Ornamental package for a consumable product or the like

Abstract

The present invention provides an improved product holding package and an improved method for manufacturing, holding, storing and selling products, especially consumable products. In an embodiment, a package for a consumable product is provided. The packaging includes a housing which holds a plurality of products including bar codes such as Universal Product Code symbols. The package includes a housing for receiving the products where at least a portion of the housing enables the products to be visible and prevents the bar codes on the products to be read by a scanner. In an embodiment, at least one bar code is attached to the housing, which is readable by the scanner.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to packaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to packaging for storing and dispensing consumable products. [0002] The packaging for consumable or confectionary products is very important to the look, marketing and storage of the product. Very often, in addition to text on the packaging, the packaging also attempts to visually convey a message about the type of product, the taste of the product or the purpose of the product. For example, packages for cinnamon or cherry tasting products are often red, grape tasking product packaging is often purple, etc. Once the consumer has identified a desired brand, the consumer can typically choose a product based solely on the color of the packing. [0003] In marketing the product, packaging can convey other information besides taste. For example, certain recent gum products have been developed that have had increased minty taste and that also whiten teeth...

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Benefits of technology

[0032] An advantage of the present invention is to provide a package for consumable products that can be properly scanned by a scanner.

[0033] Additional features and advantages of the present invention are described in, and will be apparent from, the following

Problems solved by technology

The difficulty with this type of packaging arises when the larger ornamental package such as the candy cane package is scanned during check-out at a store because the individual UPC symbols on the individual packages such as the individual gum packs are scanned instead of the UPC symbol for the larger ornamental package.

As a result, the cost or price of the complete package is erroneous because only the price or cost of one of the individual packages is scanned and read by the scanner.

Therefore, consumable products may be scanned incorrectly and / or sold for the wrong price or cost.

This leads to significant profit losses for the manufacturers of the consumable products.

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