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US 8,881,895 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for distributing samples
AssigneeSamplemax Inc.
InventorJohn R. Evert
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for distributing samples is provided. The distribution apparatus and method includes a sample package made up of a sample product to be distributed and a sample backing, which is attached to a sample carrier. This sample distribution method has many unique advantages, including promoting a sample product that consumers can actually, see, feel, touch, taste and smell.
Claims19
An apparatus for distributing product samples, comprising:
- a sample package, wherein said sample package comprises a flat sample backing and a sample product attached to the sample backing;
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- a publication having a front cover and a back cover, wherein said sample backing is attached to only one of the front and back covers of said publication, a flat surface of the sample backing flatly abuts the one of the front and back covers of said publication, the sample backing extends from the one of the front and back covers in a plane that is parallel to the plane of the one of the front and back covers, and said sample product is external to the publication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.