Patent ID: 9745104
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B31B,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A flexible package, comprising: a plurality of panels that cooperate to define an interior volume of the package, the plurality of panels being defined by a first sheet and comprising: an opening defined in at least one of the first panel, the second panel, or the third panel of the first sheet; a second sheet attached to the first sheet in (i) the at least one of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel in which the opening is defined and (ii) a panel adjacent to the at least one of the first panel, the second panel or the third panel in which the opening is defined; and wherein, the second sheet comprises a line of reduced strength defining a reclosable flap formed by a portion of the second sheet that is separable from a remaining portion of the second sheet, the reclosable flap being pivotable between a first position in which the reclosable flap overlies the opening in the first sheet and a second position in which the reclosable flap is disposed away from the opening in the first sheet such that the opening is exposed, and wherein the second sheet is attached to less than an entirety of the first sheet and the second sheet has a width that is wider than a width of the reclosable flap and the reclosable flap has a width that is wider than a width of the opening in the first sheet; and one or more corners formed by the first sheet at one or more terminal ends of at least one of the first boundary line and the second boundary line; and one or more corner reliefs defined by the second sheet, each of the one or more corner reliefs receiving the one or more corners.