Packaging

Claim 1

A GAS AND MOISTURE IMPERVIOUS PACKAGE FOR ENCLOSING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF A COMESTIBLE, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET OF TOUGH SUBSTANTIALLY GAS AND MOISTURE IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL HAVING A THERMOPLASTIC HEAT SEALABLE COATING ON THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID SHEET INCLUDING A CENTRAL BODY PORTION FOR ENCLOSING THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE SURFACES OF SAID BLOCK, A WING ATTACHED TO AND COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH OF THE OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL SIDES OF SAID BODY PORTION, ONE OF SAID WINGS BEING WIDER THAN THE OTHER WING, A FLAP ATTACHED TO AND COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH OF SAID WINGS, SAID FLAPS BEING FOLDED INTERIORLY OF SAID WINGS FORMING TABS, SAID SHEET HAVING A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO EXTEND BEYOND THE ENDS OF SAID BLOCK TO COVER THE END SURFACES OF SAID BLOCK IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTACTING RELATION AND TO PROVIDE END SEALING AREAS, SAID SHEET BEING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID COMESTIBLE BLOCK WITH SAID HEAT SEALABLE MATERIAL IN CONTACT WITH SAID COMESTIBLE BLOCK AND SAID BODY PORTION ENCIRCLING SAID COMESTIBLE BLOCK, SAID WINGS BEING ARRANGED IN ABUTTING FACE-TO-FACE RELATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID BLOCK WITH THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID TABS SPACED APART; A CONTINUOUSLY LONGITUDINAL HEAT SEAL EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ABUTTING WINGS CLOSELY ADJACENT TO SAID BLOCK, AND CONTINUOUS END FIN HEAT SEALS ALONG SAID END SEALING AREAS, WHEREBY A GAS TIGHT, MOISTURE IMPERVIOUS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED WHICH IS EASILY OPENED AND WHICH MAY BE RECLOSED AND RESEALED AFTER OPENING.