Patent ID: 6880973

Claim:
A reclosable package having a first wall and a second wall; a zipper at a top of said package, said zipper having a first profile attached to said first wall along an attachment line and a second profile attached to said second wall, said first and second profiles respectively having mating first and second interlocking members, wherein a slider is disposed over said first and second interlocking members for opening and closing said zipper; said first and second walls including portions extending over said zipper to provide first and second wall extension portions, and wherein said first and second walls are joined at opposite sides of said package by side seals that extend from said top of said package to a bottom of said package; a first peel seal joining said first wall and said second wall above said interlocking members; and said first wall extension portion having a line of weakness extending parallel to said zipper and positioned between said line of attachment and said first peel seal.