US Patent Issued to S. C. JOHNSON & SON on April 15 for "Reclosable bag having a loud sound during closing" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,561, issued on April 15, was assigned to S. C. JOHNSON & SON INC. (Racine, Wis.).

"Reclosable bag having a loud sound during closing" was invented by James C. Pawloski (Bay City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zipper for a reclosable bag includes an elongated groove profile having two arms which form a general U-shape to define an opening to a channel, and an elongated rib profile opposing the groove profile. A plurality of first segments of the rib profile alternate with a plurality of second segments of the rib profile to create a structural discontinuity along a length thereof. During interlocking of the groove and rib prof...