Patent ID: 6588178
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B29C,G09F

Abstract:
A method of forming an open ended squeezable plastic tube arranged for filling with, sealing and dispensing of material, the tube having a hinged closure cap with a finger recess, so as to assure that a visually desirable portion of labeling is aligned centrally relative to the finger recess, comprising:providing a collapsible elongated plastic cylinder having an outer surface, a head with a dispensing aperture at one end, and being open at the other end, the head having means for engagement with a hinged closure cap for the dispensing aperture; securing a hinged closure cap on the head, the hinged closure cap having a lower portion attached to the head and an upper portion attached to the lower portion by a hinge, with a finger recess in an outer wall of the lower portion opposite the hinge; and then, applying labeling to the outer surface of the collapsible elongated plastic cylinder between the hinged closure cap and the open end thereof, the labeling having indica thereon, which is centered on or opposite to a visually desirable portion of the labeling, aligned with or opposite to an imaginary surface line which is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the collapsible elongated plastic cylinder and passes through a center of the finger recess of the closure cap, with the open end of the collapsible elongated cylinder, after filling with contents to be dispensed therefrom, arranged to be sealed in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the center of said finger recess and said longitudinal axis, by alignment of sealing means with said indica, to form a filed squeezable plastic tube.