Hygiene training device and method

• US 8,038,446 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2007
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Shannon, Thomas G., Sirovatka, Kathryn J., Bakken, Andrew P., Cunningham, Corey T., Kehn, Steven R., Cohen, Jason C., Henderson, Cynthia Watts, Johnson, Eric D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom; Kurt
• Application Number:
  US11/899,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20090068633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 434/236, 434/238, 434/247, 434/257, 434/258
• US Class Current: 434/258
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0076 Body hygiene; Dressing; Knot tying

Abstract

A training device for nasal hygiene comprises a facial tissue sheet; where the facial tissue sheet has a first side, and where the facial tissue sheet also has a second side having an opposing planar relationship to the first side. A first-side tissue graphic is visible on the first side of the facial tissue sheet. The first-side tissue graphic comprises a permanent graphic and/or an active graphic. In addition, the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

Claims

1. A training device for nasal hygiene comprising a facial tissue sheet;

wherein the facial tissue sheet has a first side, and second side having an opposing planar relationship to the first side;

wherein a first-side tissue graphic is visible on the first side of the facial tissue sheet;

wherein the first-side tissue graphic comprises an active graphic; and

wherein the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

2. The training device of claim 1 comprising a permanent graphic and an active graphic wherein the permanent graphic and the active graphic are thematically related.

3. The training device of claim 1 wherein the first-side tissue graphic directs a user to a target zone on the facial tissue sheet.

4. The training device of claim 1 wherein the first-side tissue graphic is disposed on an inner substrate layer of the facial tissue sheet.

5. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a second-side tissue graphic that is visible on the second side of the facial tissue sheet.

6. The training device of claim 5 wherein the second-side tissue graphic comprises a permanent graphic and/or an active graphic.

7. The training device of claim 5 wherein the second-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

8. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a container.

9. The training device of claim 8 wherein the container comprises a graphic design thematically related to the first-side tissue graphic.

10. The training device of claim 8 wherein the container is reusable.

11. The training device of claim 8 wherein a plurality of the facial tissue sheets are stacked together within the container.

12. The training device of claim 11 wherein the plurality of facial tissue sheets are arranged so as to be dispensed one at a time from the container.

13. The training device of claim 11 wherein the plurality of facial tissue sheets comprises a series of training marks that are each different.

14. The training device of claim 13 wherein the training marks are thematically related.

15. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a score card.

16. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a wastebasket interactive object.

17. The training device of claim 16 wherein the wastebasket interactive object is thematically related to the first-side tissue graphic.

18. The training device of claim 5 further comprising a wastebasket interactive object that is thematically related to the second-side tissue graphic.

19. A method of providing a system for nasal discharge training comprising:

(A) providing a facial tissue sheet having a first side, and a second side in opposing planar relationship to the first side;

(B) disposing a first-side tissue graphic onto the first side of the facial tissue sheet; and

(C) enabling the user to properly utilize the facial tissue sheet for nasal discharge;

wherein the first-side tissue graphic comprises an active graphic; and

wherein the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of disposing a second-side tissue graphic onto the second side of the facial tissue sheet, wherein the second-side graphic is visible on the second side, and wherein the second-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a container for the facial tissue sheet.

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a score card.

23. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a wastebasket interactive object.

24. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a set of caregiver instructions.