Special receptacle or package – With indicator
Patent
1983-01-28
1985-01-29
Dixson, Jr., William T.
Special receptacle or package
With indicator
206216, 206 38, 206 37, 220375, B65D 2300, B65D 5124, G09F 304
Patent
active
044960514
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The object of the invention is a container for smal material samples, to which an information-carrying element is attached, having particular reference to perfume sample containers with an advertising tab.
A commercial need is frequently observed, especially with reference to the use of small containers, of providing such containers with an additional information-carrying element. In the case of bottle-type containers, use is made of small brochures suspended loosely from the neck of the bottle, or labels attached to the neck of the bottle or adhered to the bottle, or attached to the bottle label by a tear-off connection. Information-carrying elements of this type are especially advantageous if the container surface itself affords too little room. Typical applications are small cans or bottles for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, processed food samples, adhesives, paints, lubricants, textile care products, perfumes, etc., whereby the aformentioned materials are introduced into the appropriate containers with differing consistency.
The invention is based upon the task of creating a combination of container and information-carrying element for the aforementioned or similar applications, said element affording sufficient space for information purposes, e.g. as advertising, instructions, warnings, etc., wherein the information-carrying element and the container supplement each other with respect to their manipulation and the information-carrying element remains attached to the container even when the latter is in use.
The above mentioned task is fulfilled in the nature of an invention, with respect to its primary application as a sample container for perfume, in that an advertising tab of any desired configuration is inseparably connected, directly or indirectly, to the container to form a product unit. In addition to this primary area of application with perfume, numerous other applications, e.g. those mentioned at the outset, can be advantageously achieved.
In terms of the solution under application, it does not matter whether the advertising tab is fixed inseparably to the container itself or to a holder enclosing the container, to the container stopper or to a connecting element between the container stopper and the container itself. What is important in this instance is that the advertising tab cannot be removed without causing the destruction of the container or its stopper. If the advertising tab is connected indirectly to the container, then the connecting element e.g. the holder, must be inseparably connected to the container.
In accordance with one especially advantageous design, provision is made that the product unit be manufactured in one piece, e.g. as a plastic injection molding or by application of an inseparable mechanical connecting means between the advertising tab and the container. What is decisive in every instance is that the container and the information-carrying element are connected with each other in such a way that they can only be separated by the destruction of the product unit. In this way the information or advertising function, together with the material enclosed within the container, is assured throughout the entire use life of the material. In terms of the preferred area of application, the perfume sector, the information-carrying element in the form of an advertising tab can be employed either for the contents themselves or for any other promotion purpose. A fashion boutique which distributes to its customers perfume sample containers having an advertising tab in the form of the product unit under application, achieves an additional promotion impulse with each use of the perfume, if the advertising tab is provided with an appropriate print message having reference to the boutique.
In terms of the invention, numerous designs are conceivable, whereby reference is made especially to the designs indicated in the sub-claims. In the case of small perfume bottles it is advantageous to create the advertising tab as a flat body extending parallel to the axis of the bottle, whereby the adv
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Dixson, Jr. William T.
Ehrhardt Brenda J.
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