Patent ID: 6948652

Claim:
A package having an upstanding edge, openable, in part to provide access to an interior of the package, the package including a clip element having first and second opposing, facing webs each of the web adapted to be disposed on either side of the edge, each of the webs having first and second ends, the clip element including means for connecting the webs to one another at their respective second ends, a flexible hinge joining the webs to one another, the flexible hinge extending substantially between the first and second ends, and an extension extending from one of the webs proximal to the first end in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the web, the extension being configured for insertion into a passage formed in the edge, the extension defining a pivot axis, the other of the webs including a receiving element for receiving the extension to secure the first and second webs to one another, wherein the clip is pivotable about the pivot axis, substantially perpendicular to the edge, between a first position in which the clip covers the package edge and a second position in which the clip uncovers the package edge for opening a portion of the package edge, the pivot axis being spaced from the respective second ends of the webs.