Bag with easy opening closure and handle

Abstract

A bag for containing a flowable product comprises a plurality of panels hingedly coupled along fold lines, an opening at one end of the bag, and a flap hingedly coupled to one panel along a fold line for overlapping an opposite panel and closing the opening. An adhesive layer extends across the entire width of the flap to seal the flap to the opposite panel. The adhesive layer seal has a reduced bonding strength adjacent one end of the flap to facilitate opening of the flap at the reduced bond strength section. The flap after being sealed to the opposite panel, is reversely bent 180.degree. along with the sealed opposite panel about a lower fold line and portions of the fold extending inwardly from opposed distal ends of the bag are either adhesively tacked or stapled to the one panel to form a finger grip handle therebetween for carrying the bag and its contents. The end of the flap having the reduced bonding strength may be torn along a cut line separating the end from the finger grip handle so that the end may be readily unfolded, which is facilitated by the reduced bond, and the interior layers of the bag separated, to form a pouring spout for the contents.