Patent ID: 7789291

Claim:
A packaging article including a flap for opening and reclosing the packaging article, the packaging article comprising: a flexible packaging material comprising the flap and a plurality of slits defining at least a portion of a boundary of the flap, wherein the plurality of slits are substantially parallel to and spaced from one another and have a length dimension such that when applying to the flap a tearing force directed substantially perpendicularly to the length dimensions of the plurality of slits the flap can be opened by the tearing force tearing the flexible packaging material between the plurality of slits, wherein the plurality of slits are arranged such that the length dimensions are oriented in a substantially perpendicular direction in relation to the tearing force when opening the packaging article by the flap; and a label, wherein a first portion of the label is affixed to a portion of the flap, and wherein a second portion of the label is adapted to be repeatedly removably adhered to a portion of the flexible packaging material adjacent the flap such that the flap can be opened and reclosed.