Patent ID: 8074803
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. Flexible package for accommodating a multiplicity of articles, the package comprising at least a side wall having a side seam, the side wall having further an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein at least one gusset is formed in the side wall, the at least one gusset comprising an internal panel being covered by an external panel, the external panel comprising an upper edge lying adjacent the upper edge of the side wall, wherein the upper edge of the external panel extends over the whole width of the side wall; wherein the side wall comprises an aperture through the external panel of the gusset, the aperture being bounded by an aperture edge, the aperture edge having an upper portion spaced downwardly apart from said upper edge of said external panel, a pair of spaced-apart lines of weakness in said side wall, each line of weakness beginning at the aperture edge and extending downward from the aperture edge toward said lower edge, said lines of weakness defining a tearaway portion of the side wall, the tearaway portion comprising a lower portion of the aperture edge; wherein the lines of weakness and the tearaway portion are adapted to create an opening in the side wall by tearing away of the tearaway portion in a direction toward said lower edge, wherein one or more articles from the multiplicity of articles can be removed from the package through the opening, wherein the side wall further comprises a first strap defined in part by said upper edge of said external panel and said upper portion of said aperture edge, and a second strap comprising a portion of the internal panel, the first and second straps remaining substantially in place relative to the side wall when the tearaway portion is torn away.