Single-use folding container having a writing surface with self-sealing adhesive

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A single-use container having a foldable writing surface with self-sealing adhesive and corresponding methods of fabrication and use involving at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the planar member being foldable, and the planar member being conducive to accepting a writing material, and an adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces. The present invention also involves an additional adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices.

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Description
TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention technically relates to apparatuses and methods for writing. More particularly, the present invention technically relates to apparatuses and methods for writing on a foldable surface. Even more particularly, the present invention technically relates to apparatuses and methods for a single-use folding container having a writing surface with a self-sealing adhesive.

BACKGROUND ART

Various related art apparatuses and methods involve writing surfaces. One related art apparatus involves a double flap pocket mailer and envelope, having a back portion, first and second pocket flaps, first and second closure flaps, and a closure device is utilized to deliver small items in an ornamentally shaped envelope. The first and second pocket flaps are connected with an adhesive to form a pocket for receiving items. The first and second closure flaps are foldable between open and closed positions. The closure device is held in a receiving slit. The pocket flaps are adjacent to one another and fold over the back portion to form a pocket between the pocket flaps and the back portion. A connector, preferably an adhesive, is applied between a first pocket overlap portion and a second pocket overlap portion to substantially permanently connect the first pocket flap to the second pocket flap, wherein “substantially permanently,” refers to the condition that the first pocket flap cannot be separated from the second pocket flap without damaging the pocket flaps.

Another related art apparatus involves a letter blank having leading and trailing edges as well as side edges. The blank includes a central oblong or rectangular letter section and a marginal edge section, the letter being joined by perforations and carrying adhesive areas. The letter section can be folded into four portions by folding along crease lines, forming its own envelope which can be secured by adhesive areas. The letter portion is joined to a gummed marginal flap which forms a straight leading edge. The side edges include further gummed flaps located between the leading edge and the first creased line.

Yet another related art apparatus involves an adhesive pattern for a mailer type of business form intermediate having short and long strips of adhesive being offset from one another and being disposed in removable margin strips on both surfaces of the form intermediate. The short and long adhesive strips alleviate side edge cupping of the removable margin strips, thereby preventing edge crimping the form intermediate against a slowing surface during friction feeding. An adhesive block is provided in each removable margin strip adjacent each sheet corner, thereby preventing significant upward or downward deflection of the corners. In order to seal the form intermediate, once it is folded, an adhesive pattern is disposed on both surfaces of a substrate sheet. The adhesive may be a hot-melt or a hot-seal adhesive, a “re-moist” adhesive, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, or a pressure-activated cohesive.

Another related art apparatus involves a page of paper or other suitable writing material having parallel long edges and parallel short edges as well as a first and a second fold which are not parallel to each other, but connect the short edges of the page. The page also has a third and fourth fold parallel to the short edges. When the page is folded along the first and second folds, the distance between the first and second folds along the first short edge is greater than the distance between the first and second folds along the second short edge. Thereafter, the page is folded along the third and fourth folds; and the second short edge is fitted within the first short edge, thereby configuring a self-envelope.

Other related art apparatuses involve a combined letter-sheet and envelope formed by folding along various lines to leave a sealing flap having an adhesive disposed thereon, wherein the sealing flap is substantially triangular, a combined letter-sheet and envelope formed by folding along various lines to leave an inverted seal having an adhesive disposed on both sides, wherein one side of the inverted seal adheres to the opposite portion of the sheet, a letter sheet and envelope comprising a letter sheet adapted for accepting writing, especially for correspondence, which is secured in an envelope, wherein the envelope comprises a gummed marginal surface on an underlying panel for sealing upon an adjacent perforated marginal portion of another panel, and wherein the panels are secured together, a combined letter sheet and envelope comprising gummed portions on an auxiliary tongue disposable in a slot the envelope's rear wall, a combination envelope and letter sheet comprising a sealing flap, a sealing tongue, and slots for their disposition, wherein the flap has a gummed edge for sealing the letter in the envelope.

Yet other related art apparatuses involve a self-sealing letter sheet which is suitable for feeding into a printer and which comprises facing sections (flaps) having adhesive layers and release plies, a. a safety envelope for accommodating coins, paper money, and checks which comprises a pasted flap, a combination envelope and writing paper, comprising tongues and cutouts, the tongues being slid through the cutouts and subsequently adhered, an envelope comprising gummed tongues which engage a flap, a sealed container comprising a flexible closure flap which is adhered to a seal, wherein the container has a shell for removably containing an article, and wherein the seal is rupturable, a multiple envelope assembly, wherein a first envelope is adhesively secured to a second envelope, and wherein the first envelope has a sealing flap, a multi-panel envelope form comprising adhesive stripes disposed at a distance offset from an edge, a decorative gift money holder having a flap, and an envelope pack having flaps.

