Sample packet newspaper insert
AssigneeChicago Tribune Company
InventorsColleen H. Dolan, Arnold R. Behrman, Barry G. Seelig
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Abstract
Packaging for product samples and the like that is suitable for insertion into newspaper publications with standard automatic insertion machinery and provides nonbulging product sample protection when inserted into a newspaper publication to prevent "footballing" of newspaper stacks.
Claims34
A package for a product sample suitable for insertion between pages of a printed publication and having a substantially uniform thickness, comprising:
- a flexible, substantially planar substrate having a thickness approximating the thickness of a product sample and at least one aperture in said substrate nestling said product sample therein;
- and
- an outer sheath, wrapped around at least one edge of said substrate and in contact with said at least one edge, for completely enveloping said substrate and product sample, including at least one window for displaying at least a portion of said product sample.
A package for a product sample suitable for insertion between pages of a printed publication and having a substantially uniform thickness, comprising:
- a flexible, substantially planar substrate having a thickness approximating the thickness of a product sample and at least one aperture in said substrate nestling said product sample therein;
- and
- an outer sheath, wrapped around opposite edges of said substrate and in contact with both of said opposite edges, for completely enveloping said substrate and product sample, including at least one window for displaying at least a portion of said product sample.
Packaging for a product sample suitable for insertion between pages of a printed publication, comprising:
- a flexible, substantially planar substrate comprising a corrugated material with flutes substantially parallel to opposite edges of said substrate and having a thickness approximating the thickness of a product sample and at least one aperture in said substrate nestling said product sample therein;
- and
- an outer sheath, wrapped around said opposite edges of said substrate, for completely enveloping said substrate and product sample, including at least one window for displaying at least a portion of said product sample.
A package for a product sample suitable for insertion between pages of a printed publication, comprising:
- a flexible, substantially planar substrate having a thickness approximating the thickness of a product sample and at least one aperture in said substrate nestling said product sample therein;
- an outer sheath, wrapped around at least one edge of said substrate, for completely enveloping said substrate and product sample, including at least one window for displaying at least a portion of said product sample;
- and
- said substrate comprising a fluted material having flutes substantially parallel to the direction of the fold of said outer sheath.
A package for a product sample suitable for insertion between pages of a printed publication, comprising:
- a flexible, substantially planar substrate having a thickness approximating the thickness of a product sample and at least one aperture in said substrate nestling said product sample therein;
- an outer sheath, wrapped around opposite edges of said substrate, for completely enveloping said substrate and product sample, including at least one window for displaying at least a portion of said product sample;
- and
- said substrate comprising a fluted material having flutes substantially parallel to the direction of the fold of said outer sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.