Bag with opening and reclosing feature

A bag having an inner ply and an outer ply, the outer ply having a pair of lines of weakness extending from an edge thereof in spaced relation to one another defining a closure flap adapted to be opened by grasping the outer ply at said edge and pulling it back to tear the closure flap away from the outer ply at said lines of weakness, the inner ply having a line of weakness underneath said closure flap extending between said outer ply lines of weakness spaced back from said edge of the outer ply, said plies being permanently adhered together rearward of said inner ply line of weakness for tearing open of a portion of the inner ply rearward of said inner ply line of weakness on pulling said closure flap back, and said plies being releasably and resealably adhered together forward of said inner ply line of weakness by pressure-sensitive adhesive, whereby after the bag has been filled and closed it may be opened by pulling away said closure flap, the latter separating from the inner ply as enabled by the pressure-sensitive adhesive back to the inner ply line of weakness, and then tearing the inner ply at and back from the line of weakness to form an opening in the bag for removal of the contents of the bag, the flap being adapted to be re-adhered to the inner ply by the pressure-sensitive adhesive to close said opening, said bag having opposed walls, a bottom closure and an open mouth, said pair of lines of weakness in the outer ply extending down from the mouth edge of one of the walls, said line of weakness in the inner ply being spaced down from said mouth edge, said pressure-sensitive adhesive being provided in an upper area between said mouth edge and said inner ply line of weakness, the plies being permanently adhered together below said inner ply line of weakness.

A bag having an inner ply and an outer ply, the outer ply having a pair of lines of weakness extending from an edge thereof in spaced relation to one another defining a closure flap adapted to be opened by grasping the outer ply at said edge and pulling it back to tear the closure flap away from the outer ply at said lines of weakness, the inner ply having a line of weakness underneath said closure flap extending between said outer ply lines of weakness spaced back from said edge of the outer ply, said plies being permanently adhered together rearward of said inner ply line of weakness for tearing open of a portion of the inner ply rearward of said inner ply line of weakness on pulling said closure flap back, and said plies being releasably and resealably adhered together forward of said inner ply line of weakness by pressure-sensitive adhesive, whereby after the bag has been filled and closed it may be opened by pulling away said closure flap, the latter separating from the inner ply as enabled by the pressure-sensitive adhesive back to the inner ply line of weakness, and then tearing the inner ply at and back from the line of weakness to form an opening in the bag for removal of the contents of the bag, the flap being adapted to be re-adhered to the inner ply by the pressure-sensitive adhesive to close said opening, said bag having a front wall and a back wall, gussets at the sides, a bottom closure and an open mouth, the back wall extending up above the upper edge of the front wall for the formation of a pinch top closure after the bag has been filled, by tucking in the gussets and folding over an upper portion of the walls on a transverse fold line and adhering it down, said pair of lines of weakness in the outer ply extending down from the mouth edge of the back wall, said line of weakness in the inner ply being spaced down from said mouth edge, said pressure-sensitive adhesive being provided in an upper area between said mouth edge and said inner ply line of weakness, the plies being permanently adhered together below said inner ply line of weakness.