However, these related art apparatuses are not easily writeable, foldable, and adhering, especially for labeling and containing small items. Thus, a long-felt need is seen to exist for an apparatus and a method comprising features which render the apparatus easily writeable, foldable, and adhering, especially for labeling and containing small items.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a solution to the problems in the related art in an apparatus for writeable, foldable, and adhering surface, used especially for labeling and containing small items as well as its corresponding methods of fabrication and use. The present invention foldable writing apparatus comprises: at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the planar member being foldable, and the planar member being conducive to accepting a writing material; and an adhesive (a primary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces. The present apparatus further comprises an additional adhesive (a secondary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices. The present apparatus is a single-use folding container having a writing surface with a self-sealing adhesive.

The present invention method of fabricating a foldable writing apparatus comprises the steps of: providing at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the planar member being foldable, and the planar member being conducive to accepting a writing material; and providing an adhesive (a primary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces. The present fabrication method further comprises the step of providing an additional adhesive (a secondary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices.

The present invention method of using a foldable writing apparatus, the apparatus comprising the steps of: providing at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the at least one planar member being foldable, and the planar member being conducive to accepting a writing material; providing an adhesive (a primary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces; writing on at least one of the surfaces; and folding an edge over another edge, thereby forming a folded adhered structure. The present method of use further comprises the step of providing an additional adhesive (a secondary adhesive) disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices.

Advantages of the present invention include allowing the consumer to carry a single dose of a set of pills in a sanitary, enclosed, labeled packet, rather than in an unsanitary pocket or purse, and easy-opening by users such as senior citizens, arthritis sufferers, osteoarthritis sufferers, osteoporosis sufferers, and persons having any other health problem who would otherwise have difficulty opening pill bottles and plastic bags. Other features of the present invention are disclosed, or are apparent, in the section entitled “Mode(s) for Carrying-Out the Invention,” disclosed, infra.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING(S)

For better understanding of the present invention, reference is made to the below-referenced accompanying Drawing(s). Reference numbers refer to the same or equivalent parts of the present invention throughout the several figures of the Drawing(s).

FIG. 1 is a front view of a foldable writing surface with an adhesive, by example only, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a foldable writing surface with an adhesive, by example only, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a foldable writing surface with an adhesive, having a crease, by example only, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a foldable writing surface with an adhesive, being ready for assembly by adhesion and having at least one pill disposed thereon, by example only, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a foldable writing surface with an adhesive, being assembled by adhesion and having at least one pill disposed therein, by example only, in accordance with the present invention.

 MODE(S) FOR CARRYING-OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 illustrates, in a front view, a foldable writing surface 100, comprising at least one planar polygonal member 110 and an adhesive 120 (FIG. 2), for forming a discrete packet 200 (FIG. 5), by example only, in accordance with the present invention. The at least one planar polygonal member 110 has an outer surface 111, an inner surface 112, a plurality of vertices 113, and a plurality of edges 114, each edge of the plurality of edges 114 including a peripheral portion 115 (FIG. 2), the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being foldable, e.g., along a fold line or a crease 116, and the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being conducive to accepting a writing material, such as pencil, ink, stamps, stickers, and decals. The at least one planar polygonal member 110 comprises a width in a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 8.5 inch and a length a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 11.0 inch. The at least one planar polygonal member 110 comprises a thin flexible material such as a paper, a thin frangible polymer sheet, a thin frangible composite material sheet.

Still referring to FIG. 1, the foldable writing surface 100 further comprises at least one printed indicia for accommodating at least one field of data such as a patient's name, a pharmaceutical prescription date, a pharmaceutical dispensing date, a pharmaceutical administration date, a prescribing doctor's name, a prescribing nurse practitioner's name, a pharmaceutical prescription name, dosing information, a set of instructions for administering a pharmaceutical prescription, and a set of instructions for taking a pharmaceutical prescription. The at least one data field comprises data grouped as patient and doctor information 118 and data grouped as pharmaceutical information 119. The foldable writing surface 100 is provided in a stack form, such as a writing pad form and a writing tablet, wherein a user may write any information or additional indicia on the outer surface 111, including the foregoing data fields and information, prior to folding the surface 100, for facilitating distribution and attribution of the discrete packet 200.

