Patent ID: 8523441

Claim:
A package ( 1 ) of flexible material, for foodstuffs, comprising: a first flexible film defining a parallelepiped box having, in a position of use, a base or bottom wall ( 2 ), a top wall ( 3 ), a front wall ( 4 ), a rear wall ( 5 ) and two side walls ( 6 , 7 ), an opening ( 8 ); and a second flexible film defining a peelable patch ( 9 ) on one of said walls, the peelable patch ( 9 ) closing the opening ( 8 ), wherein, the peelable patch ( 9 ) is peelably heat sealed to said wall of the package along a sealing track ( 20 ) which is disposed astride a peripheral edge of said opening ( 8 ), and wherein said peripheral edge of said opening ( 8 ) is defined by a first surface portion heat-sealed to an inner surface of the patch ( 9 ) and a second adjoining cross-section portion, the second cross-section portion is covered by a heat-seal overflow of a material ( 93 ) of the inner surface of the patch ( 9 ), which overflow of material ( 93 ) runs from the first surface portion and along the second cross-section portion at an area of the sealing track ( 20 ) not superimposed on the wall of the box during heat sealing so as to avoid contact of contents of the package with said edge of the opening ( 8 ).