CA1268743A

CA1268743A - Extruded zipper strips for bags

Info

Publication number: CA1268743A
Application number: CA000512885A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Steven Ausnit
Original assignee: Minigrip Inc
Current assignee: Minigrip Inc
Priority date: 1985-12-23
Filing date: 1986-07-02
Publication date: 1990-05-08
Also published as: FR2591871B1; DE3643539A1; CA1268743C; JPH0436943B2; JPS6355061A; CA1277964C; FR2591871A1; DE3643539C2

Abstract

ABSTRACT
A bag has a reclosable zipper between wall panels and extending between side edges at the top end of the bag, the zipper comprising a continuous length of extruded profile plastic strip folded upon itself for zipper closing interengagement of its profile parts, the profile strip portions being spot welded together at the fold in the strip which may be at one of the side edges of the bag, such as a fold in the material which provides the walls of the bag.
The strip may be notched out to facilitate folding.
Bydifferential mass, or differential spacing, or tilted biasing of profile parts of the zipper strip, and provision of a laterial flange of substantial width on the strip not only is interlocking of the profile parts facilitated, but an expedient is provided for restraining opening of the zipper by internal bag pressures, while permitting relatively easy opening of the bag from the outside, i.e.
the top or mouth end of the bag. Visual determination of orientation of one of a plurality of profile parts of the folded zipper is provided for.

Description

SPECIFICA~ION
Thi~ ln~entlon relat~- to the ~t of b~g~ equlpped wlth r~olo3able oxtruded ~l~sti~ zlpper~.
~ hereto~ore aon4truot~d, extruded zlpp~r equipp~

~g~ h~v0 gen-r~lly be~n provided wtth ~epAr~t~ zipper strips having complementary profiles whioh are ~epar~ble enterenga~ab1e. ~hl~ has req~lr~d producing and han~llng two sep~rate zlpper ~trlp~ ln the bag makln~ ~rooe~s ~here the str~p~ are ~parably formed and attaohed to the bsg body ~heet or web materlal. On the other h~nd, where the proflle are lntegrally extr~ded wlth the fll~, lt ha~ been req~ire~ to extrude ~eparate complementary proflle portlon~
of the zlpper on ~epar~te panels or p~nel portlons of a bag maklng ~ilm.

ln a recent development a~ covered ~n the eopen~ing ~pplicstlon o Ch~l~tof~ and Au~nit, Cane~l~n Serlal No. 508,374, ~ d M~y 5, 1986, ~nd a~lgned to the sama a~lgnee as the present ~ppllcation, it has been propo~ed to provld~ zlpp~r8 form~d ~rom extrud~ proflled continuou strlp~ folded upon themselves 80 that the proflles on the folded 8tr~ p portlon~ lnterlock to provl~e reclogable zlpperg for ~ag8. In th~t ~ppllo~tion it ha~
also been proposed to notch out the zipper profllcs ~t the fold in the ~ip to facilltate folding o~ the zlpper strip portions upon t~em~elve~. HowevAr, there has been ~ome `~.;

