Array of self-adhering articles and merchandise display system for identifying product types to users

• US 8,440,600 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Douyon, Lorna M
• Application Number:
  US12/723,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20100216685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: 510/191, 510/192, 510/195, 510/221, 510/238, 510/336, 510/370, 510/383, 510/392, 510/396, 510/403, 510/438, 510/440, 510/445, 510/446, 510/447, 40/1, 403/08, 403/10, 403/12
• US Class Current: 510/191
• 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 disposed in a display and including packaging that indicates adherence cooperation between separately packaged self-adhesive cleaning products, the array comprising:

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

a second self-adhesive cleaning product proximal to the first cleaning product in the display, the second product comprising;

an active ingredient different than the first cleaning product active ingredient;

a first surface that adheres to a hard surface; and

a second surface that adheringly receives and supports the first cleaning product when the second cleaning product is adhered to the hard surface.

2. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the first cleaning product 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 first cleaning product 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 first cleaning product and the second cleaning product each comprise an adhesion of at least about 5 hours.

5. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 4 wherein the first cleaning product and the second cleaning product 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 second cleaning product 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, and combinations thereof.

8. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the first cleaning product and the second cleaning product 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 first cleaning product and the second cleaning product each comprise a transport rate factor of less than about 55 seconds.

10. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 1 wherein the first cleaning product and the second cleaning product each comprise a 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 disposed in a display and including packaging that indicates adherence cooperation between separately packaged 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

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, the second cleaning product proximal to the first cleaning product in the display and comprising a first surface that adheres to a hard surface and a second surface that adheringly receives and supports the first cleaning product when the second cleaning product is adhered to the hard surface;

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 first cleaning product is a gel and the second cleaning product is a solid and each comprise an adhesion of at least about 5 hours.

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

15. An array of self-adhesive cleaning products disposed on a retail display and including packaging that indicates adherence cooperation between separately packaged self-adhesive cleaning products, the array comprising:

a first self-adhesive cleaning product disposed on the retail display and comprising

a first cleaning product active ingredient, the first product comprising a gel; and

a second self-adhesive cleaning product proximal to the first cleaning product, the second cleaning product comprising a solid and including;

an active ingredient different than the first cleaning product active ingredient;

a first surface that adheres to a hard surface; and

a second surface that adheringly receives and supports the first cleaning product when the second cleaning product is adhered to the hard surface.

16. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products 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 array of self-adhesive cleaning products 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 array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 16, wherein the second self-adhesive cleaning product is configured to 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 array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 15, wherein one or more of the cleaning products comprises a benefit selected from the group consisting of:

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

20. The array of self-adhesive cleaning products according to claim 15, wherein the packaging of the first self-adhesive cleaning product indicates a benefit different from a benefit of the second self-adhesive cleaning product.