IP Library Granted Patent US 8,038,446
Granted Patent B2
US 8,038,446 · App. 11/899,934 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Hygiene training device and method

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Patent No.
US 8,038,446
App. No.
11/899,934
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A training device for nasal hygiene comprises a facial tissue sheet; where the facial tissue sheet has a first side, and where the facial tissue sheet also has a second side having an opposing planar relationship to the first side. A first-side tissue graphic is visible on the first side of the facial tissue sheet. The first-side tissue graphic comprises a permanent graphic and/or an active graphic. In addition, the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

Claims (33)

1. A training device for nasal hygiene comprising a facial tissue sheet;

wherein the facial tissue sheet has a first side, and second side having an opposing planar relationship to the first side;

wherein a first-side tissue graphic is visible on the first side of the facial tissue sheet;

wherein the first-side tissue graphic comprises an active graphic; and

wherein the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

2. The training device of claim 1 comprising a permanent graphic and an active graphic wherein the permanent graphic and the active graphic are thematically related.

3. The training device of claim 1 wherein the first-side tissue graphic directs a user to a target zone on the facial tissue sheet.

4. The training device of claim 1 wherein the first-side tissue graphic is disposed on an inner substrate layer of the facial tissue sheet.

5. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a second-side tissue graphic that is visible on the second side of the facial tissue sheet.

6. The training device of claim 5 wherein the second-side tissue graphic comprises a permanent graphic and/or an active graphic.

7. The training device of claim 5 wherein the second-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

8. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a container.

9. The training device of claim 8 wherein the container comprises a graphic design thematically related to the first-side tissue graphic.

10. The training device of claim 8 wherein the container is reusable.

11. The training device of claim 8 wherein a plurality of the facial tissue sheets are stacked together within the container.

12. The training device of claim 11 wherein the plurality of facial tissue sheets are arranged so as to be dispensed one at a time from the container.

13. The training device of claim 11 wherein the plurality of facial tissue sheets comprises a series of training marks that are each different.

14. The training device of claim 13 wherein the training marks are thematically related.

15. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a score card.

16. The training device of claim 1 further comprising a wastebasket interactive object.

17. The training device of claim 16 wherein the wastebasket interactive object is thematically related to the first-side tissue graphic.

18. The training device of claim 5 further comprising a wastebasket interactive object that is thematically related to the second-side tissue graphic.

19. A method of providing a system for nasal discharge training comprising:

(A) providing a facial tissue sheet having a first side, and a second side in opposing planar relationship to the first side;

(B) disposing a first-side tissue graphic onto the first side of the facial tissue sheet; and

(C) enabling the user to properly utilize the facial tissue sheet for nasal discharge;

wherein the first-side tissue graphic comprises an active graphic; and

wherein the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of disposing a second-side tissue graphic onto the second side of the facial tissue sheet, wherein the second-side graphic is visible on the second side, and wherein the second-side tissue graphic is a training mark.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a container for the facial tissue sheet.

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a score card.

23. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a wastebasket interactive object.

24. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a set of caregiver instructions.

Assignments (3)
NAME CHANGE Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
To: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE LISTING OF INVENTORS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020181 FRAME 0445. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ENTIRE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO SAID INVENTION.. Recorded May 19, 2008
From: COHEN, JASON C; SHANNON, THOMAS G; JOHNSON, ERIC D; BAKKEN, ANDREW P; CUNNINGHAM, COREY T; KEHN, STEVE; HENDERSON, CYNTHIA W; SIROVATKA, KATHRYN J
To: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2007
From: COHEN, JASON C; SHANNON, THOMAS G; JOHNSON, ERIC D; BAKKEN, ANDREW P; CUNNINGHAM, COREY T; KEHN, STEVE; SIROVATKA, KATHRYN J
To: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 020181/0445 →