US3623249A - Compartmented package with use-indication depiction - Google Patents

Abstract

A PACKAGE COMPRISING PLURAL COMPARTMENTS AND HAVING A DRAWING OF A HUMAN FIGURE OR OTHER ATOMICAL DEPICTION OVERLAYING THE COMPARTMENTS IN A MANNER INDICATING THAT THE MATERIAL WITHIN ANY GIVEN COMPARTMENT IS FOR APPLICATION TO THE PART OF THE ANATOMY CORRESPONDING TOTHE PORTION OF THE DEPICITION OVERLAYING THAT PARTICULAR COMPARTMENT.

Description

Nov. 30, 1971 BROOKS 3,623,249

UOMPARTMENTED PACKAGE WITH USIZIlNDlUA'l'IUN DLZllUlLUN Filed Dec. 12, 1969 f/oy jg a 6/30 I B QUICKLY Rlrwcs! Y 31ml. Innkmk INVENTOR JEAN P. BROOKS ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,623,249 COMPARTMENTED PACKAGE WITH USE-INDICATION DEPICTION Jean P. Brooks, 42 Sherwood Road, P.O. Box 57, Cockeysville, Md. 21030 Filed Dec. 12, 1969, Ser. No. 884,402 Int. Cl. A44c 3/00 US. Cl. 40-2 R 10 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A package comprising plural compartments and having a drawing of a human figure or other anatomical depiction overlying the compartments in a manner indicating that the material within any given compartment is for application to the part of the anatomy corresponding to the portion of the depiction overlying that particular compartment.

This invention relates generally to packaging means, and specifically to methods of packaging personal cleansing materials.

Personal cleansing devices such as plastic or foilwrapped towelettes of non-woven material saturated with cleansing preparations are in widespread use. Travelers, hospital patients, people in schools, and in the military service find such personal sanitation particularly useful and convenient.

However, personal sanitation packages have a general similarity in appearance which limits the saturating solutions to mild, unspecialized, emollient types. Providing more specialized saturants such as astirngent deodorantcleansers, disinfecting cleansers, or perfumed cleansers in similar packages would be unsatisfactory for general use, and might cause undesirable results because of possibilities for confusion through carelessness or inability of the user to note directions for use on the package.

And yet the convenience of such personal cleansing kits should not be limited to the blandest ingredients, nor to a single preparation for cleansing all areas of the body.

It is therefore a principal object of my invention to provide personal cleansing packaging means. aifording instant identification and directions for area application on the human body of cleansing devices of more than one type contained within the package.

Another object of my invention is to provide packaging means of the type described in which the identifying indicia are difficult to mistake and are at the same time esthetically appealing.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a packaging means of the type described in which the designed application of the contents is immediately discernible in total darkness.

Further objects of my invention are to provide packaged personal cleansing means which are convenient and economical to manufacture, which are compact and easy to use, and which safely provide for the sequential application of. different products to respective areas of the human body having different cleansing, deodorizing, and disinfecting requirements.

I accomplish these objectives by providing an overall packaged marked or shaped in replication of part or all of the human body and containing in specific regions of the replica materials appropriate for use on areas of the body corresponding to the regions of the replica.

The accomplishment of the above and other advantages and objects of my invention will become more apparent on examination of the following description and drawings.

In the drawings:

Patented Nov. 30, 1971 FIGS. 1 and 2 are front and quartering side views respectively of an embodiment of this invention;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are front and side views respectively of another embodiment of this invention;

FIGS. 5 and 6 are side views of further embodiments of this invention, which have front views similar to FIG. 3; and

FIGS. 7 and 8 are front and side views respectively of yet another embodiment of this invention.

In FIGS. 1 and 2 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of my personal cleansing packaging invention I provide an outer transparent envelope 10 of polyethylene or other plastic material.

The envelope is divided into upper and lower compartments 12 and 14 by a constriction 16 in the middle. The constriction can be made by heat-sealing or other suitable means.

Printed on the envelope is an outline depicting at least a portion of. a human anatomy, scaled so that one-half 20 is above the center and the other half 22 is below the center, overlapping portions of the compartments.

I have chosen the form of Venus de Milo as the preferred model to emphasize the division between upper and lower portions in one version of my packaging, as representing both esthetics and femininity, although other models may of course be used for anatomical representation to suit the intended application.

The center division may be emphasized by a printed line 24, which may be dashed as shown, and which passes across the constriction.

Packaged within the upper compartment 12 and visible to the purchaser through the transparent plastic is a saturated cloth 26, preferably of non-woven cloth such as matted rayon or the like, which may be colored pink. The cloth is saturated with an evaporative cleanser suited for use on the upper half of the body, as indicated by the outline 20. The cleanser chosen is quite mild, so that it is harmless to the eyes, and may be lightly perfumed.

Glycerin-based slightly detergent cleansers will be found suitable for the purpose, with an alcohol vehicle to speed up evaporation.

Packaged within the lower compartment 14 is a saturated cloth 28 similar to the cloth in the upper compartment, but containing a cleanser especially adapted for use on the lower half of the body, as indicated by the outline 22. The cleanser chosen for this purpose may contain any suitable deodorant, and may also have as a constituent a mild disinfectant, a lubricant, or other special ingredient.