12~374;3 problem at the zipper fold in that memory factor of the plastic material tends to spread the fold which may cause a leakage problem at that point. Such leakage may be either of contents from within the bag, or intrusion of foreign matter including air into the bag.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to gain the advantages of the folded zipper concept and cure the open fold problem.
Another object of the invention is to provide a folded zipper arrangement having means for restraining opening of the zipper due to pressures generated within the associated b2g.
Still another object of the invention is to provide new and improved means in a reclosable zipper structure for identifying correct assembly of the zipper with bag forming material.
In a desirable embodiment, the present invention provides a bag having confronting bag body wall panels, opposite side edges, a bottom end and a top end, and including a reclosable zipper sandwiched between the wall panels and extending between the side edges adjacent to said top end. The zipper comprises a continuous length of extruded profiled plastic strip having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts and being folded upon itself to provide two parallel strip portions extending from a fold. One of said strip portions is attached to one of the wall panels, and the ~j8743 other strip portion, which is a continuation of said one strip portion, is attached to the other of the wall panels.
The profile parts on the strip portions are releasably interlockable for closing the top end of the bag. The fold is located at one of the side edges. The strip portions are spot sealed together at the fold.
The present invention also provides a method of making a bag having confronting bag body wall panels, opposite side edges, a bottom end and a top end, and including providing a reclosable zipper between said wall panels and extending between side edges adjacent to said top end, said zipper comprising a continuous length of extruded profiled plastic strip having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts and being folded upon itself to provide two parallel strip portions extending from a fold, attaching one of said strip portions to one of said wall panels and attaching the other strip portion to the other of said wall panels, releasably interlocking the profile parts on said one strip portion with the profile parts on the other strip portion for closing said top end of the bag, locating said fold at one of said side edges, and spot sealing said strip portions together at said fold.
ON THE DRAWINGS
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent from the following description of respresentative embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompany drawing, although variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts embodied in the disclosure, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a bag embodying the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sectional ~;~68743 detail view taken substantially along the line II-II of FIG. l;
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing how bag making material for the present invention may be made;
FIG. ~ is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration showing a modified way of producing bag making material for the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially along the line VI-VI in FIG. l;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional detail view similar to FIG. 6, but showing the zipper in an alternative interlocked enterengagement;
FIG, 8 is a schematic illustration of a manner of extruding zipper strips in a mass production manner;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional detail view of a modified form of the zipper strip;
FIG. 10 is a fragmental, enlarged sectional detail view showing another modified form of the zipper strip;
FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG 10, but showing still another modified form of the zipper strip;

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary perspective view of bag making material showing a still further modification of the zipper strip;
FIG. 13 iS an enlarged sectional detail view taken substantially along the line XIII-XIII in FIG.
12;
FIG. 14 iS a fragmentary perspective view of ba~ making material, similar to FIG. 12, but showing a modification thereof;
FIG. lS is an enlarged sectional detail view taken substantially along the line XV-XV in FIG. 4;
FIG. 16 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially along the line XVI-XVI
in FIG. 14;
FIG. 17 is a fragmentary perspective view of bag making material, similar to FIG. 14, but showing still another modification;
FIG. 18 is an enlarged sectional detail view taken substantially along the line XVIII-XVIII in FIG.
17; and FIG. 19 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially along the line XIX-XIX
in FIG. 17.
Referring to FIG. 1, a bag 10 has confronting wall panels 11 which may be made from any suitable sheet material but in a popular form may comprise plastic film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or ~8743 the like, either in single thickness material or a laminate where the desirable characteristics of different plastic materials are desired, according to conventional practice.
The panels 11 are connected together along opposite side edges 12 and 13 and along a bottom end 14. At its upper end, the bag 10 has a top opening 15 best visualized in FIG. 6. The side edge 12 may be a fold juncture while the side edge 13 and bottom end 14 lG may be heat seal seamed closed.
A reclosable zipper 17 is sandwiched between the upper portions of the wall panels 11 and extends lengthwise between the side edges 12 and 13. The æipper 17 comprises a continuous length of extruded profiled plastic strip having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts, in this instance comprising two parts 18 and 19. The strip is folded upon itself to provide confronting complementary portions 20, which extend from a fold 21. One of the zipper portions 20 is attached to one of the wall panels 11 and the other of the portions 20 is attached to the other of the wall portions 11. Desirably the zipper strip fold 21 is located in the folded side 12 of the bag 10. The zipper profile parts 17 and 19 are releasibly interengagable with one another for closing the top opening 15.
In order to retain the folded zipper strip 74~

