Multi-pack of product packages

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-03-12
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
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[0008]The method of packaging the plurality of products in a multi-pack comprises providing a sheet of paperboard material, in a single step forming the paperboard material into a carton blank and embossing and/or debossing the paperboard with a product identification/indicia, forming the paperboard blanks into cartons, filling each carton with a product, closing each carton, accumulating the cartons into at least one stack, providing a wrapper having thereon the required product information, any color decoration and printed logos, surrounding the at least one stack of cartons in the wrap

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[0013]The invention will now be described in more detail in its preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. It is to be understood that the preferred embodiments can be modified in various ways but still be within the concepts of the invention.

[0014]The invention streamlines and reduces the cost of the packaging of individual packaged products that are sold in multi-packs. The multi-pack is a plurality of individually packaged products that are over-wrapped together by in a wrapper material. The packaged products are preferably each packaged in a carton. The cartons are formed from a carton blank. The carton blank may have been supplied with a color, such as white, but there is no additional printing of one or more colors, logos, trademarks or other applied indicia of product information prior to the forming of the carton. Thus, the carton blanks are devoid of any applied indicia. The individual cartons after forming, filling and sealing may have production dates and codes...

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Abstract

A multi-pack of packages of individually packaged products wherein there is a plurality of products packaged in individual paperboard cartons, the paperboard cartons being devoid of applied indicia like printing or coloration applied to the paperboard prior to carton forming. There is no printing of logos, trademarks or other product information prior forming the carton. The cartons do have a product identification that is embossed or debossed into the paperboard material of the cartons. The individual cartons are placed in a stack of two to twenty or more cartons and wrapped with a thermoplastic film material. The thermoplastic film material contains the required product indicia like colors and other decoration and product logos and trademarks.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 970,230 filed on Sep. 5, 2007, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present application is directed to a multi-pack of individual product packages where the packages of the individual product packages do not contain any printed color decoration or other printed information derived from the carton blank, all such printed information and color decoration being on an outer wrapper of the multi-pack. More particularly the present invention is directed to a multi-pack of individual cartons, each containing a soap bar, the cartons having an embossed or debossed identification of the product but no printed color decoration or other printed information derived from the carton blank.[0003]It is common to package various products in multi-packs. A multi-pack is a plurality of individually packaged products ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D71/12B65D21/06
CPCB65D5/4216B65D2203/00B65D71/063
Inventor JOHNSON, STEVEN FREDERICK
Owner COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
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