FIG. 2 illustrates, in a rear view, a foldable writing surface 100, comprising at least one planar polygonal member 110 and an adhesive 120, a primary adhesive, by example only, in accordance with the present invention. The adhesive 120 is disposed on the peripheral portion 115 on at least one of the surfaces 111, 112. The peripheral portion 115 comprises a width in a range of approximately 0.25 inch to approximately 1.0 inch, and preferably a width of approximately 0.5 inch. The adhesive 120 comprises a tacky contact material. The foldable writing surface 100 further comprises an additional adhesive, a secondary adhesive, by example only, disposed on the peripheral portion 115 at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices 113. The inner surface 112 comprises an inner portion 112a as well for accommodating disposition of at least one item to be contained in the foldable writing surface 100.

FIG. 3 illustrates, in a side view, a foldable writing surface 100, comprising at least one planar polygonal member 110 and an adhesive 120 (FIG. 2), having a crease 116 in relation to the inner surface 111 and the outer surface 112, by example only, in accordance with the present invention. The at least one planar polygonal member 110 is relatively thin in relation to its planar dimensions and is flexible for facilitating folding. The at least one planar polygonal member 110 may be fabricated with the crease 116 or be fabricated with a fold line defined by a fold indicia such as a printed solid line and a printed broken line on at least one surface such as the outer surface 111 and the inner surface 112 (FIGS. 2 and 4).

FIG. 4 illustrates, in a rear view, a foldable writing surface 100, comprising at least one planar polygonal member 110 and an adhesive 120, e.g., the primary adhesive, being ready for assembly by adhesion and having at least one item, such as at least one pill 117, disposed thereon, by example only, in accordance with the present invention. The at least one item is disposed at a location on the inner surface 112 which lies within the adhesive 120, e.g., within the inner portion 112a of the inner surface 112.

FIG. 5 illustrates, in a front view, a foldable writing surface 100, comprising at least one planar polygonal member 110 and an adhesive 120, e.g., the primary adhesive, being assembled by adhesion and having at least one item, such as at least one pill 117, disposed therein, by example only, in accordance with the present invention. The at least one item is contained in the foldable writing surface 100 upon folding one portion of the inner surface 112 upon another portion of the inner surface 112 having the adhesive 120, thereby adhering together the two portions of the inner surface 112, and thereby forming a discrete packet 200. A user applies a writing 130 to the outer surface 111.

The present invention also involves a method M1 of fabricating a foldable writing apparatus 100, the method M1 comprising the steps of: providing at least one planar polygonal member 110 having an outer surface 111, an inner surface 112, a plurality of vertices 113, and a plurality of edges 114, each edge of the 110 being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being conducive to accepting a writing material, such as pencil, ink, stamps, stickers, and decals; and providing an adhesive 120, e.g., a primary adhesive, disposed on the peripheral portion 115 on at least one of the surfaces 111, 112. The method M1 further comprises the step of providing an additional adhesive 121, e.g., a secondary adhesive (not shown), disposed on the peripheral portion 115 at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices 113.

In addition, the present invention encompasses a method M2 of using a foldable writing apparatus 100, the method M2 comprising the steps of: providing at least one planar polygonal member 110 having an outer surface 111, an inner surface 112, a plurality of vertices 113, and a plurality of edges 114, each edge of the plurality of edges 114 including a peripheral portion 115, the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being conducive to accepting a writing material, such as pencil, ink, stamps, stickers, and decals; providing an adhesive 120, e.g., a primary adhesive, is disposed on the peripheral portion 115 on at least one of the surfaces 111, 112; writing on at least one of the surfaces 111, 112; and folding an edge 114 over another edge 114, thereby forming a folded adhered structure, and thereby forming a discrete packet 200 for containing at least one item. The method M2 further comprises the step of providing an additional adhesive 121, e.g., a secondary adhesive (not shown), disposed on the peripheral portion 115 at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices 113.

In particular, the method M2 comprises the steps of: providing at least one planar polygonal member 110 having an outer surface 111, an inner surface 112, a plurality of vertices 113, and a plurality of edges 114, each edge of the plurality of edges 114 including a peripheral portion 115, the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member 110 being conducive to accepting a writing material, such as pencil, ink, stamps, stickers, and decals; providing an adhesive 120, e.g., a primary adhesive, is disposed on the peripheral portion 115 on at least one of the surfaces 111, 112; filling at least one data field on the outer surface 111; removing one foldable writing apparatus 100 from another foldable writing apparatus 100 of the stack; orienting the one foldable writing apparatus 100 with the inner surface 112 being accessible for disposing at least one item thereon; disposing the at least one item on the inner surface 112 and in a vicinity of a feature such as a crease and a fold line; folding at least one portion of the inner surface 112 onto the adhesive 120 in a manner such that the at least one item is contained within the one foldable writing apparatus 100, thereby forming a discrete packet 200. The packet 200 is frangible. The method M2 further comprises the steps of: tearing open the packet 200 such as at one end of the packet 200; and dispensing and administering the at least one item to a patient.

