Patent ID: 6394340
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A liquid-tight package defining an interior storage space comprising:a front wall; a rear wall opposing the front wall; a pair of opposing side walls; a bottom wall; a top wall opposing the bottom wall; a seal wall contiguous with the top wall and extending from a juncture of the top wall and the seal wall, the seal wall having an edge thereof opposite the juncture, the seal wall being sealed to the front wall at an exterior surface of the front wall; the opposing side walls being formed from a plurality of side wall panels, the side wall panels being contiguous with and connected to adjacent, respective panels defining the front wall, the rear wall, the bottom wall, the top wall and the seal wall, the side wall panels further being contiguous with and connected to adjacent side wall panels; and at least one line of weakness formed in the top wall, the line of weakness extending from the seal wall at the edge into the top wall and defining a cover portion, the cover portion being formed from a portion of the seal wall and a portion of the top wall, wherein when the top wall and seal wall are separated along the line of weakness, the cover portion is separable from the package, at least in part, to define an open area for accessing the interior storage space of the package, the front wall defining a cut-out portion disposed such that the seal wall overlies the entirety of the cut-out portion when the package is constructed.