# US 5,601,859 A · Chewing gum individually wrapped with wrapper bearing transferable tattoo

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- Number: US 5,601,859 A
- Document ID: US5601859A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/382,064
- Filed: 1995-02-01
- Granted: 1997-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 1995-02-01
- Assignees: Nabisco, Inc.
- Inventors: Joanne Penaluna
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5601859A

## CPC

- A23G 4/186: {products with an inedible support, e.g. a stick}
- B41M 3/12: Transfer pictures or the like, e.g. decalcomanias {(processes for producing decorative surface effects B44C1/00; B41M5/0256 takes precedence)}
- B44C 1/1752: {Decalcomanias provided with a particular decorative layer, e.g. being specially adapted to allow the formation of a metallic or dyestuff layer on a substrate unsuitable for direct deposition (B44C1/1756, B44C1/1758 take precedence)}
- B65D 85/60: for sweets or like confectionery products
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P)
- B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A chewing gum product comprises an individual-sized piece of chewing gym wrapped in a flexible paper wrapper wherein the side of the wrapper in contact with the gum is coated with wax, and the other side of the wrapper contains no wax or adhesive and carries at least one complete design of ink comprising vegetable dye and polyvinyl alcohol which is transferable as a tattoo by wetting the design with water and pressing it against the surface to which the tattoo is to be transferred.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A product comprising an individual stick of chewing gum wrapped in a paper wrapper having an inner surface which contacts said gum and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface of said wrapper is coated with a food grade wax and the outer surface of said wrapper does not contain wax, does not contain adhesive, and is imprinted with one or more complete patterns formed of ink comprising food grade vegetable dye and food grade polyvinyl alcohol, wherein said one or more complete patterns are integrally transferable from said wrapper to human skin upon moistening of the ink sufficiently with water to effect release of the pattern from the wrapper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A product according to claim 1 wherein said wax comprises paraffin wax.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A product according to claim 1 wherein said wrapper is imprinted with one complete pattern and with one or more incomplete portions of patterns.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A product according to claim 1 wherein the wrapper is also imprinted, on the same side of the wrapper as said complete patterns, with use instructions in permanent, nontransferable ink.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A product according to claim 1 wherein the polyvinyl alcohol and dye in said ink on said wrapper are present in a weight ratio of polyvinyl alcohol: dye of 2:1 to 6:1.