Array of sanitary tissue products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11124357-B2
Application number	US-201615062655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2016
Priority date	Feb 23, 2007
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

An array of toilet tissue products. In an example, a first toilet tissue product can exhibit a first lint value and a second toilet tissue product can exhibit a second lint value which is greater than the first lint value and wherein the first toilet tissue product has a total dry tensile strength greater than the total dry tensile strength of the second toilet tissue product. The first toilet tissue product can be housed within a first toilet tissue product package and the second toilet tissue product can be housed within a second toilet tissue product package. The packages can be designed to be sold individually and wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages each comprise a common brand name.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array of toilet tissue products comprising a first toilet tissue product and a second toilet tissue product wherein basis weight is a common intensive property of the first and second toilet tissue products, the first toilet tissue product exhibiting a first basis weight and the second toilet tissue product exhibiting a second basis weight which is at least 5% different than the first basis weight, wherein the first toilet tissue product is housed within a first toilet tissue product package that conveys strength, and wherein the second toilet tissue product is housed within a second toilet tissue product package that conveys softness, wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages are separate from each other such that the first toilet tissue product package is displayed on a store shelf separate from the second toilet tissue product package such that a consumer desiring to purchase one of the first and second toilet tissue products has the opportunity to choose one of the first and second toilet tissue products, and wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages each comprise a common single source identifier.

2. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the array further comprises a third toilet tissue product package comprising a third toilet tissue product, wherein the third toilet tissue product is single-ply.

3. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 2 , wherein the third toilet tissue product comprises a common intensive property that is different from at least one of the first and second toilet tissue products.

4. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 2 , wherein the third toilet tissue product comprises a common intensive property that has a different value than each of the first and second toilet tissue products.

5. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 4 , wherein the array further comprises a fourth toilet tissue product package comprising a fourth toilet tissue product, wherein the fourth toilet tissue product is single-ply, and wherein the fourth toilet tissue product comprises a common intensive property that has a different value than at least one of the first and second toilet tissue products.

6. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the common single source identifier comprises a trademark.

7. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first package comprises a non-verbal cue that connotes strength.

8. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the second package comprises a non-verbal cue that connotes softness.

9. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second packages further comprises a representation of a texture present on the toilet tissue product within the package.

10. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first and second toilet tissue products are priced differently.

11. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second packages further comprises information about other toilet tissue products within the array.

12. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second packages further comprises information about various roll sizes in which the toilet tissue product within the package is available.

13. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the array comprises dry and wet toilet tissue products.

14. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein total dry tensile strength is also a common intensive property of the first and second toilet tissue products, the first toilet tissue product exhibiting a first total dry tensile strength and the second toilet tissue product exhibiting a second total dry tensile strength which is at least 5% different than the first total dry tensile strength.

15. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein lint is also a common intensive property of the first and second toilet tissue products, the first toilet tissue product exhibiting a first lint value and the second toilet tissue product exhibiting a second lint value which is at least 5% different than the first lint value.

16. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein absorbency is also a common intensive property of the first and second toilet tissue products, the first toilet tissue product exhibiting a first absorbency value and the second toilet tissue product exhibiting a second absorbency value which is at least 5% different than the first absorbency value.

17. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the second basis weight is at least 10% different than the first basis weight.

18. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the second toilet tissue product package comprises blue indicia.

19. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first toilet tissue product package comprises red indicia.

20. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first toilet tissue product package comprises red indicia and wherein the second toilet tissue product package comprises blue indicia.

21. The array of of toilet tissue products claim 1 , wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages are placed immediately side by side to each other in the array.

22. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second toilet tissue product packages comprises textual indicia to convey strength and softness, respectively.

23. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first toilet tissue product package comprises a first product descriptor and wherein the second toilet tissue product package comprises a second product descriptor, and wherein at least at least a portion of the first and second product descriptors are common.

24. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first toilet tissue product package comprises a first product descriptor and wherein the second toilet tissue product package comprises a second product descriptor, and wherein at least at least a portion of the first and second product descriptors are different.

25. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 23 , wherein each of the first and second product descriptors use the word “Ultra.”

26. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 24 , wherein the first toilet tissue product package product descriptor uses the word “strong” and wherein the second toilet tissue product package product descriptor uses the word “soft.”

27. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second toilet tissue product packages are made from film.

28. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second toilet tissue product packages are made from cardboard.

29. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second toilet tissue product packages are made from paper.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Knobloch Thorsten
• Steeves-Kiss Jennifer Lori
• Thomas Illya Torrance
• Burns Michael Ricardo

Classifications

• B65D71/063 Primary

  Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets (B65D71/08 takes precedence; wrappers formed by folding a single blank B65D71/12; wrappers formed by folding two or more blanks B65D71/38) · CPC title

• A47K10/18

  Holders; Receptacles · CPC title

• B65D85/62 Primary

  for stacks of articles; for special arrangements of groups of articles · CPC title

• B65D77/22

  Details · CPC title

• B65D2203/00

  Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators · CPC title