EP3105141A1 - Flexible package - Google Patents

Flexible package

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EP3105141A1
EP3105141A1 EP15718639.6A EP15718639A EP3105141A1 EP 3105141 A1 EP3105141 A1 EP 3105141A1 EP 15718639 A EP15718639 A EP 15718639A EP 3105141 A1 EP3105141 A1 EP 3105141A1
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package
front portion
flap portion
flap
pocket
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Russell Stacy-Ryan
Yoichiro Ishikawa
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WM Wrigley Jr Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/20—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/60—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing

Definitions

  • This patent document generally relates to product packaging, and more particularly to reclosable flexible product packages configured to store and preserve consumable products.
  • a reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable products includes a flexible film blank having a flap portion, a back portion, and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank.
  • the package further includes a pocket formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, wherein the pocket has an opening at the top of the pocket and the flap portion is secured to the pocket on the outer surface of the front portion after being folded along a second fold line to cover the opening and the flap portion is reclosable over the opening.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a flexible film blank configured according to the disclosure provided herein;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a closed reclosable package
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an open reclosable package
  • FIG. 4 illustrates another embodiment of the invention with a longer tab portion
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a reclosable package with heat seal and pressure sensitive adhesive before a flap portion is secured to a front portion
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 5 with the flap portion secured to the front portion
  • FIG. 7 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 6 with the flap portion lifted from the front portion
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an outer surface of a flexible film blank
  • FIG. 9 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 8 with the inner surface of a flexible film blank.
  • the disclosed reclosable package advantageously provides mechanisms to facilitate consumer usability.
  • the reclosable package may be folded and secured to provide a pocket to preserve and present consumable products, such as confectionaries, and particularly chewing gum.
  • the disclosed reclosable package provides a low-cost and compact package for handling, selling and accessing consumable products.
  • the flexible package seals and protects consumable products without the need for additional packaging and wrapping, the disclosed flexible package results in little wasted material, thereby making it environmentally friendly compared to many traditional packages.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a flexible film blank 1 00.
  • the flexible film blank 100 may be a polypropylene film such as an oriented polypropylene (OPP) material.
  • the material may be metalized film, or any other suitable material such as paper, foil, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film.
  • the flexible film may be a laminate of OPP/paper or OPP/paper/OPP wherein the OPP may be metalized.
  • This type of laminate is beneficial because having a paper layer in the laminate can provide more stiffness so that the package can be more structured and prevent curling of the film and dead folds can be achieved when the film is folded but can protect the product and prevent contamination or alteration of consumable products. Additional layers to the film can include inks, lacquer, varnish, release coating, protective coatings, etc.
  • the flexible film blank 100 may be printed with graphics, logos, health, ingredient and/or regulatory information as well as colors or patterns such as registration marks.
  • the flexible film blank 100 includes a flap portion 106 connected to a back portion 1 10 along a fold line 108.
  • the back portion 1 1 in turn, connects to a front portion 1 14 along a fold line 1 1 2.
  • the flap portion 1 06, back portion 1 1 0, and front portion 1 14 are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank.
  • the flap portion 106 may also include a tab portion 1 1 6 so that a consumer can open the package by grasping the tab 1 1 6 and lifting the flap portion 106 away from the outer surface of the front portion 1 14.
  • the inner surface of the tab portion 1 16 may not be secured to the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 but the rest of the flap portion 106 may be secured to the outer surface of the front portion 1 14.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a reclosable package 200 in a closed and open position.
  • a pocket 208 is formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion 1 14 and an inner surface of the back portion 1 10 along a first fold line 1 1 2.
  • the cooperation of the front portion 1 14 and the back portion 1 10 may be at the side edges 210 of the flexible film blank 100.
  • the cooperation of the front portion 1 14 and the back portion 1 10 may be through a number of sealing methods such as heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or cold seals.
  • the pocket also has an opening 202 starting at the top edge 204 of the front portion 1 14.
  • the pocket opening 202 may be configured to fully expose the top and a portion of the front of a plurality of consumable products 206.
  • the plurality of consumable products 206 may be secured in the pocket 208 with wax or adhesive or via friction.
  • the flap portion 106 may be secured to the pocket 208 on the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 after being folded along a second fold line 1 08 to cover the opening 202.
  • the flap portion 1 06 may be secured to the front portion 1 14 through heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, cold seals, glue, or other sealing means.
  • the flap portion 106 may be secured near the top edge 204 of the front portion 1 14 from one side edge 210 to the other side edge 210.
  • the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 may have a heat seal.
  • the inner surface of the flap portion 106 may have a heat seal. The heat seal in both embodiments may be patterned or be fully laid onto the flexible film blank 1 00.
  • the flap portion 106 may fully extend longitudinally across the front portion 1 14. In one embodiment, the flap portion 106 may partially overlap the front portion 1 14 (as shown in FIG. 2) or can fully cover the front portion and have a tab portion 1 16 that goes past the first fold line 1 1 2 (as shown in FIG. 4) to facilitate even easier grasping of the tab portion 1 16 for the consumer.
  • the flap portion 106 is reclosable over the opening.
  • the reclose can be achieved through a number of methods including pressure sensitive adhesive, wax, tape, glue, sticker, and cold seals. In a preferred embodiment, the reclose may be achieved by either pressure sensitive adhesive or glue.
  • the reclose feature may be on the inner surface of the flap portion 106 that overlaps the outer surface of the front portion 1 14. In the reverse, the reclose feature may be disposed on the outer surface of the front portion 1 14.
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrate an embodiment of a reclosable package 300 as described above that show the configuration of the flap portion 306 being secured to the front portion 314 with heat seal 302 and pressure sensitive adhesive 304 for the reclose.
  • the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is placed on the outer surface of the front portion 314.
  • the heat seal 302. On top of the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is the heat seal 302. The heat seal 302 may fully enclose the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 underneath it. Then the flap portion 306 is folded over to overlap with the front portion 314 and heat 31 6 is applied to the outer surface of the flap portion 306 securing the package 300 closed.
  • the heat seal 302 sticks to the inner surface of the flap portion 306 and exposes the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 so that the flap portion 306 may be reclosed to the front portion 314.
  • One advantage of initially "hiding" the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 under the heat seal 302 is that when the flexible film blank is unwound from a roll of material and cut to form the blank, the pressure sensitive adhesive will not interfere with the unwinding of the material.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an outer surface of a flexible film blank 400 includes a flap portion 406 connected to a back portion 410 along a fold line 412.
  • the back portion 41 0, in turn, connects to a front portion 414 along a fold line 408.
  • the flap portion 406 may also include a tab portion 41 6.
  • a heat seal 402 may be placed on the front portion 414 to secure the flap portion 406 to the front portion 414 to protect any consumable product that may be inside the package 400.
  • an inner surface of the flexible film blank 400 is shown with glue 404 on the flap portion 406 for a reclose.
  • the placement of the heat seal 402 and the glue 404 are configured so that they do not interfere with one another when the flap portion 406 is secured to the front portion 414.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show one way for the heat seal and glue to be placed.
  • Tamper indicators may include tamper indicators on the package. Tamper indicators can be shown in a variety of ways including, ink destruction or frangible portions when the flap portion lifts away from the front portion, or general weakened areas when the flap portion is lifted away from the front portion. Tamper indicators are helpful for consumers to know whether a product has been tampered with for safety reasons.