portions 20 against springing open at the fold 21, the strip portions 20 are spot sealed together as shown at 21a; as visualized in FIGS. 1 and 2. Where the material of the bag wall panels 11 is fusibly compatible with ~he material of the zipper strips 17, the portions of the wall panels contiguous to the fold spot seal 21a may be fusibly sealed to the spot seal 21a. In addition, the opposite, originally free ends of the zipper strip portions 20 are desirably spot sealed together as shown at 22. The spot seal 22 may extend inwardly from the heat sealed closure seam 13.
In an efficient arrangement, the zipper strip 17 comprises a flanged base 23 secured either by fusion or adhesively to the bag wall panels 11. From one face of the base 23 the profile parts 18 and 19 project integrally in spaced parallel relation. The profile part 18 has a curved neck 24 topped by an arrow shaped head 25. On the other hand, the profile part 19 has a curved neck 27 and an arrow shaped head 28. In order to facilitate separable interlocking interengagement of the profile parts of the folded zipper strip, the necks 24 and 27 are formed on approximately a common radius and are spaced apart sufficiently to provide a groove 29 receptive of one of the profile part heads 25 or 28 as the case may be. At their confronting sides, the heads 25 and 28 are spaced apart a substance somewhat greater than the thickness of the necks 24 and 27, but 1~8743 less than the overall width of either of the respective heads 25 and 28. Thereby , the respective profile part heads can engage within the groove 29 of the co~panion folded zipper strip portion as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. In FIG. 6 the profile part head 28 is engaged in the groove 29 of one of the zipper strip portions 20 and the head 25 is enyaged in the gro~ve 29 ~f the other zipper strip portion 20. As shown in FIG. 7, just the reverse enterengagement of the heads within the grooves prevails. In either event, the zipper is thoroughly closed. Both in the closing manuever and in the separating manuever, the necks 24 and 27 enable resilient flexing of the profile parts for the heads 25 and 28 to pass one another.
In order to provide for thorough resistance to opening of the zipper due to pressures within the bag 10, without inhibiting the opening of the bag by opening manuever applied at the outside of the bag opening 15, the zipper profile part 18 is constructed stiffer than the part 19 by a somewhat greater mass in at least the profile head 25, and desirably also in the connecting neck 24. This stiffening of the profile rib parts 18 also facilitates interengagement of the zipper portions to assure that the profile part 18 of the folded strip always engages with itself in mutually resistive fashion relative to pressure from the inside of the bag tending to separate the zipper.

Desirably, the zipper base flange 23 extends to both sides of the zipper profile parts, a flange portion 30 which is relatively narrow extending toward the inside of the bag. A flange portion 31 which may be substantially wider extends outwardly toward the top of the bag, and together with the upper portions of the bag side walls 11 provides respective pull flanges which project outwardly from the zipper 17 and facilitate grasping to pull the æipper open when desired. The zipper 17 is easily closed by applying pressure inwardly on the side wall panels in line with the zipper.
By having one of the flange portions 30 or 31, and in this instance the flange portion 31, extending to a substantial width beyond the profile parts 18 and 19, manipulation and attachment of the zipper strip 17 is facilitated. Another advantage of the wider flange portion 31 is that it facilitates folding of the zipper strip 17 upon itself because the web portion 31 allows more readily for the shift in the profiles 18 and 19 when they are folded on each other, and the slipping of the profiles into locking enterengagement.
In producing bag material, as indicated in FIG. 3, a continuous ribbon of bag wall web W may be provided. Across the width of the web W, and at suitable bag length intervals therealong, the zipper strips 17 are attached to the web in any suitable ~87~3 fashion, such as by heat sealing where that is feasible or by means of adhesive, all according to known techniques. Each of the zipper strips 17 may be notched at 32 to facilitate folding of the zipper strip when each bag section is separated from the ribbon W as along a line 33 and then folded along the bag side edge line 12.
The zipper strips 17 may be economically produced in a mass production manner by extruding a plurality of the strips in a tubular extrusion 34 (FIG.

8). For example, eight of the zipper strips 17 may be produced in the one extrusion 34 and the extrusion separated along longitudinal lines 35 to divide the same into individual zipper strips 17.
Where it is preferred to produce the web and the zipper profile as a one piece extrusion, the arrangement shown in FIG. 5 may be employed wherein the web ribbon W' has zipper 17' integrally extending lengthwise therealong. The overall width of the web W' will be the same as the desired length of the bags to be made from the web. Then the web is divided into sections as shown which are equivalent to twice the width of the bags to be made therefrom, with each of the bag sections being folded along the line 37 extending through a notch 32' in the zipper strip to facilitate folding. Of course, if it is preferred to supply ~he web W' with the zipper 17' separately fabricated, that may be done, tha zipper 17' being either secured by heat sealing or adhesively, as may be preferred. The end result will be the same as the bag sections dervied from the web W in FIG. 3, namely, each bag material section will result in a bag such as the bag lO in FIG. 1.

