Oral kit including visible sticker panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9516936-B2
Application number	US-201114006718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2011
Priority date	Apr 8, 2011
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

An oral care kit ( 1000 ) including an oral care product ( 200 ) and a sticker panel ( 300 ). In one aspect, the invention may be an oral care kit ( 1000 ) comprising: a package ( 100 ); a toothbrush ( 200 ) disposed within the package ( 100 ); and a sticker panel ( 300 ) disposed within the package ( 100 ), the sticker panel ( 300 ) comprising a plurality of detachable stickers ( 301 ), the sticker panel ( 300 ) forming a sleeve through which a portion of the toothbrush ( 200 ) extends, the plurality of stickers ( 301 ) visible from outside of the package ( 100 ) through a substantially transparent portion of the package ( 100 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oral care kit comprising:
a package;
a toothbrush disposed within the package; and
a sticker panel disposed within the package, the sticker panel comprising one or more stickers, the sticker panel forming a sleeve through which a portion of the toothbrush extends, at least one of the one or more stickers visible from outside of the package through a substantially transparent portion of the package.

2. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the toothbrush is an electric toothbrush.

3. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the package is a blister package, the blister package comprising a product information panel, the toothbrush positioned adjacent a front surface of the product information panel, a handle of the toothbrush extending through the sleeve formed by the sticker panel.

4. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the package comprises a substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover, the three-dimensional front cover forming a receiving cavity in which at least a portion of the toothbrush and at least a portion of the sticker panel are disposed, and the at least one sticker being visible through the substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover.

5. The oral care kit according to claim 4 wherein the package comprises a rear cover, the rear cover coupled to the three-dimensional front cover to enclose the receiving cavity.

6. The oral care kit according to claim 5 wherein the rear cover is a substantially planar product information panel and comprises paperboard.

7. The oral care according to claim 5 wherein a perimeter portion of the three-dimensional front cover is coupled to a perimeter portion of the rear cover.

8. The oral care kit according to claim 4 wherein the receiving cavity comprises a proximal portion in which at least a portion of a handle of the toothbrush is disposed and a distal portion in which at least a portion of a head of the toothbrush is disposed.

9. The oral care kit according to claim 8 wherein the sticker panel is disposed within the proximal portion, the handle of the toothbrush extending through the sleeve formed by the sticker panel.

10. The oral care kit according to claim 8 wherein the receiving cavity comprises a middle portion in which at least a portion of a neck of the toothbrush is disposed, the middle portion extending between the proximal and distal portions of the receiving cavity, the middle portion being narrow relative to the proximal and distal portions.

11. The oral care kit according to claim 4 wherein the sticker panel comprises a plurality of panel sections separated from one another by a seam and being non-coplanar with respect to one another, and wherein each of the panel sections comprises at least one sticker that is visible through the substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover.

12. The oral care kit according to claim 11 wherein the sticker panel comprises a first panel section, a second panel section and a third panel section, a front surface of each of the first, second and third panel sections being positioned in surface contact with a corresponding wall of the three-dimensional front cover.

13. The oral care kit according to claim 4 wherein the three-dimensional front cover is a thermoformed plastic film.

14. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the entirety of the toothbrush and the entirety of the sticker panel are disposed within the package.

15. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the toothbrush protrudes from the sleeve formed by the sticker panel and is visible from outside of the package.

16. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the sticker panel is separate and independent from the package.

17. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the one or more stickers are sized to be attached to the toothbrush.

18. An oral care kit comprising:
a blister package comprising a substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover forming a receiving cavity;
a toothbrush at least partially disposed within the receiving cavity; and
a sticker panel at least partially disposed within the receiving cavity, the sticker panel comprising a plurality of detachable stickers, the sticker panel comprising a plurality of panel sections separated from one another by a seam and being non-coplanar with respect to one another,
wherein a front surface of at least one of the panel sections is visible through the three-dimensional front cover, at least one front surface of the plurality of panel sections comprising at least one sticker, and
wherein the sticker panel forms a sleeve through which a rear portion of the toothbrush extends.

19. The oral care kit according to claim 18 wherein a front surface of each of the panel sections is in surface contact with a corresponding wall of the three-dimensional front cover.

20. The oral care kit according to claim 18 wherein the blister package comprises an aperture at a top end of the blister package for hanging the toothbrush kit for display.

21. The oral care kit according to claim 20 wherein the sticker panel comprises at least two of the panel sections that extend outward from a rear surface of the front cover.

22. The oral care kit according to claim 18 wherein the entirety of the toothbrush and the entirety of the sticker panel are disposed within the blister package.

23. The oral care kit according to claim 18 wherein the blister package comprises a rear cover, the rear cover coupled to the three-dimensional front cover to enclose the receiving cavity.

24. An oral care kit comprising:
a package;
an oral care product disposed within the package; and
a sticker panel disposed within the package, the sticker panel comprising a plurality of detachable stickers, the plurality of stickers visible from outside of the package through a substantially transparent portion of the package, and wherein the sticker panel forms a sleeve through which a portion of the oral care product extends.

25. The oral care kit according to claim 24 wherein the package comprises a rear cover and a substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover forming a receiving cavity in which at least a portion of the oral care product and at least a portion of the sticker panel are disposed.

26. The oral care kit according to claim 24 wherein the package comprises a substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover forming a receiving cavity in which at least a portion of the oral care product and at least a portion of the sticker panel are disposed, and the plurality of stickers being visible through the substantially transparent three-dimensional front cover.

27. The oral care kit according to claim 26 wherein the sticker panel comprises a plurality of panel sections separated from one another by a seam and being non-coplanar with respect to one another, and wherein a front surface of each of the panel sections is visible through the three-dimensional front cover, the front surface of each of the panel sections comprising at least one of the plurality of stickers.

28. The oral care kit according to claim 27 wherein a front surface of each of the panel sections is in surface contact with a corresponding wall of the three-dimensional front cover.

29. The oral care kit according to claim 24 wherein the oral

Assignees

• Lee David K
• Nguyen Quang
• Colgate Palmolive Co

Inventors

• Lee David K
• Nguyen Quang

Classifications

• B65D75/54

  Cards, coupons or other inserts or accessories · CPC title

• A46B15/0085

  Brushes provided with an identification, marking device or design · CPC title

• B65D2203/02

  Labels · CPC title

• A45C11/00 Primary

  Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 (specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48) · CPC title

• B65D75/368 Primary

  the compartments being interconnected, e.g. by small channels · CPC title