Resealable package, method of making and use

Claim 1

A resealable package containing a crushable product comprising, flexible material configured to enclose said product in fluid tight condition, to thereby form a package, said package having a top and a bottom, said fluid tight condition being accomplished at said top by a linear seal extending across said top, a seal across said bottom and a longitudinal seal extending longitudinally along one side from said top seal to said bottom seal, a seal strip mounted on the exterior surface of said package generally parallel with said top seal and spaced from said top seal a distance sufficiently great as to allow the package to be manually folded twice in a direction from the top toward the strip before the fold engages the strip, the seal strip being located on the package so as not to directly contact the longitudinal seal, said strip including a two-sided length of tape with the first side bonded to said surface by a first pressure sensitive adhesive of some strength, the second side of said tape being coated with a second pressure sensitive adhesive having a strength less than the strength of the first adhesive and having the characteristics of (1) bonding to both the tape and the exterior surface of the package and (2) in tension, releasing the package material before releasing the tape such that the second adhesive will remain on the tape when the surface of the package material separates from the second adhesive, a release liner bonded to the surface of the tape and covering the second adhesive, the second adhesive having the characteristic when in tension of releasing the liner prior to releasing the tape, the tape and release liner having a rigidity and elasticity about the same as that of the flexible material.