Patent ID: 7036717

Claim:
A sealed package for pourable food products, made from sheet packaging material in combination with an opening device, the combination comprising a package having a top wall and a plurality of side walls and a bottom wall; the side walls and top and bottom walls being arranged to provide a sealed package; at least one transverse sealing band extending across the top wall and forming a flat projecting tab folded coplanar with and onto the top wall of the package, the top wall having a bend line in the packaging material; and an opening device mounted on a portion of said top wall bounded on one side by said sealing band and on an opposite side by an intersection of the top wall and one of the side walls; wherein said tab comprises a flat striplike auxiliary portion interposed between said sealing band and said bend line, so that the area of the portion of said top wall available for said opening device is increased by the width of the auxiliary portion; and wherein said opening device is superimposed on said top wall and on said auxiliary portion of said tab.