EP0525530A2
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Perfume samplers and process for their manufacture
Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
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Filing: 1992-07-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-07-16
Abstract
Abstract Label-like, hermetically-sealed perfume pouch samplers with artwork on their top surface and a pressure sensitive adhesive bottom surface. The adhesive bottom surface may be employed to attach the pouch labelss to pages of a magazine or other mailer, providing an efficient method of mass distribution of perfume samples. The fragrance is stored in a perfume-releasing article such as an ultraviolet radiation-cured perfume-doped polymer, surrounded by two perfume impervious sealed barrier layers. There is disclosed a method of manufacturing the perfume pouch labels on a support web that can be wound onto rolls from which the pouch labels may be readily released and applied rapidly and precisely to advertising pages.
Inventors
- 👤 Matthew W. Bootman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 00:12
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F5/00; G09F5/04; A; A45; A45D; A45D37/00; A45D40/00; A45D40/0087; A47; A47F; A47F7/00; A47F7/28; A47F7/286; B; B65; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/28; B65D75/30; A45D2200/00; A45D2200/10; A45D2200/1009; A45D2200/1027; A45D2200/1036; G09F2005/046
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A pouch for use in the sampling of fragrances comprising: (a) a bottom barrier member for providing bottom containment for fragrance; (b) a top barrier member hermetically joined to said bottom barrier member to form a fragrance impermeable enclosure; (c) means for releasing fragrance contained within the enclosure; and (d) means for separating said top barrier member from said bottom barrier member to enable the fragrance to be sampled.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A pouch for use in the sampling of fragrances comprising: (a) a bottom barrier member for providing bottom containment for fragrance; (b) a top barrier member hermetically joined to said bottom barrier member to form a fragrance impermeable enclosure; (c) means for releasing fragrance contained within the enclosure; and (d) means for separating said top barrier member from said bottom barrier member to enable the fragrance to be sampled.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The pouch according to claim 1 wherein said means for releasing fragrance comprises a fragrance-doped polymer patch within the enclosure and attached to one of said barrier members.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
A pouch label for use in the sampling of fragrances comprising: (a) a bottom barrier member for providing bottom containment for fragrance, said member having an adhesive coating on its lower surface; (b) a top barrier member hermetically joined to said bottom barrier member to form a fragrance impermeable enclosure; (c) means for releasing fragrance contained within the enclosure; and (d) means for separating said top barrier member from said bottom barrier member to enable the fragrance to be sampled.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
A pouch label for use in the sampling of fragrances comprising: (a) a bottom barrier member for providing bottom containment for fragrance, said member having an adhesive coating on its lower surface; (b) a top barrier member hermetically joined to said bottom barrier member to form a fragrance impermeable enclosure; (c) means for releasing fragrance contained within the enclosure; and (d) means for separating said top barrier member from said bottom barrier member to enable the fragrance to be sampled.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The pouch or pouch label according to any claim of claims 1 - 3 wherein said top barrier member comprises a laminate including a layer of paper on its upper surface, said paper layer having artwork printed thereon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The pouch or pouch label according to any claim of claims 1 - 4 wherein said means for separating said top member is a tab formed by a corner of said top barrier member which is not hermetically sealed to said bottom barrier member.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of distributing fragrance samples so that the fragrance can be easily sampled comprising: providing fragrance pouch labels, each including a top barrier member which prevents leakage of fragrance and has artwork on its top surface, a bottom barrier member which prevents leakage of fragrance, and fragrance, the two barrier members being hermetically sealed to contain the fragrance between inner surfaces thereof, and an adhesive layer on the exposed side of the bottom barrier member, the adhesive allowing for the attachment of the pouch label to a surface; and delivering the pouch labels so provided to samplers so that the top barrier member can be removed from the pouch label to allow release of fragrance vapors.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of distributing fragrance samples so that the fragrance can be easily sampled comprising: providing fragrance pouch labels, each including a top barrier member which prevents leakage of fragrance and has artwork on its top surface, a bottom barrier member which prevents leakage of fragrance, and fragrance, the two barrier members being hermetically sealed to contain the fragrance between inner surfaces thereof, and an adhesive layer on the exposed side of the bottom barrier member, the adhesive allowing for the attachment of the pouch label to a surface; and delivering the pouch labels so provided to samplers so that the top barrier member can be removed from the pouch label to allow release of fragrance vapors.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of distributing fragrance samples according to claim 6, wherein said providing and delivering steps include forming said fragrance pouch labels in a spaced array on a support strip, winding said support strip onto a roll, and applying said pouch labels from the roll to surfaces of articles such as pages to be bound into magazines.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manufacturing a fragrance pouch label comprising: (a) continuously applying a bottom barrier member onto a support web having an adhesive coating that is releasable to the bottom barrier member, said bottom barrier member being heat sealable to another barrier member and being impervious to oil and fragrance; (b) applying fragrance to selected zones of the upper surface of the bottom barrier member; (c) continuously depositing a top barrier member over the structure resulting from step (b), said top barrier member being heat sealable to the bottom barrier member and being impervious to oil and fragrance; (d) sealing the top barrier member to the bottom barrier member to form continuous hermetic seals enclosing each of said zones to which fragrance has been applied; (e) cutting through selected portions of the top barrier member and the bottom barrier member to the support web; (f) stripping away said cut portions of the top and bottom barrier members surrounding said zones to leave separate fragrance- containing pouch labels held on said support web; and (g) collecting said support web containing fragrance pouch labels onto a holder from which individual fragrance pouch labels may later be removed and adheringly applied to surfaces.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of manufacturing a fragrance pouch label comprising: (a) continuously applying a bottom barrier member onto a support web having an adhesive coating that is releasable to the bottom barrier member, said bottom barrier member being heat sealable to another barrier member and being impervious to oil and fragrance; (b) applying fragrance to selected zones of the upper surface of the bottom barrier member; (c) continuously depositing a top barrier member over the structure resulting from step (b), said top barrier member being heat sealable to the bottom barrier member and being impervious to oil and fragrance; (d) sealing the top barrier member to the bottom barrier member to form continuous hermetic seals enclosing each of said zones to which fragrance has been applied; (e) cutting through selected portions of the top barrier member and the bottom barrier member to the support web; (f) stripping away said cut portions of the top and bottom barrier members surrounding said zones to leave separate fragrance- containing pouch labels held on said support web; and (g) collecting said support web containing fragrance pouch labels onto a holder from which individual fragrance pouch labels may later be removed and adheringly applied to surfaces.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method according to claim 8. wherein said collecting step comprises: slitting said adhesive support web to form strips of suitable widths each containing at least one row of fragrance pouch labels; and collecting each of said strips of fragrance pouch labels onto a separate holder, from which individual fragrance pouch labels may later be removed and adheringly applied to surfaces.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 8 or 9 including, between steps (d) and (e), printing artwork on the top surface of said top barrier member.
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