IP Library Granted Patent US 8,102,275
Granted Patent B2
US 8,102,275 · App. 12/424,948 · Granted Jan 24, 2012

Package and merchandising system

Assignee: Procter & Gamble
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Patent No.
US 8,102,275
App. No.
12/424,948
Granted
Jan 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensory interactable packaging assembly having a base and a container. The base has a power supply. The container may contain a consumer product. The container is removably attachable to the base. The container has an outer surface and a sensory interactable element disposed on the outer surface and a control system having an output. The control system is s in electrical communication with the sensory interactable element and the sensory interactable element is responsive to the output of the control system when the container is proximate to the base and the control system is in electrical communication with the power supply.

Claims (14)

1. A sensory interactable packaging assembly comprising:

(i) a base comprising a power supply;

(ii) a container for containing a consumer product, wherein the container is removably attachable to the base, wherein the container comprises:

1. an outer surface; and,

2. a plurality of sensory interactable elements disposed on the outer surface cooperatively combined to form an image; and

(iii) a control system having an output, wherein the control system is integral with the container, wherein the control system is in electrical communication with the sensory interactable element; and

wherein the sensory interactable element is responsive to the output of the control system when the container is in mating engagement with the base and the control system is in electrical communication with the power supply,

wherein the container further comprises a first conductive unit in electrical communication with the power supply, the base further comprises a second conductive unit in electrical communication to the control system, and wherein the first conductive unit and second conductive unit are in contact when the container is in mating engagement with the base.

2. The sensory interactable packaging assembly of claim 1 wherein the sensory interactable element is selected from the group consisting of: illuminatable elements, odoriferously interactable elements, auditorily activatable elements, and combinations thereof.

3. The sensory interactable packaging assembly of claim 2 wherein the sensory interactable element is an illuminatable element, and the illuminatable element is selected from the group consisting of: electroluminescent elements, organic LEDs, LEDs, incandescent elements, chemiluminescent elements, cathodoluminescent elements, triboluminescent elements, photoluminescent elements, and phosphorescent elements, and combinations thereof.

4. The sensory interactable packaging assembly of claim 3 wherein the illuminatable element is an electroluminescent element.

5. The sensory interactable packaging assembly of claim 1 wherein the sensory interactable element is responsive to contacting engagement of the first conductive unit and the second conductive unit.

6. The sensory interactable packaging assembly of claim 1 wherein the image is an animation.

7. The sensory interactable packaging assembly according to claim 1 wherein the base comprises a magnet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2009
From: MCGUIRE, KENNETH STEPHEN; GOODALL, JOHN PATRICK; STEPHENS, JERRY RAY; FERRARI, MICHAEL G
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022885/0133 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12172421 · Jul 14, 2008
Continuation In Part 11824704 · Jul 2, 2007
Related Publication 20090261114A1 · Oct 22, 2009