Array of Articles of Manufacture
a technology of articles and packaging, applied in the direction of packaging, transportation and packaging, rigid containers, etc., can solve the problems that the conventional product and marketing strategies used by the producers of articles of manufacture, especially of sanitary tissue products, fail to satisfy the desires of consumers
Inactive Publication Date: 2016-08-11
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
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This patent is about a group of toilet tissue products that have different values for an intensive property. There are three different toilet tissue products that are packaged and sold separately in a retail store. The packages have a common identifier and are designed to be sold individually. This is a way to create an array of articles of manufacture which are similar in function and are meant to be paired together.
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However, conventional product and marketing strategies utilized by producers of articles of manufacture, especially of sanitary tissue products, fail to satisfy the consumers' desires.
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[0009]“Array of Articles of Manufacture” as used herein means a group of consumer products / goods that provide a similar benefit to a consumer. In other words, an array of articles of manufacture includes a group of consumer products / goods within a category such as sanitary tissue products. In one case, such a group of consumer products / goods includes those products / goods residing on the same shelf in a retail store and / or in the same aisle in a retail store. For example, sanitary tissue products are an array of articles of manufacture.
[0010]“Fiber” as used herein means an elongate particulate having an apparent length greatly exceeding its apparent diameter, i.e. a length to diameter ratio of at least about 10. Fibers having a non-circular cross-section are common; the “diameter” in this case may be considered to be the diameter of a circle having cross-sectional area equal to the cross-sectional area of the fiber. More specifically, as used herein, “fiber” refers to pape...
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Abstract
An array of toilet tissue products. The array can have a first, second, and third toilet tissue product. The first, second, and third toilet tissue products can exhibit different values for an intensive property. The first toilet tissue product is housed within a first toilet tissue product package and the second toilet tissue product is housed within a second toilet tissue product package, and the third toilet tissue product is housed within a third toilet tissue product package. Each of the first, second, and third toilet tissue product packages can be displayed in the same aisle of a retail store and can be designed to be sold individually. The first, second, and third toilet tissue product packages each can have a common single source identifier.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 11 / 344,331; filed Jan. 31, 2006; which claimed the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 648,569 filed Jan. 31, 2005.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to an array of articles of manufacture, more particularly, to an array of sanitary tissue products each of which comprises a different common intensive property value different from the others.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In the past, consumers of articles of manufacture, especially sanitary tissue products, have had the opportunity to purchase articles of manufacture that have similar common intensive property values but have differed in physical form and / or additives contained within the articles of manufacture. For example, sanitary tissue products are currently offered in physical forms that vary by number of plies, most often one-ply or two-ply. In addition, some sanitary tissue products may ...
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IPC IPC(8): B65D71/00A47K10/16
CPCA47K10/16B65D71/00Y10T428/31993B65D2201/00B65D2203/00
Inventor STEEVES-KISS, JENNIFER LORITHOMAS, ILLYA TORRANCEKNOBLOCH, THORSTENBURNS, MICHAEL RICARDO
Owner PROCTER & GAMBLE CO