Information, as herein shown and described in detail, is fully capable of attaining the above-described object of the invention, the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, and is, thus, representative of the subject matter which is broadly contemplated by the present invention. The scope of the present invention fully encompasses other embodiments which may become obvious to those skilled in the art, and is to be limited, accordingly, by nothing other than the appended claims, wherein reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless explicitly so stated, but rather “one or more.” All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the above-described preferred embodiment and additional embodiments that are known to those of ordinary skill in the art are hereby expressly incorporated by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the present claims.

Moreover, no requirement exists for a system, an apparatus, a device, or a method to address each and every problem sought to be resolved by the present invention, for such to be encompassed by the present claims. Furthermore, no element, component, or method step in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component, or method step is explicitly recited in the claims. However, that various changes and modifications in form, configuration, material, and method steps may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims, should be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. No claim herein is to be construed under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph, unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for.”

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention industrially applies to apparatuses and methods for writing. More particularly, the present invention industrially applies to apparatuses and methods for writing on a foldable surface. Even more particularly, the present invention industrially applies to apparatuses and methods a single-use folding container having a writing surface with a self-sealing adhesive.

Claims

1. A single-use folding container apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the at least one planar polygonal member being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member being conducive to accepting a writing material; and
an adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces.

2. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1, further comprising an additional adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices, whereby the apparatus is self-sealing.

3. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1,

wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a width in a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 8.5 inch and a length a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 11.0 inch, and
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a thin flexible material selected from a group consisting essentially of a paper, a thin frangible polymer sheet, a thin frangible composite material sheet.

4. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises at least one printed indicia on the outer surface for accommodating at least one field of data selected from a group consisting essentially of a patient's name, a pharmaceutical prescription date, a pharmaceutical dispensing date, a pharmaceutical administration date, a prescribing doctor's name, a prescribing nurse practitioner's name, a pharmaceutical prescription name, dosing information, a set of instructions for administering a pharmaceutical prescription, and a set of instructions for taking a pharmaceutical prescription.

5. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1,

wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a stack form, and
wherein a user may write any information or additional indicia on the outer surface for facilitating distribution and attribution of the discrete packet.

6. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein the peripheral portion comprises a width in a range of approximately 0.25 inch to approximately 1.0 inch.

7. An apparatus, as recited in claim 6, wherein the peripheral portion comprises a preferred width of approximately 0.5 inch.

8. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein the inner surface comprises an inner portion for accommodating disposition of at least one item to be contained in the foldable writing surface.

9. An apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises at least one feature selected from a group consisting essentially of at least one crease and at least one fold line, the at least one fold line being defined by a fold indicia selected from a group consisting essentially of a printed solid line and a printed broken line.

10. A single-use folding container apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the at least one planar polygonal member being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member being conducive to accepting a writing material; and
an adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces, whereby the apparatus is self-sealing,
an additional adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a width in a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 8.5 inch and a length a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 11.0 inch,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a thin flexible material selected from a group consisting essentially of a paper, a thin frangible polymer sheet, a thin frangible composite material sheet,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises at least one printed indicia on the outer surface for accommodating at least one field of data selected from a group consisting essentially of a patient's name, a pharmaceutical prescription date, a pharmaceutical dispensing date, a pharmaceutical administration date, a prescribing doctor's name, a prescribing nurse practitioner's name, a pharmaceutical prescription name, dosing information, a set of instructions for administering a pharmaceutical prescription, and a set of instructions for taking a pharmaceutical prescription,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises a stack form, and wherein a user may write any information or additional indicia on the outer surface for facilitating distribution and attribution of the discrete packet,
wherein the peripheral portion comprises a width in a range of approximately 0.25 inch to approximately 1.0 inch,
wherein the inner surface comprises an inner portion for accommodating disposition of at least one item to be contained in the foldable writing surface, and
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member comprises at least one feature selected from a group consisting essentially of at least one crease and at least one fold line, the at least one fold line being defined by a fold indicia selected from a group consisting essentially of a printed solid line and a printed broken line.

