Liquid cosmetic product retail unit
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsCharles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jay Tapper, Patrick Coyne, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Abstract
A liquid cosmetic product retail unit includes a container and a plurality of dispensers disposed in the container. The container is dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store and includes a base, a lid and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid. A method for offering for sale a liquid cosmetic product is also disclosed.
Claims25
A retail unit comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical container dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store, the container including a base, a removable lid, and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid, the lid being configured to cooperate with the base for stacking an associated container having a same configuration as the base of the container onto the lid of the container;
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- a plurality of liquid cosmetic product aerosol dispensers each disposed in a corresponding receptacle.
A consumer product comprising:
- a container defining a longitudinal axis and including a base having a plurality of receptacles and a lid;
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- a plurality of substantially cylindrical aerosol dispensers containing a cosmetic chemical composition each disposed in a corresponding receptacle, the dispensers extending above an upper edge of the container when the lid is removed and each dispenser being disposed in the container such that its longitudinal axis is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container.
A retail unit comprising:
- a plurality of body spray dispensers;
- a first tubular housing having a side wall and a closed end, the side wall at least substantially surrounding the plurality of body spray dispensers, and the first tubular housing contacting each of the dispensers at the closed end;
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- a second tubular housing having a side wall and a closed end, the side wall of the second housing at least substantially surrounding the plurality of body spray dispensers and contacting the side wall of the first housing, and the second tubular housing contacting each of the dispensers at the closed end.
A method of offering for sale a liquid cosmetic product, the method comprising:
- displaying a first aerosol dispenser containing a liquid cosmetic product on a retail shelf;
- displaying a plurality of second aerosol dispensers containing a liquid cosmetic product on the retail shelf in proximity to the first dispenser, the second dispensers being disposed in one or more layers in a generally vertical orientation in a generally cylindrical package having a diameter that is about equal to a diameter of the first dispenser and wherein each layer contains at least two second aerosol dispensers and wherein at least some portion of each of the second aerosol dispensers in a given layer occupy a common horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.