Flexible container with integral extended internal dispensing tube in a stand-up configuration

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 defined by a peripheral area, the chamber configured and arranged to receive the flowable material,
• b. a dispensing tube integrally formed with, and projecting from the container portion to define a channel that is in fluid communication with the chamber, the package container portion and integral dispensing tube being harmed from a bottom sheet,
• c. a separate length of a preformed hollow tube open at both ends that is disposed in the channel of the dispensing tube and extends into the container portion, the upper longitudinal surface of the hollow tube being positioned at approximately the level of the peripheral area of at least the dispensing tube, and
• d. a cover sheet superposed on, and heat-sealed to the bottom sheet around the periphery of the package,
• whereby the heat-sealed cover sheet contacts and secures the hollow tube in position in the package.

A flexible thermoformed dispensing package for a flowable material, the package produced from one or more heat-sealable polymeric sheets and comprising:

• 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 and defined by a bottom wall extending between opposing side walls,
• b. a dispensing tube integrally formed with, and projecting from the container portion and bounded by a contiguous peripheral area, the dispensing tube defining a dispensing channel, the base of the dispensing tube channel being in fluid communication with the chamber, the package container portion and integral dispensing tube being formed from a bottom sheet,
• c. at least one dividing wall extending from the peripheral area at the sealed end of the dispensing tube and passing through the container portion and terminating at a juncture with a side wall or base wall, the at least one dividing wall extending from the bottom surface of the recessed chamber and having an upper heat-sealable elongated region,
• d. a top cover sheet superposed on, and heat-sealed to the periphery of the bottom sheet and to the top surface of at least one dividing wall along the elongated region to form at least two fluid-tight compartments in the dispensing package.