For larger size bags and which may be required to handle large volume contents, a zipper 38 (FIG. 9) may be provided having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts greater than two. For example, five profile parts 39 are shown carried by a base panel strip 40. In this instance, the profile part 39 along one edge of the base 40 has a nect 41 and an arrow shaped head 42 which is of greater mass than necks 43 and arrow heads 44 of the remaining profile parts. It will be appreciated that the zipper strip 38 is adapted to be used in the same manner as the zipper strip 17. That is, the zipper strip 38 is secured to the bag body web, and may be notched, and folded upon itself in the same manner. The heavier or greater mass section profile apart 41, 42 will be located at the inside of the bag and thus A~

lZ~i~743 resist opening of the zipper due to internal pressures within the bag.

Where the zippers are prefabricated and then assembled with prefabricated film or web, and one side of the zipper in each instance is equipped to provide internal bag pressure resistance as has been described, it is important that the side of the zipper which is so equipped be properly placed when attaching the zipper to the web.

Such proper placement, is visually determinable by ready identification of the resistance equipped side of the zipper, that is, the side which is provided by the heavier section profile parts 24, 25 (Figs. 6 and 7) and 41, 42 (Fig. 9) as previously described herein.

In FIG. 10, there is shown another zipper 47 wherein a single strip is folded upon itself and secured to opposite wall panels 48 of a bag. In this construction, C~

37~3 which comprises four generally arrowshaped profiles on a base panel strip 49, there is on the side which is at the mouth end of the bag a side flange 50 which is of substantial width, and not only provides together with the contiguous portions of the bag walls 48 a substantial pull flange, but also facilitates attachment of the components and facilitates folding of the zipper on itself. The three profiles 51 which are closest to the pull flange 50 have groove spaces 52 between them which are all equal but somewhat wider than the width of the arrowhead rib portions of the profiles. On the other hand, a spacing groove 53 between a fourth, innermost profile 54 and the adJ'acent profile 51 is marrower than the groove spaces 52, but just wide enough to accommodate the rib head of the profile 54. In this manner, the lateral flanges of the rib head of the profile 54 will in each instance oppose to a maximum extent the head flanges of the profiles 51 and 54 alongside the groove space 53 A~