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Abstract

A reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable products includes a flexible film blank having a flap portion, a back portion, and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank. The package further includes a pocket formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, wherein the pocket has an opening at the top of the pocket and the flap portion is secured to the pocket on the outer surface of the front portion after being folded along a second fold line to cover the opening and the flap portion is reclosable over the opening.

Description

FLEXIBLE PACKAGE
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This patent document generally relates to product packaging, and more particularly to reclosable flexible product packages configured to store and preserve consumable products.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Known product packages are often expensive to manufacture, requiring costly materials or complicated processes. Moreover, these known product packages often require or utilize bulky and/or inconveniently shaped configurations to protect one or more consumable products. As the consumer typically uses less than all of the products contained in the product packaging at a single time, it is desirable that the package be able to reclose to contain the remaining products therein. In order to maintain the cost effectiveness of this type of packaging, especially where a small number of products are desired to be housed and sold as a unit, the package should be capable of being efficiently and economically
manufactured.
[0003] It would be desirable to provide a product package that addresses the limitations of known product packages and provides additional advantageous features or elements.
SUMMARY
[0004] The disclosed reclosable package addresses the limitations of the known product packages and advantageously provides mechanisms for usability to facilitate consumer satisfaction. [0005] A reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable products includes a flexible film blank having a flap portion, a back portion, and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank. The package further includes a pocket formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, wherein the pocket has an opening at the top of the pocket and the flap portion is secured to the pocket on the outer surface of the front portion after being folded along a second fold line to cover the opening and the flap portion is reclosable over the opening.
[0006] Other embodiments are disclosed, and features of each of the
embodiments can be used alone or together in combination. Additional features and advantages of the disclosed embodiments are described in, and will be apparent from, the following Detailed Description and the figures.
BRIEF D ESCRI PTION OF THE FIGURES
[0007] FIG. 1 illustrates a flexible film blank configured according to the disclosure provided herein;
[0008] FIG. 2 illustrates a closed reclosable package;
[0009] FIG. 3 illustrates an open reclosable package;
[0010] FIG. 4 illustrates another embodiment of the invention with a longer tab portion;
[001 1 ] FIG. 5 illustrates a reclosable package with heat seal and pressure sensitive adhesive before a flap portion is secured to a front portion;
[0012] FIG. 6 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 5 with the flap portion secured to the front portion; [0013] FIG. 7 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 6 with the flap portion lifted from the front portion;
[0014] FIG. 8 illustrates an outer surface of a flexible film blank; and
[0015] FIG. 9 illustrates the embodiment of FIG. 8 with the inner surface of a flexible film blank.
DETAILED D ESCRI PTION
[0016] The disclosed reclosable package advantageously provides mechanisms to facilitate consumer usability. The reclosable package may be folded and secured to provide a pocket to preserve and present consumable products, such as confectionaries, and particularly chewing gum. The disclosed reclosable package provides a low-cost and compact package for handling, selling and accessing consumable products. Moreover, because the flexible package seals and protects consumable products without the need for additional packaging and wrapping, the disclosed flexible package results in little wasted material, thereby making it environmentally friendly compared to many traditional packages.
[0017] FIG. 1 illustrates a flexible film blank 1 00. The flexible film blank 100 may be a polypropylene film such as an oriented polypropylene (OPP) material. In another embodiment, the material may be metalized film, or any other suitable material such as paper, foil, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. In an embodiment the flexible film may be a laminate of OPP/paper or OPP/paper/OPP wherein the OPP may be metalized. This type of laminate is beneficial because having a paper layer in the laminate can provide more stiffness so that the package can be more structured and prevent curling of the film and dead folds can be achieved when the film is folded but can protect the product and prevent contamination or alteration of consumable products. Additional layers to the film can include inks, lacquer, varnish, release coating, protective coatings, etc. The flexible film blank 100 may be printed with graphics, logos, health, ingredient and/or regulatory information as well as colors or patterns such as registration marks.
[0018] The flexible film blank 100 includes a flap portion 106 connected to a back portion 1 10 along a fold line 108. The back portion 1 1 0, in turn, connects to a front portion 1 14 along a fold line 1 1 2. The flap portion 1 06, back portion 1 1 0, and front portion 1 14 are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank. The flap portion 106 may also include a tab portion 1 1 6 so that a consumer can open the package by grasping the tab 1 1 6 and lifting the flap portion 106 away from the outer surface of the front portion 1 14. The inner surface of the tab portion 1 16 may not be secured to the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 but the rest of the flap portion 106 may be secured to the outer surface of the front portion 1 14.