The package may be designed for tearing open on dashed line 24. Alternatively, the compartments may have preferential opening provisions, such as notches 30 and 32, providing for the supper contents to be removed upwardly and the lower contents to be removed downwardly, to further the idea of compartmentation and to avoid mixing of the saturants.

Eyelet 40 is provided for display-rack mounting.

Although the exterior of the package may contain instructions, as on the reverse side at 34, FIG. 2, it will be obvious that a glance at the marking on the package is suificient to indicate the intended area of application of the contents, even in dim light, or to a child, or to an adult not conversant with English. Written instructions may be provided adjacent the anatomical depiction on each compartment for correlating use of the contents with the area depicted, as shown in FIG. 1.

The outer package material should be heatand immersion-resistant to allow placing the unopened package in warm water to warm the contents prior to use, if desired.

Size of the package is largely determined by the size of the contents and the manner of folding (whether fiatreversed or coiled, for example). A five-by-nine inch package containing generous portions of cloth has been found convenient to carry.

FIG. 3 shows a compartmented package 310 which is a relatively thin envelope similar to the package of FIGS. 1 and 2 except that the outline shape of the torso is the outline shape of the package in front elevation. The central constriction may include a heat-sealed junction of the walls of the package, as in FIG. 1, or a separate partition may be provided as at 316, better shown in FIG. 4, which is the edge view of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 shows a container embodiment according to this invention which is similar in front view to the FIG. 3 embodiment, but which is at the same time more capacious and more easily identified by feel, in that it is a full, three-dimensional representation of a torso. Flat-shaped base 538 makes the package free-standing for display and storage purposes. The outer envelope 510 is preferably opaque pink plastic sheet.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a blister-card package embodiment which in front-view may be like either the FIG. 1 or the FIG. 3 embodiment. Card 634 is preferably of the coated paperboard, and compartments 6'26 and 628 are formed of the heat-shrink plastics, which are normally used in this type packaging. Alternatively, the envelope members in this (and in the previous embodiments) can be of metallic foil. A hanger-tab 640 is provided for display purposes.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are front and edge views of yet another embodiment of the invention. Outer envelope 710 is transparent but is not divided into compartments. The division indicated by markings 724 is actually internalthe upper and lower saturated cloths 726 and 728 are contained separately in individually sealed inner compartments 712 and 714. A further and optional feature of this embodiment is the provision of a separate sheet or card within the outer, transparent envelope 710. Card 742 is preferably of paper and preferably wrapped protectively around the inner compartments as shown. The card can bear on it the required markings, including instructions, allowing the outer envelope to be merely an unmarked transparent sack.

From the foregoing it can be seen that the objects of my invention are readily realized by the structures described, and that further variations are possible without departure from the spirit of the invention.

As noted, both the front and back faces of the embodiments can be marked with the anatomical and center division indications. Further, it can be seen that other special preparations as diverse as foot-powders, hair fresheners, or eye cleansing materials can be included in particular combinations identified in the manner of this invention.

It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims this invention maybe practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

'What is claimed is:

1. A package for containing plural materials to be applied to separate anatomical areas, comprising: plural compartments, means connecting the plural compartments. and an anatomical depiction overlapping at least a part of plural of said compartments, with the portion of the anatomical depiction overlapping each of said plural compartments representing the anatomical area to which any material stored in said compartment is to be applied, thereby limiting application of said plural materials to the proper anatomical areas.

2. A package as recited in claim 1, wherein said depiction comprises an anatomical illustration.

3. A package as recited in claim 2, and written means adjacent said overlap at each compartment for indicating application of any contents therein to the anatomical area illustrated at said overlap.

4. A package as recited in claim 3 and line means for indicating separation between said overlaps.

5. A package as recited in claim 2, wherein the package is transparent and has the anatomical illustration thereon.

6. A package as recited in claim 1, wherein said package comprises a relatively thin envelope and wherein the anatomical depiction includes the outline configuration of the envelope.

7.; A package as recited in claim 1, wherein the package comprises a three-dimensional anatomical depiction having internal compartmentation.

8. A package as recited in claim 7, wherein the package has a lower portion adapted for free-standing support of the package.

9. A package as recited in claim 1, wherein the package is transparent and contains a separate sheet means therein with the anatomical illustration on the separate sheet means.

10. A package as recited in claim 1, and respective cloth means, containing materials for applications to separate anatomical areas, contained within respective said compartments.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,092,604 9/1937 Herzog 3556 X 2,098,090 11/ 1937 Ford 206-Indicia Digest 2,212,397 8/1940 Gomes et a1. 3559 2,885,839 5/1959 Weiss Q06Indicia Digest FOREIGN PATENTS 434,178 4/ 1967 Switzerland 206Indicia Digest OTHER REFERENCES Page 159, Business Week, June 17, 1967.

ROBERT W. MICHELL, Primary Examiner W. I. CONTRERAS, Assistant Examiner

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