Patent ID: 8523435

Claim:
A packaging bag that includes at least one flap formed at one end of a bag body, said flap being folded back along a fold line against a face of the bag body and held in this position by a detachable connecting element that includes a strip parallel to the fold line of the flap on the part of the bag body receiving an end of the flap, wherein said packaging bag also includes an element designed to provide for a re-closeable opening which extends perpendicularly to the fold line and covers the full length of the flap and at least a substantial length of a bag body section which lies under the fold line, wherein said element designed to provide for a re-closeable opening provides access to all the contents of the bag, and wherein the bag includes two flaps folded against diametrically opposite faces of the bag body and held in this position by detachable connecting elements respectively.