Patent ID: 8876383
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible film package containing a food product, the package comprising: a body having a bottom end including a bottom seal, a top end including a top seal, a longitudinal axis passing through the top and bottom ends, and a side wall connecting the top and bottom ends and enclosing an interior; a primary line of weakness formed in the side wall, the primary line of weakness including a plurality of score lines spaced apart by non-scored portions of the side wall; and a pair of spaced, substantially parallel secondary lines of weakness formed in the side wall, each secondary line of weakness including a plurality of score lines spaced apart by non-scored portions of the side wall, each of the non-scored portions between the score lines of the primary line of weakness having a greater length than each of the non-scored portions between the score lines of the secondary lines of weakness, each of the score lines of the primary line of weakness having at least one of a greater length, width, and depth than each of the score lines of the secondary lines weakness, each of the non-scored portions between the score lines of the primary line of weakness having a greater length than a combined length of at least two of the score lines of the secondary lines of weakness, the primary line of weakness being configured to propagate a tear through the side wall, at least one of the secondary lines of weakness being configured to propagate the tear through the side wall if the tear deviates from the primary line of weakness.