Patent ID: 9187225
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B29C,B65D

Abstract:
1. A flexible thermoformed dispensing package for a flowable material, the package produced from one or more heat-sealable polymeric sheets and comprising: a. a thermoformed container portion that includes a recessed chamber having opposing side walls, top and base walls and bounded by a peripheral area, the chamber configured and arranged to receive the flowable material, b. a dispensing tube integrally formed with the container portion and bounded by a contiguous peripheral area, the dispensing tube defining a dispensing channel, the base of the dispensing tube being in fluid communication with the chamber, the package container portion and integral dispensing tube being formed from a bottom sheet, c. an internal extension of the dispensing tube that extends into the chamber of the container portion and is formed in a portion of the bottom sheet, the internal extension being defined by at least one heat-sealable elongated region extending from the peripheral area adjacent the base of the dispensing tube, the heat-sealable elongated region including the upper surface of an interior partition wall extending to the bottom surface of the recessed chamber, the internal extension terminating in an open end positioned proximate the base wall of the container portion to facilitate withdrawal of the flowable material when the dispensing tube is in a generally vertical orientation, and d. a top cover sheet superposed on, and heat-sealed to the periphery of the bottom sheet and to the elongated region to form a fluid-tight dispensing package.