Patent ID: 7306370

Claim:
A reclosable package comprising: first and second panels having opposed top and bottom ends, opposed lateral sides joined together by side seals, said first and said second panels comprising upper shroud portions and lower sidewall portions cooperating to form an interior cavity of said reclosable package; first and second interlocking fastener tracks carried on said first and said second panels, respectively, so as to be spaced from their top ends, the fastener tracks extending from the side seal of one of the opposed lateral sides to the side seal of the other of the opposed lateral sides; a slider movable along said fastener tracks for locking and unlocking said fastener tracks; end stops formed in said fastener tracks adjacent said side seals and inwardly therefrom; a continuous laser score line formed in each of said first and said second panels to separate the shroud portions from the sidewall portions of said first and said second panels, said score lines extending adjacent said lateral sides at a point above said fastener tracks, downwardly across said fastener tracks at an incline after clearing said end stops and alongside said fastener tracks, so that with rupture of said score lines said shroud portions are removed, exposing said slider and said fastener tracks.