Packaging With Registered Texture

Abstract

A package formed of a film-based packaging material includes graphics registered with texturing.

1 . A film-based packaging material comprising:
 at least one substrate into which a multiplicity of protuberances are imparted, the substrate including graphics printed thereon including one or more graphic elements, and wherein the protuberances are disposed in register with at least one of the graphic elements.   
     
     
         2 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 1 , wherein the protuberances are imparted to the film-based packaging material by one of embossing or SELFING. 
     
     
         3 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 1 , formed into a package containing one or more products, and wherein the graphics printed on the film-based packaging material include a depiction of at least one of the products disposed within the package. 
     
     
         4 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 3 , wherein the protuberances are provided on a region of the depiction of the at least one of the products disposed within the package, and the region represents a corresponding region of at least one of the products disposed within the package. 
     
     
         5 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 4 , wherein the corresponding region bears a texture arranged in a pattern, which is mimicked by a pattern into which the protuberances are arranged. 
     
     
         6 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 1 , formed into a package containing one or more products, wherein the protuberances are oriented such that they project outwardly from the film-based packaging material relative to the one or more products contained in the package. 
     
     
         7 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 1 , comprising a two-layered film including a first precursor web and a second precursor web, wherein each of the protuberances includes a portion of the first precursor web extending in a direction opposite the second precursor web. 
     
     
         8 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 7 , wherein each of the protuberances further includes a portion of the second precursor web extending through the first precursor web. 
     
     
         9 . A film-based packaging material comprising:
 at least one substrate into which a multiplicity of protuberances are imparted, the substrate including graphics printed thereon including one or more graphic elements, and wherein the protuberances are disposed in register with at least one of the graphic elements, the protuberances being arranged in at least one pattern.   
     
     
         10 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 9 , wherein the pattern includes a plurality of the protuberances arranged in a discrete grouping of protuberances, separated from other discrete groupings of the protuberances by portions of the substrate into which no protuberances are imparted. 
     
     
         11 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 10 , wherein each of the discrete groupings of the protuberances is surrounded on all sides by portions of the substrate into which no protuberances are imparted, thereby defining islands of the protuberances. 
     
     
         12 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 10 , wherein at least one of the protuberances of a given one of the discrete groupings of the protuberances is of a different length than at least one other of the protuberances of that discrete grouping of protuberances. 
     
     
         13 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 9  wherein a first plurality of the protuberances are arranged in a first pattern and a second plurality of the protuberances are arranged in a second pattern, and wherein at least one of the size, shape, and number of protuberances within the second pattern is different from at least one respective of the size, shape and number of protuberances within the first pattern. 
     
     
         14 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 9 , formed into a package containing one or more products. 
     
     
         15 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 14 , wherein the graphics on the package includes a depiction of at least one of the products disposed within the package. 
     
     
         16 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 15 , wherein the protuberances are provided on a region of the depiction of the at least one of the products disposed within the package, and the region represents a corresponding region of at least one of the products disposed within the package. 
     
     
         17 . The film-based packaging material of  claim 16 , wherein the corresponding region bears a texture arranged in a pattern, which is mimicked by a pattern into which the protuberances are arranged. 
     
     
         18 . A package formed of a film-based packaging material, comprising:
 at least one product disposed within the film-based packaging material;   graphics printed on the film-based packaging material including one or more graphic elements;   a multiplicity of protuberances imparted in the film-based packaging material, the protuberances being provided in register with at least one of the one or more graphic elements.   
     
     
         19 . The package of  claim 18 , wherein the protuberances are formed by at least one of embossing or SELFING. 
     
     
         20 . The package of  claim 18 , wherein the product disposed within the package bears a texture that is mimicked by a pattern in which the protuberances are arranged on the film-based packaging material.