into which the opposite profile 54 is assembled when closing the zipper 47 by interlocking the profiles. In contrast, lesser rib head flange surface opposition exists in the groove spaces 52. As a result, the innermost profile 54 affords substantially greater resistance to separation from separating forces which may develop at the inside of the bag, as compared to separating forces applied to the zipper 47 at the outerside of the bag by manipulation of the pull flanges 50.
In another arrangement as shown in FIG. 11, a zipper 55 has opposite zipper strip bases 57 which are secured to opposite wall panels 58 of a bag.
Substantially wider flange portions 59 along the outer sides of the zipper strip bases 57 cooperate with the mouth end portions of the bag wall panels 58, and provide substantial pull flanges, as well as the additional advantages of facilitating attachment of the zipper to the wall panels and folding of the zipper strip on itself. In this instance, there are four generally arrowshaped zipper profiles on each base strip 57, comprising three identical profiles 60 inwardly from the flange portions 59, and a fourth generally arrowshaped profile 61 at the inner side of each base strip 57. All of the profiles 60 and 61 of the zipper 55 are, in this instance, equally spaced from one another and define grooves 60a between the profiles 60 and a respective groove 61a between each of the profiles 61 and the adjacent profile 60. Greater resistance to opening due to forces from within the bag is achieved by tilting or biasing the arrowhead of each of the innermost profiles 61 toward the adjacent profile 60, by curving necks 62 of the profiles 61 toward the adjcent profile 60.
Through this arrangement, when the profiles are interlocked, a side flange 63 on the profile 61 in groove 61a interlocks with an ad~acent side flange 64 of the nearest profile 60 to close to a neck 65 of the profile 60. Thereby forces interiorly of the bag tending to separate the zipper are resisted by the interengagement of the side flanges 63 and 64. On the other hand. the normal interengagemsnt of the opposing head side flanges of the profiles 60 permits easier opening of the zipper at the mouth end of the bag as may be effected by manipulation of the pull flanges 59.
Another advantage of the tilted relation of the profile 61 relative to the other profiles is that is provides visual differentiation, or recoqnition, of profile 61 from especially the adjacent profile 60. Therefore, when assem-bling the prefabricated zipper with prefabricated film or web, it can be readily determined which side of the zipper is to be placed in the position of internal bag pressure resistanceO
A zipper strip 67, as depicted in FIGS. 12 and 13, is secured to and across the bag mouth end of bag panels 68 formed from a single sheet of bag material adapted to be folded upon itself along a longitudinal line 69 to bring the panels 68 together in forming a bag. This fold line 69 intersects the zipper strip 67 so that profiles 70 of the zipper strip will interengage or separably interlock as shown in FIG. 13. At the fold 69, as well as at the opposite ~,tj87~3 interlocked ends of the folded zipper strip 67, the zipper strip may be secured together by spot heat sealing, similarly as described at 21 and 22 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
Generally, like FIGS. 10 and 11, the zipper strip 67 has four arrowshaped profiles 70 which, in this instance, are of the same geometry and equally spaced from one another and are located inwardly from a flange portion 71 of substan'ial width of base panel 72.
To render the folded zipper 67 capable of resisting opening from the inside of the bag to a substantially greater extent relative to opening from the outer or mouth end of the bag, at which the flange portion 71 serves as part of pull flange structure 74 of the bag, only the flange portion 71 is attached to pull flange end portions 75 of the bag wall panels 68. Thereby, the wall panels 68 are flexibly divertible along hinges 77 relative to the zipper 67.
It will be observed that the hinges 77 are spaced from the outermost of the profiles 70. As a result, the bag walls 68 may balloon without placing any significant opening force on the zipper 67. On the other hand, the zipper 67 can be easily opened by manipulating the pull flanges 74.
For greater resilient flexibility, the base 72 may be provided with indented grooves 78 extending 1~i874;~

longitudinally along the base 72 in alignment with the respective neck portions of the arrowshaped profiles 70.
As shown in FIG. 14, bag making material similar to that shown in FIG. 12 may comprise bag wall sheet with material 79 of any preferred type suitable for the intended purpose and adapted to be folded along a longitudinal line 80 to provide bag wall panels 81 adapted to be folded upon themselves and sealed along the joined longitudinal edges and then severed into bag length sections from a continuous strip of the material. Along the end of the sheet 79 to form the top reclosable end of a bag, a zipper strip 82 is secured. This zipper strip 82 is of a continuous length and extends across the entire width of both of the panels 81, and when the sheet 79 is folded along the line 80, the zipper strip 82 is similarly folded upon itself along that line which extends across the zipper strip. In this instance, the zipper strip 82 comprises a base 83 carrying three generally arrowshaped profiles 8~ extending therealong, and which are interlockably separably interengagable when the zipper strip is folded upon itself.
Attachment of the zipper strip 82 to the sheet 79 is in a manner to resist opening of the zipper from the inside of the bag to a substantially greater extent relative to opening from the outer or mouth end of the bag into which the material is to be formed. And for this purpose, the entire face of the base 83 which opposes one of the panels 81 may be secured as by heat sealing or adhesive means 85 (as indicated by stippling in FIG. 14). Such securement includes a pull flange portion 87. On the other of the panels 81, only the pull flange portion 87 of the zipper strip 82 is secured to such panel by ~he securement means 85, the remainder of the zipper base 83 remaining unattached as shown in FIG. 16. In the finished bag, this affords stress relief avoiding opening of the closed zipper due to internal pressures within the bag.
The construction in FIG. 17 is similar to the construction in FIG. 14, and therefore primed reference numerals are applied in FIG. 17 to identify substantially similar parts. As noted, a film or sheet 79' in a continuous ribbon or strip of desired width to be formed into successive bag sections is arranged to be divided longitudinally along a line 80' to provide panels 81' to be folded onto themselves and then secured together at their longitudinal edges. A zipper strip 82' having a base 83' and generally arrowshaped profiles 84' extends across the sheet 79' at the place which will provide the top or reclosable end of a bag when the material is folded upon itself, including the strip 82' wherein the profiles 84' are releasably interlockable. Along what will be the top of the bag, j8743 the strip 82' has a pull flange extension 87' which is secured by means 85' to the bag wall sections 81'. In this instance, the zipper strip 82' has an inward lateral flange extension 88 projecting in the opposite direction from the flange 87'. The flange 88 may be secured by means 89 such as heat sealing or adhesive, to one of the panels81' but, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, remain unsecured to the other of the panels 81' as shown in FIGS. 17 and 19. This serves to relieve the closed zipper from internal pressures within the ultimate bag which might tend to open the zipper from the inside. It will be observed that except for the securing means 85' and 89, the base portion of the zipper strip 82', including the flange 88, remains unattached to the sheet 79'.
It will be understood that variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the present invention.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1 A bag having confronting bag body wall panels, opposite side edges, a bottom end and a top end, and including:
a reclosable zipper sandwiched between said wall panels and extending between side edges adjacent to said top end;
said zipper comprising a continuous length of extruded profiled plastic strip having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts and being folded upon itself to provide two parallel strip portions extending from a fold;
one of said strip portions being attached to one of said wall panels and the other strip portion being attached to the other of said wall panels;
the profile parts on said one strip portion being releasably interlockable with the profile parts on said other strip portion for closing said top end of the bag;
said fold being located at one of said side edges; and a spot seal securing said strip portions together at said fold.