11. A method of fabricating a single-use folding container apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one planar polygonal member having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, the at least one planar polygonal member being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member being conducive to accepting a writing material; and
providing an adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces.

12. A method, as recited in claim 11, further comprising the step of providing an additional adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices, thereby rendering the apparatus self-sealing.

13. A method, as recited in claim 11,

wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member with a width in a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 8.5 inch and a length a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 11.0 inch, and
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises forming the planar polygonal member from a thin flexible material selected from a group consisting essentially of a paper, a thin frangible polymer sheet, a thin frangible composite material sheet.

14. A method, as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member with at least one printed indicia on the outer surface for accommodating at least one field of data selected from a group consisting essentially of a patient's name, a pharmaceutical prescription date, a pharmaceutical dispensing date, a pharmaceutical administration date, a prescribing doctor's name, a prescribing nurse practitioner's name, a pharmaceutical prescription name, dosing information, a set of instructions for administering a pharmaceutical prescription, and a set of instructions for taking a pharmaceutical prescription.

15. A method, as recited in claim 11,

wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the planar polygonal member in a stack form, and
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member in a form such that a user may write any information or additional indicia on the outer surface for facilitating distribution and attribution of the discrete packet.

16. A method, as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the peripheral portion with a width in a range of approximately 0.25 inch to approximately 1.0 inch.

17. A method, as recited in claim 16, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the peripheral portion with a preferred width of approximately 0.5 inch.

18. A method, as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the inner surface with an inner portion for accommodating disposition of at least one item to be contained in the foldable writing surface.

19. A method, as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing at least one feature selected from a group consisting essentially of at least one crease and at least one fold line, the at least one fold line being defined by a fold indicia selected from a group consisting essentially of a printed solid line and a printed broken line.

20. A method, as recited in claim 11, further comprising the step of providing an additional adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion at an intermediate location between each vertex of the plurality of vertices, thereby rendering the apparatus self-sealing,

wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the planar polygonal member with a width in a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 8.5 inch and a length a range of approximately 3.0 inch to approximately 11.0 inch,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises forming the planar polygonal member from a thin flexible material selected from a group consisting essentially of a thin frangible polymer sheet, a thin frangible composite material sheet,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member with at least one printed indicia on the outer surface for accommodating at least one field of data selected from a group consisting essentially of a patient's name, a pharmaceutical prescription date, a pharmaceutical dispensing date, a pharmaceutical administration date, a prescribing doctor's name, a prescribing nurse practitioner's name, a pharmaceutical prescription name, dosing information, a set of instructions for administering a pharmaceutical prescription, and a set of instructions for taking a pharmaceutical prescription,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member in a stack form,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the at least one planar polygonal member in a form such that a user may write any information or additional indicia on the outer surface for facilitating distribution and attribution of the discrete packet,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the peripheral portion with a width in a range of approximately 0.25 inch to approximately 1.0 inch,
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing the inner surface with an inner portion for accommodating disposition of at least one item to be contained in the foldable writing surface, and
wherein the at least one planar polygonal member providing step comprises providing at least one feature selected from a group consisting essentially of at least one crease and at least one fold line, the at least one fold line being defined by a fold indicia selected from a group consisting essentially of a printed solid line and a printed broken line.

21. A method of using a single-use folding container apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one planar polygonal member, having an outer surface, an inner surface, a plurality of vertices, and a plurality of edges, each edge of the plurality of edges including a peripheral portion, in a stack, the at least one planar polygonal member being foldable, and the at least one planar polygonal member being conducive to accepting a writing material;
providing an adhesive disposed on the peripheral portion on at least one of the surfaces;
filling at least one data field on the outer surface;
removing one foldable writing apparatus from another foldable writing apparatus of the stack;
orienting the one foldable writing apparatus with the inner surface being accessible for disposing at least one item thereon;
disposing the at least one item on the inner surface and in a vicinity of a feature selected from a group consisting essentially of a crease and a fold line; and
folding at least one portion of the inner surface onto the adhesive in a manner such that the at least one item is contained within the one foldable writing apparatus, thereby forming a discrete packet.

22. A method, as recited in claim 21, The method further comprising the steps of:

opening the discrete packet; and
dispensing and administering the at least one item from the discrete packet.

23. A method, as recited in claim 22, wherein the opening step comprises tearing.

Patent History
Publication number: 20080035713
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 11, 2006
Publication Date: Feb 14, 2008
Applicant:
Inventor: Henry Kalin (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Application Number: 11/502,894
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Envelope (229/68.1)
International Classification: B65D 27/00 (20060101);