Patent ID: 8152376
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package comprising a tear initiation for forming an opening, the tear initiation extending from a first location on a first panel of the package to a corner edge being in common with the first panel and a second panel of the package, the tear initiation further extending a first distance along the corner edge, from the corner edge to the second panel and back from the second panel to the corner edge, a second distance along the corner edge, and from the corner edge to a second location on the first panel, the tear initiation defining a first portion of the opening on the first panel and a second portion of the opening on the second panel, the first and second portions being adjacent one another at the corner edge, the length of the first portion along the corner edge being greater than the length of the second portion along the corner edge, the first panel having a convex curvature outwardly of the package and at the corner edge, and the second panel having a concave curvature inwardly of the package at the corner edge, and a first inclined fold line on one side of the second portion extending from the tear initiation defining the second portion to the corner edge, and a second inclined fold line, on the opposite side of the second portion, extending from the tear initiation defining the second portion to the corner edge, whereby two flap portions are defined on the second panel between the fold lines and the tear initiation.