Patent ID: 7097092

Claim:
A package for a flowable, dry food product, the package comprising: an outer, generally rectangular prismatic cardboard box, comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, two opposed front and back panels, and opposed side panels extending between the front and back panels, a line of perforations extending across the top panel, diagonally downwardly and across each side to the end, and transversely across the end, so that the removable portion include a part of the top panel of the box, the sides of the box, and one end of the box, the removable portion when removed leaving an opening that includes a portion of the top panel less than the length of the front and back panels; an inner bag inside the box, the top of the bag having a reclosable opening extending across only a portion of the top, generally corresponding in length to the length of the opening the reclosable portion comprising mating ridges formed on opposite sides of bag.