Array of sanitary tissue products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524837-B2
Application number	US-202217665668-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2022
Priority date	Feb 23, 2007
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

An array of toilet tissue products comprising first, second, and third packages, where first package conveys strength and a second package conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first, second, and third toilet tissue products.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array of toilet tissue products comprising:
a first toilet tissue product, a second toilet tissue product, and a third toilet tissue product, wherein common intensive properties of each of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products are comprised of lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness, the first toilet tissue product exhibiting a first lint value, a first basis weight, a first total dry tensile, a first absorbency value, and a first softness value, the second toilet tissue product exhibiting a second lint value, a second basis weight, a second total dry tensile, a second absorbency value, and a second softness value, the third toilet tissue product exhibiting a third lint value, a third basis weight, a third total dry tensile, a third absorbency value, and a third softness value;
wherein at least one of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 5% different;
wherein the first toilet tissue product is housed within a first toilet tissue product package that comprises a first product designation, and wherein the second toilet tissue product is housed within a second toilet tissue product package that comprises a second product designation, and wherein the third toilet tissue product is housed within a third toilet tissue product package that comprises a third product designation;
wherein the first product designation conveys strength;
wherein the second product designation conveys softness;
wherein each of the first, second, and third product designations are different;
wherein the first, second, and third toilet tissue product packages are separate from each other such that the first, second, and third toilet tissue product packages are displayed on a store shelf separate from each other such that a consumer desiring to purchase one of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products has the opportunity to choose one of the first, second, and third 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 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 lotion.

4. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 3 , 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, second, and third toilet tissue products.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 5% different.

14. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least three of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 5% different.

15. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 10% different.

16. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 10% different.

17. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least three of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 10% different.

18. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 15% different.

19. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 15% different.

20. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein at least three of the common intensive properties between the first, second, and third toilet tissue properties are at least 15% different.

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

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

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

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

25. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the third tissue product packages comprises textual indicia to convey scent.

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

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

28. The array of toilet tissue products of claim 26 ,

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

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

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

• B65D2203/00

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

• B65D85/62 Primary

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

• B65D85/67

  for web or tape-like material · CPC title

• B65D77/22

  Details · CPC title