Patent ID: 8646975

Claim:
An easy-open and reclosable package comprising: a) a pouch comprising i) a first and second side panel each comprising an outer and inner surface, a first and second side edge, and a first and second end, the first and second side panels joined together along their respective first and second side edges; ii) a first end defined by the first end of at least one of the first and second side panels; iii) a second end defined by the second ends of the first and second side panels respectively; iv) the first and second side panels joined together along their respective second ends; v) a discrete tape, disposed between the first and second side panels, comprising a base strip comprising a first and second surface, a first and second end, and a first and second side edge, wherein (a) the base strip is spaced apart from the first end of the pouch, and spaced apart from the second end of the pouch, (b) at least a first portion of the first surface is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive, and (c) the at least first portion of the first surface is adhered by the pressure sensitive adhesive to the inner surface of the first side panel at a first location on the first side panel, and a second portion of the first surface is anchored to the inner surface of the first side panel at a second location on the first side panel; and vi) a die cut disposed in the first side panel, the die cut defining a die cut segment, wherein a first portion of the die cut segment is underlain by pressure sensitive adhesive, and a second portion of the die cut segment is underlain by a clear area of the first surface of the base strip, the die cut segment so arranged with respect to the discrete tape that when the die cut segment is removed, at least a portion of the pressure sensitive adhesive is exposed, at least a portion of the first end of the base strip is exposed, and when the package is opened, the second portion of the first surface of the base strip remains anchored to the inner surface of the first side panel at the second location on the first side panel, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by adhering one of the first and second panels to the pressure sensitive adhesive; and vii) the first end of the first side panel joined to the second side panel; and b) a product disposed in the pouch.