Squeeze tube and method of making a squeeze tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10266309-B2
Application number	US-201715672338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A squeeze tube includes a fluid-discharge container and a fluid-discharge closure mated to the fluid-storage container. The fluid-discharge closure is coupled to one end of the fluid-storage container and configured to discharge selectively fluid stored in a product-storage region formed in the fluid-storage container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process of manufacturing a package, the process comprising the steps of
providing a metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet having a first side and an opposite second side,
embossing the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet to provide an embossed sheet that comprises a non-embossed portion and an embossed portion, wherein the embossed portion extends away from the non-embossed portion, and
using the embossed sheet and a closure to establish a package formed to include a fill aperture arranged to open into a product-storage region formed in the package.

2. The process of claim 1 , further comprising the step of printing an ink graphic onto the first side of the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet.

3. The process of claim 2 , further comprising the step of aligning the ink graphic with the embossed portion.

4. The process of claim 3 , wherein the embossed portion has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossed portion to an outer surface of the package provided by the first side of the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet and the thickness is less than about 0.05 inches.

5. The process of claim 4 , wherein the thickness is less than about 0.04 inches.

6. The process of claim 4 , wherein the thickness is in a range of about 0.03 inches to about 0.04 inches.

7. The process of claim 6 , wherein the thickness is about 0.035 inches.

8. The process of claim 1 , further comprising the step of using the embossed sheet to establish an embossed tube.

9. The process of claim 8 , further comprising the step of cutting the embossed tube to provide a sleeve formed to include the product-storage region therein, a mouth at a head end of the sleeve arranged to open into the product-storage region, and the fill aperture at an opposite tail end of the sleeve arranged to open into the product-storage region.

10. The process of claim 9 , wherein the embossed portion has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossed portion to an outer surface of the package provided by the first side of the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet and the thickness is in a range of about 0.03 inches to about 0.04 inches.

11. The process of claim 9 , further comprising the step of coupling the closure to the head end of the sleeve to close the mouth and establish the package.

12. The process of claim 1 , wherein the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet includes plastics materials.

13. The process of claim 12 , wherein the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet has a thickness greater than about 0.01 inches.

14. The process of claim 13 , wherein the embossed portion has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossed portion to an outer surface of the package provided by the first side of the metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet and the thickness is in a range of about 0.03 inches to about 0.04 inches.

15. The process of claim 1 , wherein the embossed portion is a raised embossment arranged to extend away from the product-storage region.

16. The process of claim 1 , wherein the embossed portion is a recessed embossment arranged to extend into the product-storage region.

17. The process of claim 1 , wherein the embossed portion includes a raised portion arranged to extend away from the product-storage region and a recessed portion arranged to extend into the product-storage region.

18. A tube comprising
a container comprising a product-storage region and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage region,
a closure coupled to the container to close the mouth and provide a first boundary of the-product-storage region,
wherein the container includes a side wall having an inner surface arranged to face toward the product-storage region and provide a second boundary of the product-storage region and an opposite outer surface arranged to face away from the product-storage region,
wherein the container includes a tail-end closure coupled to the side wall and configured to provide a third boundary of the product-storage region,
wherein the side wall includes an non-embossed portion and an embossed portion, and
wherein the side wall comprises a metal-free multi-layer laminate plastics-material sheet.

19. The tube of claim 18 , wherein the embossed portion is a raised embossment arranged to extend outwardly away from the opposite outer surface of the non-embossed portion of the side wall and the product-storage region.

20. The tube of claim 19 , wherein the non-embossed portion of the side wall and the embossed portion have a thickness greater than about 0.01 inches.

21. The tube of claim 20 , wherein the embossed portion has a thickness that is less than about 0.05 inches.

22. The tube of claim 21 , wherein the thickness of the embossed portion is in a range of about 0.03 inches to about 0.04 inches.

23. The tube of claim 18 , further comprising an ink graphic printed onto the opposite outer surface the container.

24. The tube of claim 23 , wherein the ink graphic is aligned with the embossed portion.

25. The tube of claim 23 , wherein the in graphic is only on the embossed portion.

Assignees

• Berry Plastics Corp

Inventors

• Goddard John R
• Seibert Bryan K

Classifications

• B31C5/00

  Making tubes or pipes without using mandrels · CPC title

• B31B50/88

  Printing; Embossing · CPC title

• B31B2110/10

  having a cross section of varying size or shape, e.g. conical or pyramidal · CPC title

• B31B50/84

  Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents, e.g. valves or spouts · CPC title

• B65D2203/00

  Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators · CPC title