IP Library Granted Patent US 8,662,301
Granted Patent B2
US 8,662,301 · App. 11/899,227 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Array of particular tissue products

Inventors: Larry Dean DuVal (Lebanon, OH); Connie Marie Roetker (Fairfield, OH); Gregory William Duritsch (West Harrison, IN); Susan Rogers Marmo (Mason, OH); Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,662,301
App. No.
11/899,227
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An array of tissue products, and a method for providing a consumer with a desired tissue product, the array having a first group comprising: a first tissue product; a first package comprising an indicium representing the intensive property for strength or absorbency; a second group comprising: a second tissue product; a second package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property for softness; a third group comprising: a third tissue product; a third package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property; wherein each package has the same source identifier; and wherein the Softness PSU of the second tissue product is greater than the Softness PSU of the first tissue product and of the third tissue product.

Claims (33)

1. An array of tissue products comprising:

a first group comprising:

a first tissue product and a first package comprising an indicium representing the intensive property for strength or absorbency wherein the first tissue product exhibits a total dry tensile strength from about 550 g/in to about 3,000 g/in and exhibits a HFS from about 5 gms/gm to about 35 gms/gm;

a second group comprising:

a second tissue product and a second package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property for softness;

a third group comprising:

a third tissue product and a third package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property;

wherein each package has the same source identifier and the Softness PSU of the second tissue product is greater than the Softness PSU of the first tissue product and of the third tissue product; wherein the first, second and third tissue products are paper towel products;

wherein the HFS of the first tissue product is about 5% to about 45% greater than the HFS of the second tissue product and the third tissue product or the first tissue product comprises a tensile strength that is about 10% to about 45% greater than the tensile strength of the second tissue product.

2. The array of claim 1 wherein the second tissue product has a Softness PSU of about 0.3 PSU to about 4.0 PSU greater than the Softness PSU of the first tissue product and of the third tissue product.

3. The array of claim 2 wherein the second tissue product has a Softness PSU of about 0.5 PSU to about 3.0 PSU greater than the Softness PSU of the first tissue product and of the third tissue product.

4. The array of claim 1 wherein the tensile strength of the first tissue product is about 20% to about 40% greater than the tensile strength of the second tissue product.

5. The array of claim 1 wherein the softness indicium of the second package is a dominant softness indicium.

6. The array of claim 5 wherein the strength indicium of the first package is a dominant strength indicium.

7. The array of claim 1 wherein the first package and the third package do not have an indicium representing the intensive property for softness.

8. The array of claim 1 wherein the first and second tissue products are 2-ply.

9. The array of claim 1 wherein the third tissue product is 1-ply.

10. The array of claim 1 wherein the third tissue product comprises a lower price per package of equivalent roll count relative to the first and second tissue products.

11. The array of claim 1 wherein the first tissue product comprises an HFS that is greater than the HFS of the second tissue product or the third tissue product.

12. The array of claim 1 wherein the third package comprises an indicium representing an intensive property selected from the group consisting of lint, softness, basis weight, texture, tensile strength, absorbency and mixtures thereof.

13. A method of providing a consumer with a desired tissue product comprising:

providing an array of tissue products comprising:

a first group comprising:

a first tissue product and a first package comprising an indicium representing the intensive property for strength or absorbency wherein the first tissue product exhibits a total dry tensile strength from about 550 g/in to about 3,000 g/in and exhibits a HFS from about 5 gms/gm to about 35 gms/gm;

a second group comprising:

a second tissue product a second package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property for softness;

a third group comprising:

a third tissue product and a third package comprising an indicium representing an intensive property;

wherein each package has the same source identifier and the Softness PSU of the second tissue product is greater than the Softness PSU of the first tissue product and of the third tissue product;

arranging the first, second and third groups of the array in visual proximity to each other;

wherein the first, second and third tissue products are paper towel products;

wherein the HFS of the first tissue product is about 5% to about 45% greater than the HFS of the second tissue product and the third tissue product or the first tissue product comprises a tensile strength that is about 10% to about 45% greater than the tensile strength of the second tissue product.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the first, second, and third groups are arranged in a stand-alone store display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2007
From: DUVAL, DEAN LARRY; ROETKER, CONNIE MARIE; DURITSCH, GREGORY WILLIAM; MARMO, SUSAN ROGERS; STEEVES-KISS, JENNIFER LORI
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60903165 · Feb 23, 2007
Related Publication 20080202965A1 · Aug 28, 2008