Consumer item
First Claim
1. A process for producing or packing an item with a limited period of use or interest, more particularly a regularly appearing publication or foodstuffs to be consumed within a short time, in which the item or the packaging thereof is fitted, by adhesive means or other means of attachment, with a timer providing a display with a time range adapted to the period of use or interest of the item, or an adapted energy source, and in which the timer, close to the time of production of the item, especially at the time of combining the timer with the item or its packaging, is set and/or configured wherein the improvement comprises that the timer is set and/or configured so that its display is synchronized with the actual time, and that, at the same time, there is an indication of the time of production.
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Abstract
A process for producing or packing an item with a limited period of use or interest, e.g. a regularly issued periodical or foodstuffs to be consumed within a limited time, in which the consumer item or its packaging is fitted by adhesive means or other means of attachment with a timer having an indication which, close to the time of the production of the consumer item (2), especially at the time of securing to the consumer item or its packing, is set and/or otherwise configured to synchronize its indicator with the actual time, and consumer items produced by the process.
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- 1. A process for producing or packing an item with a limited period of use or interest, more particularly a regularly appearing publication or foodstuffs to be consumed within a short time, in which the item or the packaging thereof is fitted, by adhesive means or other means of attachment, with a timer providing a display with a time range adapted to the period of use or interest of the item, or an adapted energy source, and in which the timer, close to the time of production of the item, especially at the time of combining the timer with the item or its packaging, is set and/or configured wherein the improvement comprises that the timer is set and/or configured so that its display is synchronized with the actual time, and that, at the same time, there is an indication of the time of production.
- 11. A consumer item which has a fixedly mounted timer providing a display, having an energy source and a time display range adapted to the time of use or interest of the item and which has means for setting and/or configuring the timer to synchronize it with the actual time, and for indicating the time of production.
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