Method of customizing disposable consumer packaged goods
OwnerThomas Gerard Shannon, Andrew Peter Bakken +2inventors
InventorsThomas Gerard Shannon, Andrew Peter Bakken, Cynthia Watts Henderson, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay
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Abstract
Color-customized tissue cartons and products can be manufactured specially for consumers by providing consumers access to color coding systems at a retail store locations. Desired room decor colors, taken from paint chip colors or upholstery colors, can be matched at the retailer's location and the color coordinates stored in a database. Coordinating colors can be generated and all of the color information can be conveyed to a printer where tissue carton graphics are printed. As a result, the colors of the graphics can be customized to the consumer's specifications.
Claims27
A method of making color-customized packages for disposable consumer packaged goods using a networked computer database shared by a package manufacturer and one or more retailers, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a consumer access to a color coding system at a retail location that can identify the color coordinates of a designated color or colors to be matched;
- (b) identifying the color coordinates of the designated color or colors and storing their identities in the computer database;
- (c) providing the consumer with options for graphic designs to be printed on the package and enabling the consumer to select a design;
- (d) applying the identified colors to the selected design and storing the resulting colored design information in the database;
- (e) accessing the colored design information by the package manufacturer;
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- (f) printing a package with the colored design and producing a customized disposable consumer packaged good with a package containing the colored design.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.