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US 6,190,730 B1Granted
Cosmetic sampler with sample screen printed on film
AssigneeColor Prelude, Inc.
InventorsEmmanuel B. Matsos, Catholyn T. Griffiths, Anthony J. Gunderman
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Abstract
A cosmetic sampler package comprising a slurry of cosmetic and solvent which is printed onto a transparent or translucent film overlay. The film overlay includes opaque portions printed in the negative image of the desired design on the surface opposite that of the cosmetic, so as to form a display window for viewing the cosmetic sample. A perimeter adhesive may be printed on the film overlay around the sample and a protective backing is sealed to the film.
Claims13
A method for making a cosmetic sampler comprising:
- (a) forming a preparation of a cosmetic product;
- (b) printing said cosmetic preparation
- onto a plastic film in a pattern having at least one distinct section, wherein the film is pre-printed with opaque copy to define at least one transparent window corresponding to the printed pattern of the cosmetic preparation such that the cosmetic preparation can be viewed through said at least one transparent window, the pre-printed copy being on the surface of the film opposite that on which the cosmetic preparation is to be printed;
- (c) providing a protective backing;
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- (d) sealing said protective backing to said film so as to protect said printed cosmetic preparation.
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