COSMETIC SAMPLE STRIP; SAMPLES SEPARATED BY CURVILINEAR LINES OF PERFORATIONS

• Main Authors: SANCHEZ, HERNANDO, FUTTER, MENA, FRANCZAK, RICHARD M, LEVINE, SOL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.08.1991
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A plurality of samples (4, 8, 54) of a cosmetic product, such as nail enamel, lipstick, powder or cream makeup, fragrance and the like, each comprising a quantity suitable for one sample dose, are provided on a sheet or continuous strip (1, 7, 10) of material. The strip (1, 7, 10) is provided with perforations (2, 3, 20) between adjacent dose units to permit a prospective customer to tear off one or several samples at a time from the strip (1, 7, 10). The sheet or strip (1, 7, 10) can be provided on a reel (11, 80) for convenient and compact disposition at the point of purchase. In one embodiment the sample strip (10) is divided into a plurality of individual pieces (22,...30) arranged seriatim and connected in end-to-end fashion. The individual pieces (22,...30) are separated from each other as the strip (10) is incrementally fed through a dispensing tip (68) of a cartridge (58) which controls the dispensing operation to insure that the samples are dispensed one at a time in a hygienic manner. The cartridge (58) can be mounted in a display unit (112) along with a plurality of similar cartridges (58).