Paper and plastic bags flexible packages and other containers with re-closable device and method of making the same

A bag, when filled with a product, having opposed pairs of panels and having sealed ends, the bag having a longitudinal dimension extending vertically of the bag,

• adjacent panels of said bag being folded over to form closed corner fins extending longitudinally of the bag, each fin having opposed inner surfaces and outer surfaces and an outer arcuate portion, the outer surfaces of the arcuate outer portion of one fin being longitudinally scored to enable the arcuate outer portion to be readily removed from the fin to define an access opening,
• an elongate re-closable easy open closure device positioned within said one fin including opposed mating male and female closure elements, each being secured to one of the inner surfaces of said fin and being readily engagable and disengagable with respect to each other for selectively opening and closing said access opening in the bag and said access opening extending longitudinally of the bag said closure device being spaced from the sealed ends of the bag.

A bag, which when filled, having opposed pairs of panels, sealed ends, a substantially flat top, a substantially flat bottom, and having a generally parallelepiped configuration, the bag having portions of adjacent panels sealed together to form closed corner fins projecting outwardly of corners of the bag and extending longitudinally of the bag,

• said fins having opposed inner surfaces and outer surfaces and one of said fins having a tear away arcuate outer portion to define an access opening,
• an easy open closure device positioned within said one fin for selectively closing and opening the access opening in the bag, including elongate mating male and female closure elements, each being secured to one of the inner surfaces of the associated fin, said mating male and female closure elements of said closure device extending longitudinally of the bag in a vertical direction and around a corner of the top of the bag but spaced from the sealed ends of the bag.