2. A bag according to claim 1, wherein said profile parts have arrow shaped heads connected by resiliently flexible necks to said zipper strips, adjacent sides of said heads defining with the associated necks a groove receptive of a head of the companion zipper strip portion in interlocked relation with said adjacent sides of the heads.

3. A bag according to claim 2, wherein said profile parts along the side of the folded zipper strip portions at the inside of the bag have means for resisting opening of the zipper due to forces within the bag, but permitting relatively easy opening by forces applied for opening the zipper from the top end of the bag.

4. A bag according to claim 3, wherien said means for resisting opening comprises a greater mass and stiffness of the profile part at the inner side of the bag.

5. A bag according to claim 3, wherein said profile parts comprise at least three spaced profiles, and wherein the profile at the inner side of the bag is spaced more closely relative to the next adjacent profile than the remaining profiles are spaced apart.

6. A bag according to claim 3, wherein said profile parts are generally arrowshaped, and said means for resisting opening comprising the arrowshaped profile at the inner side of the bag tilted toward the adjacent arrowshape profile.

7. A bag according to claim 1, including means for resisting opening of the zipper from the inside of the bag and which comprises means attaching said strip portions to said wall panels along the side of the zipper adjacent to said top end, and at least major areas of the remainder of the strip portions being free from said wall panels.

8. A bag according to claim 1, including means fully attaching said one strip portion to said one of said wall panels, and means attaching the other of said strip portions to the other of said wall panels only along a narrow area of said other strip portion adjacent to said bag top end while the remaining area of said one strip portion remains free from the other of said wall panels.

9. A bag according to claim 1, including means for attaching to said one of the wall panels the opposite sides of said one of said strip portions, the area of said one strip portion between said attached sides of said one strip portion being free from attachment to said one wall panel, and the other of said strip portions being free from the other of said wall panels except along the side of said other strip portion which is adjacent to said bag top end.

10. A bag according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said top end of the bag has pull flanges for assisting in opening said zipper, and said strip portions have lateral flanges forming part of the pull flanges.

11. A bag according to claim 1, wherein one of said profile parts has means for indicating positioning of a particular side of the profile strip relative to said top end.

12. A bag according to claim 11, wherein said one profile part tilts toward the next adjacent part.

13. A bag according to claim 11, wherein said one profile part is of substantially greater mass than a next adjacent profile.

