Array of Self-Adhering Articles and Merchandise Display System for Identifying Product Types to Users

• US 20100216685A1
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Inventors: Klinkhammer, Michael E., Wortley, Russell B., Dauchy, Michelle C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,440,600 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/403
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/00 Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties shaping soap C11D13/14
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/003 Colloidal solutions, e.g. gels; Thixotropic solutions or pastes
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/0056 Lavatory cleansing blocks

Abstract

An array of self-adhesive cleaning products, the array having a first self-adhesive cleaning product, the product being a gel, and a second self-adhesive cleaning product, the second product being a solid.

Claims

1. An array of self-adhesive cleaning products, the array comprising:

a first self-adhesive cleaning product, the product comprising a gel; and

a second self-adhesive cleaning product, the second product comprising a solid.

2. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the gel comprises a melt temperature of from about 50°

C. to about 80°

C.

3. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the gel comprises a viscosity of from about 150,000 cps to about 400,000 cps.

4. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the gel and the solid each comprise an adhesion of at least about 5 hours.

5. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 4 wherein the gel and the solid each comprise an adhesion of from about 8 hours to about 70 hours.

6. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the solid comprises a hardness of from about 50 to about 150 tenths of a millimeter.

7. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein one or more of the cleaning products comprises a benefit selected from the group consisting of:

detersive, cleansing, fragrancing, disinfecting, septic, corrosive, enzymatic, the like, and combinations thereof.

8. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the gel and the solid each lose from about 0.5% to about 2% of the initial product weight per flush, according to the Flush Resiliency Test.

9. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the gel and the solid each comprise a transport rate factor of less than about 55 seconds.

10. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 9 wherein the transport rate factor is from 0 seconds to about 55 seconds.

11. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 10 wherein the transport rate factor is from about 30 seconds to about 55 seconds.

12. An array of self-adhesive cleaning products, the array comprising:

a first self-adhesive cleaning product, the first cleaning product providing a benefit selected from the group consisting of;

detersive, cleansing, fragrancing, disinfecting, septic, corrosive, enzymatic, and the like;

AND

a second self-adhesive cleaning product, the second cleaning product providing a benefit selected from the group consisting of;

detersive, cleansing, fragrancing, disinfecting, septic, corrosive, enzymatic, and the like;

wherein the benefit provided by the first cleaning product is different from the benefit provided by the second product.

13. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 12 wherein the gel and the solid each comprise an adhesion of at least about 5 hours.

14. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 13 wherein the gel and the solid each comprise an adhesion of from about 8 hours to about 70 hours.

15. An array of self-adhesive cleaning products, the array comprising:

a first self-adhesive cleaning product; and

a second self-adhesive cleaning product, the second cleaning product being capable of;

adhering at least some of its surface area to a hard surface;

adhering at least some of its surface area to a secondary product

and providing support for the secondary product from the hard surface.

16. The second self-adhesive cleaning product according to claim 15, wherein the second self-adhesive cleaning product comprises an adhesion to the hard surface of at least about 5 hours.

17. The second self-adhesive cleaning product according to claim 16, wherein the second self-adhesive cleaning product comprises an adhesion to the hard surface of from about 8 hours to about 70 hours.

18. The second self-adhesive cleaning product according to claim 16, wherein the second self-adhesive cleaning product may adhere to the first self-adhesive cleaning product for at least the same length of time as the second product adheres to the hard surface.

19. The second self-adhesive cleaning product according to claim 15, wherein the second self-adhesive cleaning product is selected from the group consisting of:

solid and gel.

20. The first self-adhesive cleaning product according to claim 15, wherein the first self-adhesive cleaning product is selected from the group consisting of:

solid and gel.