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Reexamination Certificate
1997-07-28
2001-10-30
Shoap, Allan N. (Department: 3722)
Printed matter
Having revealable concealed information, fraud preventer or...
Identifier
C040S312000, C206S459500, C229S087010, C229S087090, C283S081000, C283S100000, C283S901000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06308990
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a package assembly for an article and more particularly to a package assembly which includes wrapping material to cover at least a portion of an article to be packaged and an elongated removal tape, a portion of which is included internally between the article and the wrapping material and a portion of which is external of a wrapped article to enhance removal of the wrapping material from the article.
The aforedescribed general arrangement is well known to the average consumer in the purchase and subsequent use of packaged food materials—particularly candies and can be found employed with stationery envelopes which utilize an adhesive tape with an external tab for opening the envelopes. The present invention recognizes that these features are broadly well known in both the food and stationary arts—such as with individual chocolate candy wrappers and with contest wrappers. The present invention further recognizes that advertising messages are sometimes employed with one or more of the packaging units—for example on a tape, wrapper or envelope. In this regard, attention is directed to the printed tapes as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,587,156, issued to M. S. Wu on May 6, 1986 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,825,763, issued to B. S. Truskolaski et al on May 2, 1989; to the envelope structure as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,600,141, issued to W. P. Bradley et al on Jul. 15, 1986 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,917, issued to R. Potter on Nov. 21, 1995; and finally to the information bearing articles of U.S. Pat. No. 4,273,362 issued to L. A. Carrier et al on Jun. 16, 1981 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,399,021, issued to L. Litt on Mar. 21, 1955. Although each of these patents teaches one or more of the elements of the present invention, none teaches the unique and novel structure as set forth herein which is comparatively straight forward and economical to manufacture and assemble and which provides for structure which allows for a ready disassembly of a wrapped package to permit access to a previously wrapped article and which simultaneously allows for a ready completion of an intellectual message, a portion of which is part of and external of the wrapped package and a remaining portion of which is hidden within such wrapped package.
Various other features of the present invention will become obvious to one skilled in the art upon reading the disclosure set forth herein.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
More particularly the present invention provides a packaging assembly for at least one article comprising: a wrapping material sized to wrap a preselected portion of the outer surface of at least one article; an elongated tape including a visible gripping portion adapted to be positioned externally of the wrapped article and a hidden portion adapted to be positioned within the inner surface of the wrapping material whereby the wrapping material may be unwrapped from the article by applying an appropriate force on the visible gripping portion of the tape, the visible gripping portion of the elongated tape having a first message associated therewith and the hidden portion of the elongated tape having a second message associated therewith intellectually compatible with the first message which becomes available for viewing upon unwrapping the wrapping material from the article. In addition the present invention provides for a number of variations to the novel and inventive package assembly which include marking the intellectually compatible messages in compatible written language, in compatible symbols and in invisible form to be subsequently developed.
It is to be understood that various changes can be made by one skilled in the art in one or more of the several parts of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.
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Carter Monica
Polster Lieder Woodruff & Lucchesi
Shoap Allan N.
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