Package with embossed product symbol and a method of associating a symbol with a product

In a package containing a plurality of consumer products, the package including an innerframe with a cutout and a hinged lid which is openable to expose through the cutout a portion of at least some of the products, and a product symbol on the package for teaching the consumer to associate the product symbol with the product, the improvement comprising the product symbol being applied to a non-removable portion of the innerframe adjacent the cutout, the non-removable portion being non-removable when the lid is in the open position, whereby the product and the product symbol on the non-removable portion are simultaneously and repeatedly associated when the lid is opened.

A method of teaching a consumer to associate a product and a product symbol, the method comprising the steps of providing a package including a box body, an innerframe with a cutout and a hinged lid which is openable to extract a product from the box body, the cutout exposing a portion of the product, and embossing a product symbol in a non-removable portion of the innerframe, the non-removable portion being non-removable when the lid is in the open position, whereby the product and the product symbol on the non-removable portion are simultaneously and repeatedly associated by the consumer upon each opening of the hinged lid.

A package adapted to contain a product comprising a box body having a front panel with an upper edge and a lid hinged to the box body, said lid having a closed position and an open position in which the product may be extracted from the box body, an innerframe attached to the box body so as to be exposed when the lid is in the open position, said innerframe having a generally U-shaped cutout with a lowermost edge, the upper edge of the front panel and the lowermost edge of the cutout defining an innerframe area therebetween, a product symbol disposed on said innerframe area, said product symbol being exposed when the lid is in the open position.

A package adapted to contain a product comprising a box body having a front panel with an upper edge and a lid hinged to the box body, said lid having a closed position and an open position in which the product may be extracted from the box body, an innerframe attached to the box body so as to be exposed when the lid is in the open position, said innerframe having an upwardly open, generally U-shaped cutout defined by two side edges and a lowermost edge, the upper edge of the front panel and the lowermost edge of the cutout being substantially parallel and defining an innerframe area located below the cutout, a product symbol disposed on said innerframe area, said innerframe area being non-removable and exposed when the lid is in the open position.

A package adapted to contain a product comprising a box body having a lid hinged to the box body, said lid having a closed position and an open position in which the product may be extracted from the box body, an innerframe having a cutout and being attached to the box body so as to be exposed when the lid is in the open position, said innerframe having no removable portions, a product symbol disposed on said innerframe, said product symbol being exposed when the lid is in the open position.

A package adapted to contain a product comprising a box and a lid hinged to the box body, said lid having a closed position and an open position in which the product may be extracted from the box body, an innerframe attached to the box body so as to be exposed when the lid is in the open position, a product symbol disposed on a portion of said innerframe that is non-removable and exposed when the lid is in the open position.