Squeeze tube and method of making a squeeze tube

1. A process of manufacturing a package, the process comprising the steps of:

providing a printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet having a first side and an opposite second side, wherein the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet comprises an ink graphic on the first side,

embossing the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet to provide an embossed sheet including an embossment and a non-embossed portion, where the embossment is formed from the ink graphic on the first side, and the embossment is coupled to the non-embossed portion and arranged to extend 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 a step of printing the ink graphic onto a multi-layer plastics-material sheet to form the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet.

3. The process of claim 1 , further comprising a step of laminating a printed film comprising the ink graphic onto a multi-layer plastics-material sheet to form the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet.

4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet has a thickness of about 0.01 inches to about 0.02 inches.

5. The process of claim 4 , wherein the embossment has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossment to an outer surface of the open package provided by the first side of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet and the thickness is less than about 0.05 inches.

6. The process of claim 1 , wherein each layer of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet includes plastics materials.

7. The process of claim 6 , wherein the print multi-layer plastics-material sheet comprises an outer layer, an inner layer, and a core layer, and each of the outer layer, the inner layer, and the core layer comprises HDPE, LLDPE, an oxygen barrier, an adhesive material, or a combination thereof.

8. The process of claim 1 , wherein at least two layers of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet are co-extruded to establish a laminate sheet.

9. The process of claim 1 , wherein at least two layers of printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet are laminated together to establish a laminate sheet.

10. A process of manufacturing a package, the process comprising the steps of:

extruding together an outer layer, an inner layer, and a core layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer to form multi-layer plastics-material sheet having a first side and an opposite second side,

embossing the multi-layer plastics-material sheet to provide an embossed sheet including a non-embossed portion and an embossment coupled to the non-embossed portion and arranged to extend 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,

wherein each of the outer layer, the inner layer, and the core layer comprises HDPE, LLDPE, an oxygen barrier, an adhesive material, or a combination thereof.

11. The process of claim 10 , wherein the multi-layer plastics-material sheet has a thickness of about 0.01 inches to about 0.02 inches.

12. The process of claim 11 , wherein the embossment has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossment to an outer surface of the open package provided by the first side of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet and the thickness is less than about 0.05 inches.

13. The process of claim 12 , wherein the embossment comprises an ink graphic.

14. A tube comprising:

a container formed to include 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 and a tail-end closure coupled to the side wall and configured to provide a third boundary of the product-storage region and the side wall includes an non-embossed portion and an embossment coupled to the non-embossed portion of the side wall and formed on the side wall without the application of heat,

wherein the side wall comprises a printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet comprising plastics materials,

wherein the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet has a thickness of about 0.01 inches to about 0.02 inches, and

wherein the embossment has a thickness measured from an outer surface of the embossment to an outer surface of the side wall provided by the first side of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet and the thickness is less than about 0.05 inches.

15. The tube of claim 14 , wherein the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet comprises HDPE, LLDPE, an oxygen barrier, an adhesive material, or a combination thereof.

16. The tube of claim 14 , wherein the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet comprises at least three layers.

17. The tube of claim 14 , wherein at least two layers of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet are co-extruded.

18. The tube of claim 14 , wherein at least two layers of the printed multi-layer plastics-material sheet are laminated together.

19. The process of claim 1 , wherein a first longitudinal edge of the multi-layer plastics-material sheet overlaps a second longitudinal edge of the multi-layer plastics-material sheet to form a sleeve of the container.

20. The process of claim 10 , wherein a first longitudinal edge of the multi-layer plastics-material sheet overlaps a second longitudinal edge of the multi-layer plastics-material sheet to form a sleeve of the container.