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US 6,470,609 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for promoting the sale of a product
OwnerKenneth D. Dannenbauminventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for promoting the sale of a showerhead enables a prospective customer to evaluate the showerhead in a relaxed setting and separate from competing showerheads, while at the same time providing in a fixed, permanent, readily viewed location the information necessary to contact the manufacturer or seller of the showerhead.
Claims4
A method for a hotel to inform a customer where to obtain information concerning a showerhead, said hotel including
- a plurality of rooms,
- a shower stall in each of said rooms and including a wall, and
- a shower arm in each of said shower stalls extending outwardly from said wall,
- the method comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a plurality of showerheads;
- (b) providing a plurality of escutcheons each having
- (i) an aperture, and
- (ii) an outer viewable surface
- having an outer perimeter that is at least two and three-quarters inches wide,
- extending around said aperture, and
- including indicia indicating how to obtain information on said showerhead;
- (c) in each of said shower stalls installing one of said escutcheons and one of said shower heads such that
- (i) said escutcheon is on said shower arm in said shower stall so that said outer surface faces outwardly away from said wall,
- (ii) said escutcheon is oriented on said shower arm in a selected orientation to position said indicia to be viewed and read by an individual taking a shower in said shower stall, and
- (iii) said showerhead is installed on said shower arm in said shower stall;
- (d) accepting payment from the customer to stay overnight in one of said rooms;
- and,
- (e) having the customer take a shower in said shower stall in said one of said rooms.
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A method for a customer to obtain information concerning a showerhead, the method including the steps of
- (a) providing a hotel including
- (i) a plurality of rooms,
- (ii) a shower stall in each of said rooms and including a wall, and
- (iii) a shower arm in each of said shower stalls extending outwardly from said wall;
- (b) providing a plurality of showerheads;
- (c) providing a plurality of escutcheons each having
- (i) an aperture, and
- (ii) an outer viewable surface
- having an outer perimeter that is at least two and three-quarters inches wide,
- extending around said aperture, and
- including indicia indicating how to obtain information on said showerhead;
- (d) in each of said shower stalls installing one of said escutcheons and one of said shower heads such that
- (i) said escutcheon is on said shower arm in said shower stall so that said outer surface faces outwardly away from said wall,
- (ii) said escutcheon is oriented on said shower arm in a selected orientation to position said indicia to be viewed and read by an individual taking a shower in said shower stall, and,
- (iii) said showerhead is installed on said shower arm in said shower stall;
- (e) having the customer check into the hotel and pay to stay overnight in one of said rooms;
- and,
- (f) having the customer take a shower to view said indicia on said escutcheon in said one of said rooms.
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A method for a hotel to inform a customer where to obtain information concerning a showerhead, said hotel including
- a plurality of rooms, and
- a shower stall in each of said rooms and including a wall,
- the method comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a plurality of showerheads;
- (b) providing a plurality of shower arms;
- (b) providing a plurality of escutcheons each having
- (i) an aperture, and
- (ii) an outer viewable surface
- having a perimeter that is at least two and three-quarters inches wide,
- extending around said aperture, and
- including indicia each at least five millimeters high and indicating how to obtain information on said showerhead;
- (c) in each of said shower stalls installing one of said escutcheons, one of said shower arms, and one of said shower heads such that
- (i) said escutcheon is on said shower arm in said shower stall so that said outer surface faces outwardly away from said wall,
- (ii) said escutcheon is oriented on said shower arm in a selected orientation to position said indicia to be viewed and read by an individual taking a shower in said shower stall,
- (iii) said showerhead is installed on said shower arm in said shower stall, and,
- (iv) said shower arm extends outwardly from said wall;
- (d) accepting payment from the customer to stay overnight in one of said rooms;
- and,
- (e) having the customer take a shower to view said indicia on said escutcheon in said one of said rooms.
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A method for a customer to obtain information concerning a showerhead, the method including the steps of
- (a) providing a hotel including
- (i) a plurality of rooms, and
- (ii) a shower stall in each of said rooms and including a wall;
- (b) providing a plurality of showerheads;
- (c) providing a plurality of shower arms;
- (d) providing a plurality of escutcheons each having
- (i) an aperture, and
- (ii) an outer viewable surface
- having an outer perimeter that is at least two and three-quarters inches wide,
- extending around said aperture, and
- including indicia each at least five millimeters high indicating how to obtain information on said showerhead;
- (e) in each of said shower stalls installing one of said escutcheons, one of said shower arms, and one of said shower heads such that
- (i) said escutcheon is on said shower arm in said shower stall so that said outer surface faces outwardly away from said wall,
- (ii) said escutcheon is oriented on said shower arm in a selected orientation to position said indicia to be viewed and read by an individual taking a shower in said shower stall,
- (iii) said showerhead is installed on said shower arm in said shower stall, and
- (iv) said shower arm extends outwardly away from said wall;
- (f) having the customer check into the hotel and pay to stay overnight in one of said rooms;
- and,
- (g) having the customer take a shower to view said indicia on said escutcheon in said one of said rooms.
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