Patent ID: 7316641

Claim:
A process of forming a reclosable package, comprising: providing a first opposing body panel and a second opposing body panel joined with the first opposing body panel along three sides to create a receptacle space having a mouth at one end; extruding a reclosable seal including a first track and a second track, the first track including a first fin portion and a first reclosable element, the second track including a second fin portion and a second reclosable element, the first fin portion extending generally downwardly from the first reclosable element, the first fin portion having a first end and a second end being further from the first reclosable element, the second fin portion extending generally downwardly from the second reclosable element, the second fin portion having a first end and a second end being further from the second reclosable element, the first reclosable element and the second reclosable element being releasably engageable to each other; extruding a one-time breakable element comprising a first section and a second section, the one-time breakable element initially extending from the first fin portion to the second fin portion so as to prevent or inhibit tampering with the package prior to being opened, sections extending upwardly and inwardly from respective second ends of the fin portions so as to form a generally inverted U-shaped or V-shaped, the first and second sections of the one-time breakable element and the first and second fin portions being integrally connected with each other; such that the first and second sections of the one time breakable element extending upwardly towards the re-closable seal and inwardly form the respective second ends of the first and second fin portions so as to form a generally inverted U-shaped or V-shaped cross-sectional configuration attaching the first opposing body panel to the first section of the one-time breakable element; and attaching the second opposing body panel to the second section of the onetime breakable element, wherein the first fin portion extends generally downwardly from the first reclosable element toward the receptacle space, the second fin portion extends generally downwardly from the second reclosable element toward the receptacle space and the reclosable seal extends along the one end of the receptacle space.