Package comprising holistic coding system

• US 8,281,926 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Messerschmidt, Andreas Stephanus Lambertus, Will, Susanne
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA
• Application Number:
  US11/811,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20080000793A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,950 Days
• Field of Search: 206/459.1, 206/459.5, 206438-440, 206/812, 206/494
• US Class Current: 206/459.5
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 15/001 Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels A61F15/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/8497 having decorations or indicia means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/00 Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators see also B65D5/4212, B65D33/004
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/004 Information or decoration elements, e.g. level indicators, detachable tabs or coupons
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/04 Windows or other apertures, e.g. for viewing contents ventilation apertures B65D33/01; windows for level indication B65D33/004

Abstract

A package for household articles provided with a holistic coding system. The coding system allows consumers to select the articles required for their needs without confusion. The coding system includes first coding elements on the dispensing means of package and second coding elements on the articles contained in the package.

Claims

1. A package containing at least one hygiene article;

the package being made of a package material;

the package having an outer surface, a dispensing flap, a reclosable adhesive tape, a pigmented, non-opaque window having a color, and an interior, the interior enclosing the at least one hygiene article;

the package having a consumer-noticeable first coding element having a color on the dispensing flap of the package; and

the at least one hygiene article having a consumer-noticeable second coding element having a color;

wherein, the interaction between the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window and the color of the consumer-noticeable second coding element provides a color that resembles the color of the consumer-noticeable first coding element; and

wherein the at least one hygiene article is perceived through the window as having a color that is different from both the color of the at least one hygiene article as well as the color of the window.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein the consumer-noticeable first and second coding elements are indicia.

3. The package of claim 2, wherein the indicia are selected from letters, symbols, lines, patterns, ornamental designs, pictures, script, characters as well as combinations thereof.

4. The package of claim 1, wherein the color of the consumer-noticeable first coding element differs from the color of the consumer-noticeable second coding element.

5. The package of claim 1, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is yellow.

6. The package of claim 1, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is blue.

7. The package of claim 1, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is green.

8. The package of claim 1, wherein the pigmented, non-opaque window is transparent.

9. A package containing at least one hygiene article;

the package being made of a package material;

the package having an outer surface, a dispensing flap, a reclosable adhesive tape, a pigmented, transparent window having a color, and an interior, the interior enclosing the at least one hygiene article;

the package having a consumer-noticeable first coding element having a color on the dispensing flap of the package; and

the at least one hygiene article having a consumer-noticeable second coding element having a color;

wherein, the interaction between the color of the pigmented, transparent window and the color of the consumer-noticeable second coding element provides a color that resembles the color of the consumer-noticeable first coding element; and

wherein the at least one hygiene article is perceived through the window as having a color that is different from both the color of the at least one hygiene article as well as the color of the window.

10. The package of claim 9, wherein the consumer-noticeable first and second coding elements are indicia.

11. The package of claim 9, wherein the indicia are selected from letters, symbols, lines, patterns, ornamental designs, pictures, script, characters as well as combinations thereof.

12. The package of claim 9, wherein the color of the consumer-noticeable first coding element differs from the color of the consumer-noticeable second coding element.

13. The package of claim 9, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is yellow.

14. The package of claim 9, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is blue.

15. The package of claim 9, wherein the color of the pigmented, non-opaque window is green.