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US 2011/0068044 A1Published application
Display package for a plurality of products
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsAlan Sorrentino, Andreas Haefliger
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a display package that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of packs containing one or more products and a sleeve. The primary packs are arranged in a bundle and disposed within the sleeve. A separator panel can be included in certain embodiments of the bundle between the packs. Portions of the packs may protrude through apertures in the front and rear panels of the sleeve and apertures within the separator panel to assist with maintaining the bundle within the sleeve.
Claims39
A display package comprising:
- a plurality of packs, each pack comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and at least one interior chamber located between the front and rear walls for holding at least one product, the plurality of packs arranged in a bundle;
- a separator panel having at least one upper aperture and at least one lower aperture positioned between adjacent packs in the bundle, a portion of the front wall of one pack in the bundle protruding through one of the upper or lower apertures in the separator panel and contacting an adjacent pack in the bundle and a portion of the rear wall of the adjacent pack in the bundle protruding through the other one of the upper or lower apertures in the separator panel and contacting the one pack in the bundle;
- a sleeve comprising a front panel having a front aperture, a rear panel having a rear aperture, and first and second side panels connecting the front and rear panels to form a cavity;
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- the bundle positioned within the cavity of the sleeve, a portion of the front wall of a front-most pack in the bundle protruding through the front aperture of the front panel of the sleeve and a portion of the rear wall of a rear-most pack in the bundle protruding through the rear aperture of the rear panel of the sleeve.
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A display package comprising:
- a first pack and a second pack, each of the first and second packs comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and at least one interior chamber located between the front and rear walls for holding at least one product;
- the first and second packs arranged in a bundle so that a protruding portion of the front wall of the second pack contacts the first pack and a protruding portion of the rear wall of the first pack contacts the second pack;
- a sleeve comprising a front panel having a front aperture, a rear panel having a rear aperture, and first and second side panels connecting the front and rear panels to form a cavity;
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- the bundle positioned within the cavity of the sleeve, a protruding portion of the front wall of the first pack protruding through the front aperture of the front panel of the sleeve and a protruding portion of the rear wall of the second pack protruding through the rear aperture of the rear panel of the sleeve
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A display package comprising:
- a plurality of packs, each pack comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and at least one interior chamber located between the front and rear walls for holding at least one product, the plurality of packs arranged in a bundle;
- a separator panel positioned between adjacent packs in the bundle and having at least one aperture that allows contact between the adjacent packs in the bundle;
- a tubular sleeve comprising a front panel having a front aperture and a rear panel having a rear aperture;
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- the bundle positioned within the cavity of the tubular sleeve, a protruding portion of the front wall of a front-most pack in the bundle protruding through the front aperture of the front panel of the tubular sleeve and a protruding portion of the rear wall of a rear-most pack in the bundle protruding through the rear aperture of the rear panel of the sleeve.
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A carton blank comprising:
- a front panel comprising a front aperture;
- a first side panel and a second side panel appended to opposite sides of the front panel;
- a rear panel appended to the first side panel opposite the front panel, the rear panel comprising a pull tab and a rear aperture, the pull tab located adjacent a free side edge of the rear panel opposite the first side panel;
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- a glue flap extending from the second side panel opposite the front panel for coupling to the rear panel at a location adjacent the pull tab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.