[0019] FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a reclosable package 200 in a closed and open position. A pocket 208 is formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion 1 14 and an inner surface of the back portion 1 10 along a first fold line 1 1 2. The cooperation of the front portion 1 14 and the back portion 1 10 may be at the side edges 210 of the flexible film blank 100. The cooperation of the front portion 1 14 and the back portion 1 10 may be through a number of sealing methods such as heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or cold seals. Further, the pocket also has an opening 202 starting at the top edge 204 of the front portion 1 14. The pocket opening 202 may be configured to fully expose the top and a portion of the front of a plurality of consumable products 206. In a further embodiment, the plurality of consumable products 206 may be secured in the pocket 208 with wax or adhesive or via friction.
[0020] The flap portion 106 may be secured to the pocket 208 on the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 after being folded along a second fold line 1 08 to cover the opening 202. The flap portion 1 06 may be secured to the front portion 1 14 through heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, cold seals, glue, or other sealing means. The flap portion 106 may be secured near the top edge 204 of the front portion 1 14 from one side edge 210 to the other side edge 210. In one embodiment, the outer surface of the front portion 1 14 may have a heat seal. In another embodiment, the inner surface of the flap portion 106 may have a heat seal. The heat seal in both embodiments may be patterned or be fully laid onto the flexible film blank 1 00.
Additionally, the flap portion 106 may fully extend longitudinally across the front portion 1 14. In one embodiment, the flap portion 106 may partially overlap the front portion 1 14 (as shown in FIG. 2) or can fully cover the front portion and have a tab portion 1 16 that goes past the first fold line 1 1 2 (as shown in FIG. 4) to facilitate even easier grasping of the tab portion 1 16 for the consumer.
[0021] The flap portion 106 is reclosable over the opening. The reclose can be achieved through a number of methods including pressure sensitive adhesive, wax, tape, glue, sticker, and cold seals. In a preferred embodiment, the reclose may be achieved by either pressure sensitive adhesive or glue. The reclose feature may be on the inner surface of the flap portion 106 that overlaps the outer surface of the front portion 1 14. In the reverse, the reclose feature may be disposed on the outer surface of the front portion 1 14.
[0022] FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrate an embodiment of a reclosable package 300 as described above that show the configuration of the flap portion 306 being secured to the front portion 314 with heat seal 302 and pressure sensitive adhesive 304 for the reclose. When forming the reclosable package 300, the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is placed on the outer surface of the front portion 314. On top of the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is the heat seal 302. The heat seal 302 may fully enclose the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 underneath it. Then the flap portion 306 is folded over to overlap with the front portion 314 and heat 31 6 is applied to the outer surface of the flap portion 306 securing the package 300 closed. Once a consumer opens the package 300 for the first time by lifting the flap portion 306 away from the front portion 314, the heat seal 302 sticks to the inner surface of the flap portion 306 and exposes the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 so that the flap portion 306 may be reclosed to the front portion 314. One advantage of initially "hiding" the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 under the heat seal 302 is that when the flexible film blank is unwound from a roll of material and cut to form the blank, the pressure sensitive adhesive will not interfere with the unwinding of the material.
[0023] Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, a further embodiment of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, FIG. 8 illustrates an outer surface of a flexible film blank 400 includes a flap portion 406 connected to a back portion 410 along a fold line 412. The back portion 41 0, in turn, connects to a front portion 414 along a fold line 408. The flap portion 406 may also include a tab portion 41 6. In this
embodiment, a heat seal 402 may be placed on the front portion 414 to secure the flap portion 406 to the front portion 414 to protect any consumable product that may be inside the package 400. At the same time in FIG. 9, an inner surface of the flexible film blank 400 is shown with glue 404 on the flap portion 406 for a reclose. The placement of the heat seal 402 and the glue 404 are configured so that they do not interfere with one another when the flap portion 406 is secured to the front portion 414. There are various ways and patterns to place the heat seal and glue and FIGS. 8 and 9 show one way for the heat seal and glue to be placed.
[0024] Further embodiments of the invention may include tamper indicators on the package. Tamper indicators can be shown in a variety of ways including, ink destruction or frangible portions when the flap portion lifts away from the front portion, or general weakened areas when the flap portion is lifted away from the front portion. Tamper indicators are helpful for consumers to know whether a product has been tampered with for safety reasons.
[0025] Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and without diminishing its intended advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.