14. A bag according to claim 1, wherein said profile parts at one side of the strip are adjacent to the top end of the bag and the other side of the strip is at the inner side of the bag, said profile parts being of arrow shape, and the profile parts at said other side of the strip being more closely spaced than the profiles at said one side of the strip so that in the folded strip substantially greater force is required to separate the profiles at said other side of the folded strip than required to separate the profiles at said one side of the folded strip.

15. A bag according to claim 1, wherein one side of the zipper strip is located adjacent to the top end of the bag and the other side of the strip is located at the inner side of the bag, all of said profile parts being of generally arrow shape and having arrow head profile portions connected to a base by a respective stem, and the profile part at said other side of the strip having its stem biased toward the next adjacent profile so that, in the folded strip, separation of the profiles by forces from the inside of the bag will be resisted to a greater extent than forces applied for separating the profiles from the outside of the bag.

16. A bag according to claim 1, wherein one of said profile parts which is common to both of said strip portions is visible differentiated from an adjacent profile part so that as folded together a preferred orientation of the respective portions of said one profile part on said strip portions can be visually determined.

17. A bag according to claim 16, wherein said one profile part is visually differentiated by being titled toward a profile part adjacent thereto.

18. A bag according to claim 17, wherein said one profile part is at the side of said zipper which faces towards said bottom end of the bag.

19. A bag according to claim 17, wherein said one profile part is of generally arrow shape in cross section and has a curving neck.

20. A bag according to claim 16, wherein said one profile part is of generally arrow shape cross section and has a curving neck which effects a tilted relation of said one profile part toward the nearest adjacent profile part.

21. A bag according to claim 16, wherein said one profile part is of substantially greater mass than an adjacent profile part.

22. A bag according to claim 2 or 16, wherein said zipper strip has a base portion with a flange extension of substantial width along one side of the strip.

23. A method of making a bag having confronting bag body wall panels, opposite side edges, a bottom end and a top end, and including providing a reclosable zipper between said wall panels and extending between side edges adjacent to said top end, said zipper comprising a continuous length of extruded profiled plastic strip having a plurality of spaced parallel profile parts and being folded upon itself to provide two parallel strip portions extending from a fold;
attaching one of said strip portions to one of said wall panels and attaching the other strip portion to the other of said wall panels;

releasably interlocking the profile parts on said one strip portion with the profile parts on the other strip portion for closing said top end of the bag;
locating said fold at one of said side edges; and spot sealing said strip portions together at said fold.

24. A method according to claim 23, which comprises securing said profiled plastic zipper strip across the length of a bag wall web, separating a bag length section of the web including said zipper strip from the web, folding the web upon itself and thereby providing one bag side edge at the fold; securing the bottom and opposite side edges of the folded web section and thereby providing a bag having said bag body wall panels, side edges, bottom end and top end, and after the folding effecting said spot sealing of the strip portions at said fold.

25. A method according to claim 23 or 24, comprising notching said profile parts intermediate the length of said strip and aligned with the fold in the web.

26. A method according to claim 23, which comprises securing said profiled plastic zipper strip lengthwise of a bag making material web, separating a bag length section of the web including said zipper strip from the web; folding the web upon itself and thereby providing one bag side edge at the fold securing the bottom and opposite side edges of the folded web section and thereby providing the bag having said bag body wall panels, side edges, bottom end and top end; and after the folding effecting said spot sealing of the strip portions at said fold.

27. A method according to claim 26, comprising notching said profile parts intermediate the length of said strip and aligned with the fold in the web.

28. A method according to claim 23, comprising attaching said strip portions to said wall panels along the side of the zipper adjacent to said top end, and leaving at least the major areas of the remainder of the strip portions free from said wall panels, so that the zipper resists opening from the inside of the bag.

29. A method according to claim 28, comprising attaching the inner side of one of said strip portions to one of said wall panels while leaving the remainder of said one strip portion between the inner and outer side attachments thereof free from said one panel portion, and leaving the remainder of the other said strip portions free from said other wall panel.

30. A method according to claim 28, comprising attaching all of one of said strip portions to one of said wall panels and leaving the area of the other of said strip portions inwardly from said outer side free from said other wall panel.