Packaging for a consumer product
OwnerLoren S. Adell, Michael Adellinventors
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Abstract
A mouthguard that has an integral tethering strap is packaged by forming a loop at the distal end of the strap and then folding the strap back over the front of the U-shaped mouthguard body so as to nest the loop within the U-shaped body. The mouthguard is then ensealed in a transparent plastic clamshell enclosure. The enclosure is assembled to a paperboard carrier which contains cut-outs that are symmetrical about a line of folding for a flap portion of the carrier. When the flap is folded back onto the carrier, the margin of the clamshell is trapped. A second flap opposite the first one is also folded back onto the same side of the carrier as the first flap. The opposing faces of this second flap and the carrier contain a warranty card and a warranty certificate.
Claims15
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier having cut-outs that are symmetrical about a line of folding by which a flap of the carrier joins with a central portion of the carrier, said enclosure fitting into said cut-outs such that said peripheral margin of the enclosure is sandwiched between said flap and said central portion of the carrier when said flap is folded onto said central portion of the carrier about said line of folding, wherein said carrier further includes a second flap that joins to said carrier about a further line of folding that is spaced from, but parallel to, the carrier's first-mentioned line of folding, said second flap being folded back onto the same side of the carrier as the first flap.
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier to which said enclosure is mounted via said peripheral margin, wherein said carrier includes a flap that joins to said carrier about a line of folding, said flap being folded back onto the carrier, the confronting surfaces of the flap and a central portion of the carrier contain a warranty registration card for the product and a warranty certificate for the product respectively, and said folded flap and said central portion of the carrier being joined at respective portions of their perimeters in surrounding relation to said warranty registration card and said warranty certificate.
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier to which said enclosure is mounted via said peripheral margin, wherein said carrier includes flap means that integrally joins to said carrier by fold line means, said flap means being folded back onto a central portion of the carrier, said flap means and said central portion of the carrier containing a warranty registration card for the product and a warranty certificate for the product respectively, so as to provide for separation of the warranty registration card from the warranty certificate, and said folded flap means and said carrier being joined at respective portions of their perimeters in surrounding relation to said warranty registration card and said warranty certificate, in which said flap means comprises a flap folded back onto said central portion of the carrier about a particular line of folding such that confronting faces of said central portion of said carrier and of said flap contain said warranty certificate and said warranty registration card respectively.
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier to which said enclosure is mounted via said peripheral margin, wherein said carrier includes flap means that integrally joins to said carrier by fold line means, said flap means being folded back onto a portion of the carrier so as to be in covering relation to a side of said portion of the carrier, and said flap means and said carrier contain a warranty registration card for the product and a warranty certificate for the product respectively, so as to provide for separation of the warranty registration card from the warranty certificate, and said folded flap means and said carrier being joined at respective portions of their perimeters in surrounding relation to said warranty registration card and said warranty certificate, wherein said portion of the carrier has another side that is opposite said first-mentioned side, said warranty certificate is disposed on said first-mentioned side of said portion of the carrier, and said another side of said portion of the carrier contains descriptive indicia about the product.
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier to which said enclosure is mounted via said peripheral margin, wherein said carrier includes flap means that integrally joins to said carrier by fold line means, said flap means being folded back onto a portion of the carrier so as to be in covering relation to a side of said portion of the carrier, and said flap means and said carrier contain a warranty registration card for the product and a warranty certificate for the product respectively, so as to provide for separation of the warranty registration card from the warranty certificate, and said folded flap means and said carrier being joined at respective portions of their perimeters in surrounding relation to said warranty registration card and said warranty certificate, in which said flap means comprises two individual flaps, one of said flaps cooperating with said portion of the carrier to capture said peripheral margin of said enclosure, the other of said flaps containing said warranty registration card.
A packaged product comprising a transparent enclosure ensealing a product, said enclosure having a peripheral margin, a carrier to which said enclosure is mounted via said peripheral margin, wherein said carrier includes flap means that integrally joins to said carrier by fold line means, said flap means being folded back onto a portion of the carrier so as to be in covering relation to a side of said portion of the carrier and to cooperate with said portion of the carrier in capturing said peripheral margin of said enclosure, said flap means and said carrier containing a warranty registration card for the product and a warranty certificate for the product, so as to provide for separation of the warranty registration card from the carrier while leaving the warranty certificate with the carrier, and said folded flap means and said carrier being joined at respective portion of their perimeters in surrounding relation to said warranty registration card and said warranty certificate, wherein said portion of the carrier has another side that is opposite said first-mentioned side, said warranty certificate is disposed on said first-mentioned side of said portion of the carrier, and said another side of said portion of the carrier contains descriptive indicia about the product.
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