Patent ID: 7111986

Claim:
A packaging ( 16 b ), made from a multilayer film laminate material, with a first side, a second side, and a first and second longitudinal edge, a first and a second transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ), longitudinal back seam ( 24 ), formed by two longitudinal edges of the laminate material sealed to strip ( 25 ) comprising a multilayer sealable laminate material, on the second side, and an internal filling cavity ( 21 b ), the first transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ) having an arm portion extending part way down the second longitudinal edge a notch ( 27 ) is located on the second longitudinal edge below the first transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ), line of perforations ( 26 ) extending from notch ( 27 ) across the arm portion of the first transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ), there are two weakened zones ( 20 b ) with a tear direction as a tear aid, one of the weakened zones ( 20 b ) is located on and near the first longitudinal edge, near the first transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ) and extending onto the second side and the first side, there being substantial distance between weakened zones ( 20 b ), the other weakened zone ( 20 b ) is located on and extends transversely entirely across the longitudinal folded back seam ( 24 ) and contacts the first transverse sealed edge and the arm portion of the first transverse sealed edge ( 17 b ), each weakened zone ( 20 b ) has a multiplicity of parallel rows of individual uninterrupted line cuts that run in the tear direction and that extend entirely across such weakened zone ( 20 b ), the weakened zones ( 20 b ) can each be located in same or different material of the laminate material, and at least part of each of the weakened zones ( 20 b ) lies in the area of the internal filing cavity ( 21 b ).