Point-of-sales box enclosure for color coded plastic gloves

Abstract

Disposable plastic gloves in a point-of-sales box from which the gloves are removed following the removal of a transparent plastic panel through which the purchaser is provided with observed cognitive purchase aspects, one of which is color-coding of the gloves correlated to a recommended end use of the glove manufacturer.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates generally to boxed disposable plastic gloves, and more particularly to the packaging noted used both as point-of-sales presentation of the product and for glove dispensing service after purchase.

EXAMPLES OF THE PRIOR ART

[0002] Dual purpose packaging for disposable plastic gloves is well documented in the patented patent literature, as exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 3,178,054 for “Thin Flat Article of Manufacture” issued to Lindecker on Aug. 30, 1963 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,997,105 for “Glove Dispensing System” issued to Fischer on Mar. 5, 1991, to mention but a few. It is thus recognized correctly by the glove manufacturer that the purchaser requires instructions concerning use after purchase, such as how access is to be obtained to the gloves, the removal of a glove one-at-a-time, disposal after use, and so on. The instructions noted, while useful for limited purposes, do not significantly contribute to future sales or extol noteworthy attributes of the plastic construction material of the gloves.

[0003] Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the foregoing and other shortcomings of the prior art.

[0004] More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to recommend in a product line of plastic gloves specified end uses thereof, and to correlate these end uses with color-coding applied to the gloves, using to advantage the display of the gloves in a point-of-sales package or box and the capacity of the plastic construction material of the gloves to assume an enhanced color-displaying appearance, all as will be better understood as the description proceeds.

[0005] The description of the invention which follows, together with the accompanying drawings should not be construed as limiting the invention to the example shown and described, because those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains will be able to devise other forms thereof within the ambit of the appended claims.

[0006] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a point-of-sales box for disposable plastic gloves according to the present invention;

[0007] FIG. 2 is a similar perspective view of the box of FIG. 1, on an enlarged scale, and illustrating further details thereof; and

[0008] FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are views similar to FIG. 2, and illustrating the removal of a color-coded glove correlated to a recommended end use of the glove.

[0009] In accordance with the present invention, there is disclosed a point-of-sale box enclosure, generally designated 10, the selected contents of which are disposable gloves 12 of plastic construction material which the glove manufacturer recommends for specific end uses, and notes in text, as at 14, or otherwise informs prospective purchasers of these end uses such for by way of some examples, for one use and then disposal after (1) a gardening chore, (2) painting (3) food handling and the like, by correlating these recommended end uses with color-coding of the gloves, such as for (1) gardening, using the color green, (2) painting, the color red, and (3) food handling, the color pale yellow, the hatching, as at 16, of the gloves respectively in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 denoting the mentioned colors.

[0010] The box enclosure 10 has walls, individually and collectively designated 18, bounding a compartment 20 for the gloves 12, including a top panel 18A which is selected for the imprinting of the recommended end use 14, and also has an oval shaped edge 24 bounding a correspondingly oval opening 26. A removable panel 28 of a selected plastic construction material serves as a temporary closure for the opening 26, being adhesively secured, at 30, to the underside of the top panel 18A over the opening 26.

[0011] The plastic construction material selected for the closure panel 28 may be any one of a wide range of plastics, so long as it is transparent. As a consequence, and in accordance with the present invention, before the closure panel 28 is removed, by being slit or otherwise, to provide access for removal of a glove 12 through the opening 26, there is provided, preparatory to a purchase, visual observation of the box contents 12 through the transparent closure 28 which, in practice, is effective to verify by the color coding 16 of the gloves 12 the recommended end use 22 of the gloves being purchased.

[0012] The verification provided as noted has minimized tampering with the box 10 at its retail point-of-sales, as occurred when verification was not possible in prior art packaging, and also in increased sales since apparently for the two chores of gardening and painting, by way of example, a purchaser will typically purchase two boxes 10 by the color 16 in accordance with the recommendation 22 rather than selecting only one box 10 of the two color choices.

[0013] While the apparatus for practicing the within inventive method, as well as said method herein shown and disclosed in detail is fully capable of attaining the objects and providing the advantages hereinbefore stated, it is to be understood that it is merely illustrative of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention and that no limitations are intended to the detail of construction or design herein shown other than as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A point-of-sales box enclosure for disposable gloves of plastic construction material comprising, in combination:

A. plural gloves of plastic construction material of a disposable nature after an intended recommended end use, said recommended end use being signified by color-coding of said gloves; and

B. a box enclosure having walls bounding a compartment for said gloves, said gloves having an operative position within said compartment, one said box enclosure wall being a top panel thereof, said top panel having edges bounding a glove-removal opening from said compartment, a removable panel of a selected plastic construction material disposed as a closure over said glove-removal opening, and said selected plastic construction material for said glove-removal opening closure being transparent in nature;

whereby preparatory to a purchase visual observance of said box contents through said transparent closure of said glove-removal opening is effective to verify by the color-coding of the gloves the recommended end use nature of the gloves being purchased.