Patent ID: 8499959

Claim:
A packet, comprising: a closure having a base portion and a flap portion which is at least in use pivotable with respect to the base portion about a pivoting axis; and a face with a flap area corresponding to the flap portion, terminating at two spaced apart points and having a majority thereof spaced from an imaginary line connecting the two spaced apart points and corresponding to the pivoting axis; the closure being attached to the face at least at a part of the base portion and at a part of its flap area so that pivoting of the flap portion causes tearing of the face at the flap area to form a flap comprising the flap area of the face, and an outlet in the face corresponding thereto, allowing access to the interior of the packet; and to subsequently move between an open position in which the flap is raised relative to the outlet to provide the access, and closed position in which the flap covers the outlet, wherein the closure is formed with a locking tab, created by a pre-formed slit in the flap portion, having at least one end attached to the flap portion so as to be pivotable with respect thereto, and a second end engageable with the base portion when the flap is in the closed position.