Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Bolt- or roll-carried indicia
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-16
2003-10-14
Chop, Andrea (Department: 3677)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Bolt- or roll-carried indicia
C242S600000, C242S912000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06631574
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to advertising and display means, and more specifically to the provision of such display means upon the tubular cores of rolled products, such as toilet tissue, plastic and aluminum foil, paper towels, etc. The present invention provides text and/or graphic messages and displays upon or within the cores of such rolled products, to provide utility for a previously useless article once the rolled material was depleted.
2. Description of the Related Art
Rolled products of various types are found nearly universally in homes, offices and other businesses, etc. The provision of toilet tissue, paper towels, aluminum and plastic wrap, etc, on an inexpensive cylindrical core of paper or other suitable product, has been found to be an economical means of manufacturing and supplying such goods to the consumer.
Heretofore, the tubular cores of such rolled goods were devoid of any information or display thereon, and were considered to be throwaway, waste articles, in much the same manner as wrapping material, cans and other containers, etc. The present invention makes use of this previously wasted area to provide advertising and other messages as desired, thereby transforming such tubular cores into useful articles. Even greater value to the consumer may be provided by providing such cores with some value, such as a discount on a like product with the return of a core from a previously used roll, or perhaps public service and/or safety messages, etc. Selective printing or wrapping of the cores with different messages may also be used as chance means for prizes, free products or discounts on products, etc.
The present invention may be accomplished by printing directly upon or within the core, or by applying a sheet of material over the core before wrapping the core with the sheet product for later dispensing. This may be easily accomplished at the time of manufacture by rolling the continuous core length with a sheet including messages, coupons, etc., before rolling the product onto the core and cutting the assembly to length. Alternatively, the core may be cut to length and a display sheet wrapped about the tubular core, with the sheet overlapping the ends of the core so it is visible even when the sheet product is rolled about the core. By providing an attention getting appearance (e.g., paper money, etc.) along the edge of such a roll core where it is visible even when the rolled product is on the core, persons are attracted to the specific product in order to determine the underlying message or financial advantage of the core when the rolled product on the core has been used up.
A discussion of the related art of which the present inventor is aware, and its differences and distinctions from the present invention, is provided below.
U.S. Pat. No. 564,418 issued on Jul. 21, 1896 to Levi W. Yaggy, titled “Panoramic Display Device,” describes a thin, box-like structure having a series of rollers therein with a scroll disposed over the rollers. The scroll is arranged to roll from one roller to a takeup roller, and passes over an idler roller to reverse its direction before being wound upon the takeup roller. This provides for the display of portions of both sides of the scroll, through windows formed in the box. Yaggy does not disclose any advertising or display means permanently printed or wrapped about the rollers themselves, or upon a disposable roll core, as provided by the present invention. Rather, the Yaggy display is on the sheet material being dispensed back and forth between the rollers, rather than on the rollers themselves, as in the present invention.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,467,937 issued on Sep. 11, 1923 to Basil E. Jarvis, titled “Advertising Device,” describes a display sheet retractably disposed upon a roller, with the free end of the sheet being secured to the distal end of a folding latticework type grate or the like. When the grate is extended, the advertising sheet is unrolled from its roller for display. As in the Yaggy device discussed immediately above, Jarvis provides the display upon a sheet of material which is retractably extended from a roller, rather than on a disposable roller itself.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,105,367 issued on Jan. 11, 1938 to Philip D. Parsons, titled “Wrapper Or Label For Toilet Packages,” describes a wrapper for a rolled article (e.g., toilet tissue), with the wrapper being formed of paper with its grain structure oriented to permit ease of tearing the wrapper open in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the roll. Advertising or display means is illustrated on the wrapper in the drawing Figures, but Parsons does not disclose any information about the tubular roll core of the rolled article, which core and display means thereon forms the present invention.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,347,480 issued on Oct. 17, 1967 to Jacques Abramoff, titled “Paper Dispenser,” describes a dispenser for rolled articles with a secondary roller behind the main roll, over which the sheet material is passed. Abramoff states that this results in more even tearing of the sheet. No disclosure is made of the appearance of the roll core upon which the rolled material is wound. Abramoff only discloses that the secondary roller has a roughened surface for causing it to rotate during dispensing of the sheet material, but this secondary roller does not contain the sheet material, but only guides it during dispensing.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,467,456 issued on Sep. 16, 1969 to John F. Chmela, titled “Decorative Cover,” describes a cover for fitting removably over a roll of toilet tissue installed upon a roller. While Chmela states that the cover may include decoration thereon, he does not disclose any advertising or display means, nor any appearance whatsoever, for the core of the roll within his cover.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,813,801 issued on Jun. 4, 1974 to Clair D. Vander Schaaf, titled “Advertising Or Novelty Device,” describes a curved sheet of material which is removably applied to a can or similar container to provide an advertising or novelty display thereover. The Vander Schaaf cover differs considerably from the present invention, in that (a) the Vander Schaaf cover is applied by the end user, rather than during manufacture of the underlying article; (b) The Vander Schaaf cover is intended only for use on articles such as beverage cans and the like, with the thickness of the insulating means teaching away from the thin sheet of material or printed means used on roll cores according to the present invention; (c) The Vander Schaaf cover is reusable, whereas the present roll core display means is applied once during manufacture and is not reapplied to another roll core or other cylindrical article later; and (d) the Vander Schaaf cover is sufficiently rigid as to take on a natural curved set to conform to the shape of the can to which it is applied, whereas the embodiment of the present invention wherein a sheet of material is applied to the roll core utilizes a very thin and flexible sheet of material.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,859,154 issued on Jan. 7, 1975 to Victor Monia, titled “Method Of Forming Tubular Walls For Product Containers,” describes the construction of toothpaste tubes from a preprinted structural wall material having alternating patterns or designs thereon. The structural wall is formed by wrapping one sheet of the material, containing both patterns or designs thereon, twice about the forming mandrel before sealing to form the tube. The outer surface of a tube formed from a sheet manufactured according to Monia may have either of two different designs displayed thereon, depending upon which design was first wound upon the mandrel, with the second design thus being the outermost one being displayed. Monia does not disclose any means for wrapping the pre-printed structural wall material of his invention about an existing tubular roll core for subsequent rolling of sheet material (toilet tissue, foil or plastic wrap, etc.) thereover, as provided by the present invention. In fact, Monia teaches away from t
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