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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
John P. Kidwell, Eagan, MN (US);
Henry Wischusen, Iii, Duluth, GA (US);
John P. Kidwell, Eagan, MN (US);
Henry Wischusen, III, Duluth, GA (US);
Yours Confidentially, LLC, Cumming, GA (US);
Abstract
A packaging system uses marked, specially designed packaging to enable confidential purchasing of consumer goods. Products having a first configuration normally labeled for sale are convertible into a second configuration which conceals the identity of the goods, other than perhaps having a confidentiality brand. The confidentiality package is bar-coded for price and purchase scanning but does not identify the type of good(s) being purchased either at the cash register or on the customer's receipt. The confidentially packaged items are primarily sold at a retail location immediately next to a normally marked, identical (except for the outer packaging shell) item, and have a brief description of what the item is directly under it (Tampons for example) located in the shelf strip next to the re-order shelf tag.