Claims

Claims
1 . A reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable
products, the package comprising:
a) a flexible film blank having a flap portion, a back portion and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank; b) a pocket formed by the cooperation at of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, wherein the pocket has an opening at the top of the pocket; c) the flap portion secured to the pocket on the outer surface of the front portion after being folded along a second fold line to cover the opening; and
d) wherein the flap portion is reclosable over the opening.
2. The package of claim 1 further comprising a tab on the flap portion to that can be grasped to open the flap.
3. The package of claims 1 and 2 wherein the pocket is formed by heat sealing the inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the portion along a first fold line.
4. The package of claims 1 to 3 wherein the flap portion is reclosable over the opening with a reclose selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensitive adhesive, wax, tape, glue, sticker, and cold seal.
5. The package of claims 1 to 4 wherein the flap portion fully extends
longitudinally across the front portion.
6. The package of claims 1 to 5 wherein flexible film blank is a film laminate.
7. The package of claim 6 wherein the film laminate comprises oriented
polypropylene.
8. The package of claims 6 and 7 wherein the film laminate comprises paper.
9. The package of claims 1 to 8 wherein the opening of the pocket is configured to fully expose the top and a portion of the front of a plurality of consumable products.
10. The package of claims 1 to 9 wherein the flap portion is reclosable over the opening with glue.
1 1 . The package of claims 1 to 10 wherein the flap portion is reclosable with
pressure sensitive adhesive.
12. The package of claim 10 wherein the glue is placed on the inner surface of the flap portion.
13. The package of claim 1 1 wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is placed on the outer surface of the front portion.
14. The package of claims 1 to 13 wherein the inner surface of the flap portion is heat sealed to the outer surface of the front portion.
15. The package of claim 14 wherein pressure sensitive adhesive is placed
underneath the heat seal and upon opening the flap portion the pressure sensitive adhesive is exposed so that the flap portion is reclosable.
16. The package of claims 1 to 15 further comprising a tamper indicator.
7. The package of claims 1 to 16 wherein the cooperation of the front portion and the back portion is at side edges of the flexible film blank.
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