Personal hygiene training kit and method for pre-literate children

• US 20060029921A1
• Filed: 07/26/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Walther, John Dwayne, Stechschulte, Jeffrey James, Neumann, Matthew Aaron
• Application Number:
  US11/189,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20060029921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/382
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0076 Body hygiene; Dressing; Knot tying

Abstract

A bathroom training kit and method includes a first personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child. The first personal hygiene product has indicia associated therewith including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said first product in a first bathroom activity. A second personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child is provided having indicia associated therewith including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said second product in a second bathroom activity. The first and second bathroom activities comprise separate steps of a personal hygiene regimen, so that a child is instructed in performing a complete hygiene regimen.

Claims

1. A bathroom training kit comprising:

a first personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child, the first personal hygiene product having indicia associated therewith including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said first product in a first bathroom activity; and

a second personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child, the second personal hygiene product having indicia associated therewith including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said second product in a second bathroom activity;

wherein the first and second bathroom activities comprise separate steps of a personal hygiene regimen.

2. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the first personal hygiene product indicia further includes a second iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said second product in the second bathroom activity.

3. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises a toilet regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises wiping, and the second bathroom activity comprises hand washing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises at least one child toilet wipe and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for wiping a perianal area with a toilet wipe; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises liquid hand soap and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hand washing with the liquid hand soap.

4. The bathroom training kit of claim 3, in which the at least one child toilet wipe is stored in a container and the liquid hand soap is stored in a dispenser, wherein the container and dispenser are associated in an outer package.

5. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises a travel cleaning regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises hand washing, and the second bathroom activity comprises hand sanitizing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises at least one hand wipe and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hand wiping with a hand wipe; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises a sanitizer and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hand sanitizing with the sanitizer.

6. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises a bathing regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises body washing, and the second bathroom activity comprises hair shampooing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises a body cleaning product and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for body washing with the body cleaning product; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises a shampoo and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hair washing with the shampoo.

7. The bathroom training kit of claim 6, in which the body cleaning product is provided in the form of a mitt adapted to fit on a child'"'"'s hand.

8. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises an oral care regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises teeth brushing, and the second bathroom activity comprises flossing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises a flossing product and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for flossing with the flossing product; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises a toothpaste and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for teeth brushing with the toothpaste.

9. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises a hair care regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises shampooing, and the second bathroom activity comprises hair conditioning, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises a shampoo and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for shampooing with the shampoo; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises a hair conditioner and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for applying the hair conditioner.

10. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the first bathroom activity comprises at least first and second steps and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for using the first product in the first step of the first bathroom activity, the indicia associated with the first personal hygiene product further comprising a second iconic image depicting at least one instruction for using the first product in the second step of the first bathroom activity.

11. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the iconic images associated with the first and second personal hygiene products are of a form capable of being understood and followed by a pre-literate child.

12. The bathroom training kit of claim 1, in which the first personal hygiene product comprises labeling which carries the indicia including the first iconic image, and in which the second personal hygiene product comprises labeling which carries the indicia including the second iconic image.

13. A method of instructing a pre-literate child to perform a personal hygiene regimen requiring at least first and second bathroom activities, the method comprising:

associating a first personal hygiene product adapted for use by a child with at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of the first product in the first bathroom activity;

associating a second personal hygiene product adapted for use by a child with at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of the second product in the second bathroom activity; and

packaging the first and second personal hygiene products in a common outer package.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising associating the first personal hygiene product with a second iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of the second product in the second bathroom activity.

15. The method of claim 13, in which the first bathroom activity comprises at least first and second steps and the first iconic image of the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for using the first product in the first step of the first bathroom activity, the method further comprising associating the first personal hygiene product with a second iconic image depicting at least one instruction for using the first product in the second step of the first bathroom activity.

16. The method of claim 13, in which the first bathroom activity comprises hand washing, and the second bathroom activity comprises hand sanitizing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises at least one child toilet wipe and the first iconic image associated with the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for wiping a perianal area with a toilet wipe; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises liquid hand soap and the first iconic image associated with the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hand washing with the liquid hand soap.

17. A bathroom training kit comprising:

a first personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child, the first personal hygiene product having a label which carries indicia including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said first product in a first bathroom activity; and

a second personal hygiene product ergonomically adapted for use by a child, the second personal hygiene product having a label which carries indicia including at least a first iconic image depicting at least one instruction for use of said second product in a second bathroom activity;

wherein the first and second bathroom activities comprise separate steps of a personal hygiene regimen, the first product indicia further includes a second iconic image depicting at least one instruction for using the second product in the second bathroom activity, and the iconic images carried by the first and second personal hygiene products are of a form capable of being understood and followed by a pre-literate child.

18. The bathroom training kit of claim 17, in which the second bathroom activity comprises at least first and second steps and the first iconic image carried by the second personal hygiene product depicts an instruction for using the second product in the first step of the second bathroom activity, the indicia associated with the second personal hygiene product further comprising a second iconic image depicting an instruction for using the second product in the second step of the second bathroom activity.

19. The bathroom training kit of claim 17, in which the personal hygiene regimen comprises a toilet regimen, the first bathroom activity comprises wiping, and the second bathroom activity comprises hand washing, wherein:

the first personal hygiene product comprises at least one child toilet wipe and the first iconic image carried by the first personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for wiping a perianal area with a toilet wipe; and

the second personal hygiene product comprises liquid hand soap and the first iconic image carried by the second personal hygiene product depicts at least one instruction for hand washing.

20. The bathroom training regimen of claim 19, in which the at least one child toilet wipe is stored in a container and the liquid hand soap is stored in a dispenser, wherein the container and dispenser are associated in an outer package.