Easy open and reclosable package with panel section with die-cut

摘要

An easy-open and reclosable package (5) includes a pouch (7) including a reclosure mechanism including a first and second interlocking strip (10, 13) each having an interlocking segment having a base surface and an interlocking surface; a die cut (21) in a panel section, the die cut (21) defining a die cut segment so arranged that when the die cut segment is displaced, and the package is opened, a product can be accessed between the first and second interlocking strips, the first and second interlocking surfaces are at least partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by folding the package such that the interlocking surface of the first interlocking strip is interlocked with the interlocking surface of the second interlocking strip. The first and second strips (10, 13) are not exposed until the package (5) is initially opened, and are not interlocked with one another until the package (5) is initially opened and then reclosed.