Oral care kit for displaying a portion of a toothbrush

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9731882-B2
Application number	US-201114117968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2011
Priority date	May 27, 2011
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

An oral care kit ( 1000 ) including a package ( 100 ), a toothbrush ( 200 ) positioned within the package and a backer card ( 300 ) comprising a window aperture ( 30 ). The oral care kit provides the user with the ability to view a portion of the toothbrush, such as the head ( 210 ), from both the front and rear of the package while maintaining the package in an enclosed state. In one embodiment of the invention, the package comprises a front cover ( 101 ) comprising a substantially transparent window portion ( 130 ) and a rear cover ( 102 ) comprising a substantially transparent window portion ( 120 ), the rear cover coupled to the front cover to form a receiving cavity ( 115 ). The backer card is positioned within the receiving cavity between the toothbrush and the rear cover so that the window portion of the rear cover, the window aperture ( 301 ) of the backer card, a portion of the toothbrush, and the window portion of the front cover are transversely aligned.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oral care kit comprising:
(i) a package comprising:
(a) a front cover comprising
a perimeter portion,
a substantially transparent window portion and
a three-dimensional contour forming a receiving cavity,

(b) a backer card comprising
a front surface,
a back surface,
a perimeter portion, and
a window aperture defined by an inner edge of the backer card that forms a closed perimeter,
wherein the backer card's perimeter portion contacts the front cover's perimeter portion to enclose the receiving cavity, and

(c) a substantially transparent rear window coupled to the backer card and extending into the window aperture of the backer card, the rear window comprising
an annular flange for facilitating coupling of the window to the backer card, wherein the annular flange contacts the front surface of the backer card, and
an upstanding wall that contacts the inner edge of the backer card; and

(ii) a toothbrush comprising a handle, the toothbrush positioned within the receiving cavity;
wherein a portion of the toothbrush is visible through: (1) the window; (2) the window aperture of the backer card; and (3) the window portion of the front cover, and
wherein a portion of the handle is not visible through the rear cover.

2. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the rear window, the window aperture of the backer card, the portion of the toothbrush, and the window portion of the front cover are transversely aligned.

3. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the backer card is opaque.

4. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the backer card is constructed of a paperboard material.

5. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the front cover is a thermoformed thin plastic film.

6. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the portion of the handle is one of: one half, one third, one quarter, and entirety of the handle.

7. The oral care kit according to claim 1 wherein the rear window further comprises a substantially planar portion.

Assignees

• Lee David K
• Nguyen Quang
• Colgate Palmolive Co

Inventors

• Lee David K
• Nguyen Quang

Classifications

• B65D75/366 Primary

  and forming one compartment · CPC title

• A46B15/0093

  Magazins or sets of brushes components, e.g. plurality of brushes linked as a package · CPC title

• B65D73/00

  Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs {(B65D85/18 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A46B15/0081 Primary

  Brushes with a scraper, e.g. tongue scraper · CPC title

• A46B2200/1066

  Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures (A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04) · CPC title