Dispenser with fitment

A dispenser for storing and dispensing product, comprising:

• a generally elongated body having an open first end and an opposing second end, the body formed by a sheet formed into a tube shape surrounding a longitudinal axis and defining an internal volume, and having a side seam provided longitudinally sealing the sheet;
• a fitment formed separately from the body, the fitment having a fitment body portion, a discharge opening formed in the body portion, and a fitment retainer pattern;
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• an elongated attachment member having an inside surface and an outside surface the outside surface secured to the sheet transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body and formed into an internal ring position adjacent one end during the formation of the tubular body, the attachment member having a retainer pattern provided on the inside, surface, the retainer pattern formed for cooperating with the fitment retainer pattern to secure the fitment to the open first end of the body.

A method of assembling a dispenser comprising the steps of:

• providing a sheet having a first surface, a front edge and a length;
• providing an elongated attachment member and positioning the member adjacent the front edge of the sheet, transverse to the length, the attachment member having a retainer pattern formed thereon;
• securing the attachment member to the first surface of the sheet with the retainer pattern facing in the same direction as the first surface;
• rolling the sheet and member about a longitudinal axis to form a tubular body, the tubular body having an inside surface formed from the first surface of the sheet and having an internal ring formed by the attachment member position adjacent one end of the tubular body, the retainer pattern of the attachment member inwardly facing on the ring;
• providing a fitment having an external retainer pattern on one end thereof, the one end of the fitment dimensioned for engagement with the ring and the external retainer pattern of the fitment formed for mating with the inwardly facing retainer pattern formed by the ring;
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• securing the fitment within the ring by mating engagement of the retainer patterns, the fitment closing the one end of the tubular body.