top of the base, wherein the hemispherical roof has a polygonal hole in the apex thereof; and a polygonal panel having the same shape as the polygonal hole, wherein the polygonal panel is moveable between an open position and a closed position, and wherein the polygonal panel sealably covers the polygonal hole when in the closed position.

Abstract: A window screen system is described in which the screen or mesh periphery has secured to it a strip of hook and loop fastener material and the corresponding window frame has secured to it a mating strip of similar fastener material. The strip of fastener material on the outer edge of the mesh is aligned with and placed against the mating fastener strip which has been previously secured to the appropriate location on the window frame. Each side edge of the mesh can be stretched and then applied against the window frame, whereupon the mesh is held tightly in place on the window frame. No separate frame for the mesh is required. The mesh can be easily removed for cleaning, transport or storage.

Abstract: A trim for sealing joints between a horizontal surface and a vertical surface against water penetration has an elongated body with a front-side and a back-side. The front-side has a curvature having a convex part and a concave part that together forming a continuous curvature to channel the flow of water away from the joint. The back-side has at least two recesses for an adhesive-sealant application, where the first recess is used for adhering to the vertical wall and the second is used adhering to the joint. The trim can be made of ceramic or plastic.

Abstract: This application discloses a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet for installation under carpets or other decorative coverings and a covering module composed of a pre-attached decorative covering and anchor sheet which can be assembled by overlapping hook and loop attachment to an additional covering module to create a complete floor covering of carpet, tile, stone or other material and without attachment to a floor.

Abstract: A rigid tubular member of variable length and rectangular cross-section formed from aluminum or sheet steel stock adapted to be sized, flared and conjoined with at least one other rigid member to create a variety of tubular member frameworks for greenhouse construction, and the like. Each member is provided with a plurality of elongate, linear groovings, either located proximal to, or coincident with, the external and/or internal elongate seams of the member, with the inscribed sets of groovings are such being of a depth sufficient to facilitate separation under manual force of at least one, up to four, of the end sidewall segments, providing flared end segments, either disposed at right or acute angles, which segments are adapted to be fastened to another rigid member in any of several locations, along it, in the course of a framework erection.

Abstract: A fabricated structural beam (1), including a longitudinally extending top plate having a pair of longitudinally extending opposite edge regions (4), and a longitudinally extending cylindrical bottom tube (6) spaced from and extending parallel with the top plate (3) equidistant from the edge regions (4) of the top plate (3). A web plate (13) of generally V shape in transverse cross section provides a pair of web portions (12) and a bend portion 14 between the web portions (12). The bend portion (14) extends about the bottom tube (6) so that the bottom tube (6) nests along the web plate (13), and the web plate (13) is connected to the bottom tube (6) along opposite side regions (11) thereof. The web portions (12) extend one from each side of the bottom tube (6) to the top plate (3). Each web portion (12) has a longitudinally extending connection region connected along the top plate (3) adjacent a respective edge region (4) of the top plate (3).

Abstract: A reinforcement device 10, 110 may include at least one elongated reinforcement body 11, 111 having a longitudinal axis and at least one foamable member 30, 130 that produces a foamed product 35, 135 when heated. The foamable member 30, 130 is preferably disposed along the longitudinal axis of the reinforcement body 11, 111 so that the foamed product 35, 135 will extend along the longitudinal axis of the reinforcement body 11, 111. Preferably, the foamed product 35, 135 bonds the reinforcement body 11, 111 to a hollow structural member 1 in order to reinforce the hollow structural member 1.

Abstract: A fiberglass manhole adjustment ring comprising a fiberglass pipe and a self-centering lip attached to the edge of the pipe, and a method for installing the fiberglass manhole adjustment ring in an existing fiberglass manhole. The self-centering lip can either be attached to the interior edge of the pipe to form a sleeve or to the exterior edge of the pipe to form a collar. An interior self-centering lip, or sleeve, slides into an adjoining fiberglass manhole section while an exterior self-centering lip, or collar, slides over an adjoining manhole section. The manhole adjustment ring is inserted between the cone section and barrel section of an existing fiberglass manhole to accommodate changes in elevation of the surrounding grade level. The self-centering lip may also be used on manhole sections to enable field assembly of a manhole.

Abstract: A lower part 14L of a band way 14, which is incorporated in an arch unit 12, is separated from the other parts of the band way 14. A drive means (air cylinder) 35 supports the lower part 14L, allowing the same to move between a substantially horizontal initial position and an inclined position. A band 13 is released from the band way 14 when a packing operation starts. Thereafter, the lower part 14L is moved from the initial position to the inclined position and compressed air is applied to the guide surface 14a of the lower part 14L, thereby removing foreign matter from the band way 14. This sequence of removing foreign matter is performed in, for example, each cycle of packing operation.

Abstract: A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The sheet of material is extended about a portion of the floral holding material and a crimped portion is formed in the sheet of material with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the floral holding material to provide a decorative covering.

Abstract: Methods of making slide-zippered reclosable packages are provided. In one embodiment, a pair of opposing film extensions are provided on each package between which a zipper and slider are attached. In another embodiment, sliders are inserted on to zippered packages output from a form-fill-seal machine or the like. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and then a slider is inserted on to the zipper. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and a slider is inserted on to each zipper, either before or after zipper sealing.

Abstract: Methods of making slide-zippered reclosable packages are provided. In one embodiment, a pair of opposing film extensions are provided on each package between which a zipper and slider are attached. In another embodiment, sliders are inserted on to zippered packages output from a form-fill-seal machine or the like. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and then a slider is inserted on to the zipper. In yet another embodiment, during package formation a reclosable zipper is sealed to each package and a slider is inserted on to each zipper, either before or after zipper sealing.