Package Integrity Feature for Recloseable Package

A package integrity feature for a recloseable package, the recloseable package made from a laminate film and comprising a scored inner layer having a machine direction and a scored outer layer laminated together with both permanent adhesive and pressure sensitive adhesive to form a recloseable flap and a package body, the package integrity feature comprising:

• an elongated top portion extending from the package body to a relatively narrower neck portion and defined by a set of first cuts formed in the inner layer substantially parallel to the machine direction;
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• a base portion extending from the relatively narrower neck portion away from the top portion to a bottom end and defined by a set of second cuts formed in the inner layer, each second cut and the machine direction being oblique.

A package integrity feature for a package made from a laminate film, the package integrity feature comprising:

• an elongated top portion extending from a top end to a relatively narrower neck portion and defined by a set of substantially parallel first cuts formed in the laminate film;
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• a base portion extending from the relatively narrower neck portion away from the top portion to a bottom end and defined by a set of second cuts formed in the laminate film, the second cuts diverging away from each other in a direction away from the top portion.