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Methods for employing a cleansing device with inclusionRelated Patent Categories: Brushing, Scrubbing, And General Cleaning, Implements, CombinedMethods for employing a cleansing device with inclusion description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070130709, Methods for employing a cleansing device with inclusion. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND [0001] Bathing aids in the form of cloths, wipes, and mitts can be used by persons in a typical bathing process to wash themselves or others. Such bathing aids can include various soaps and other ablutive substances to promote the cleansing process. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0002] Bathing subjects, particularly children, can come to view bathing as a mundane and unpleasant process and can become easily distracted and thus difficult to bathe. This is a cause of struggle for many children and for the people caring for them. In response, various consumer products have included bright colors or characters on the packaging in an effort to make personal hygiene easier on kids and caregivers. In addition, some persons dislike the amount of soap, for example, resident in prior bathing aid products, preferring to themselves add what they view as the appropriate amount of soap. [0003] However, there is still a need for products that make hygiene fun, encourage interaction between parents and kids, and help children learn to care for themselves. In response to these needs, the inventors have acted on the observation that when a child learns through play, everything comes more naturally. As such, a range of products directed towards children makes learning to keep clean a lot more fun and creates a fun and interactive hygienic experience. [0004] The invention disclosed herein solves these problems by providing an improved cleansing device that includes a retaining zone adapted to contain one or more inclusions wherein the retaining zone is functionally and aesthetically integrated into the design of the cleansing device. [0005] More specifically, the present invention provides a cleansing device including a face layer having a face layer perimetric edge; a backing layer having a backing layer perimetric edge, wherein at least a portion of the backing layer perimetric edge is coupled to the face layer perimetric edge such that the face and backing layers define an interior space; a retaining layer coupled to one of the face and backing layers to form a retaining zone; and an inclusion disposed within the retaining zone, wherein the inclusion is a promotional or an information item. [0006] The present invention also provides a cleansing device system including a package, and at least one cleansing device kit disposed within the package, each cleansing device kit comprising a cleansing device having at least one promotional, recreational, functional, complementary, or informational inclusion associated therewith. [0007] The present invention also provides a method for selling a line of cleansing devices, the method including manufacturing a first cleansing device including a face layer having a face layer perimetric edge, a backing layer having a backing layer perimetric edge, wherein at least a portion of the backing layer perimetric edge is coupled to the face layer perimetric edge such that the face and backing layers define a bag-like space, the space including a cleansing device opening, a retaining layer coupled to one of the face and backing layers to form a retaining zone having a retaining zone opening, and an inclusion disposed within the retaining zone, wherein the first cleansing device has a first cleansing device price. The method also includes manufacturing a second cleansing device including a face layer having a face layer perimetric edge, and a backing layer having a backing layer perimetric edge, wherein at least a portion of the backing layer perimetric edge is coupled to the face layer perimetric edge such that the face and backing layers define a bag-like space, the space including a cleansing device opening, wherein the second cleansing device has a second cleansing device price; and pricing the first and second cleansing devices such that the first cleansing device price is greater than the second cleansing device price. [0008] The present invention also provides a method for promoting hygiene, the method including manufacturing a cleansing device including a face layer having a face layer perimetric edge, a backing layer having a backing layer perimetric edge, wherein at least a portion of the backing layer perimetric edge is coupled to the face layer perimetric edge such that the face and backing layers define a bag-like space, the space including a cleansing device opening, a retaining layer coupled to one of the face and backing layers to form a retaining zone having a retaining zone opening; and disposing an inclusion within the retaining zone, wherein the inclusion is a recreational, promotional, complementary, informational, or functional item adapted to encourage use of the cleansing device. [0009] The present invention also provides a method for providing a cleansing device system, the method including disposing at least one cleansing device within a package; disposing a plurality of inclusions within the package; and providing the package to a user such that the user can select one or more inclusions to associate with the at least one cleansing device. [0010] The present invention also provides a method for providing a cleansing device system, the method including disposing a first plurality of inclusions within a package, the first plurality of inclusions having a first theme; disposing a second plurality of inclusions within a package, the second plurality of inclusions having a second theme; disposing at least one cleansing device in a package; and offering the packages to a user such that the user can select one of the first and second pluralities of inclusions to associate with the at least one cleansing device. [0011] The present invention also provides a method for providing a cleansing device system, the method including disposing at least one cleansing device in a first package; disposing a product other than a cleansing device in a second package; and packaging together the first and second packages. [0012] The present invention also provides a method for providing a cleansing device system, the method including disposing at least one cleansing device in a first package including a first inclusion; disposing at least one cleansing device in a second package including a second inclusion, wherein the second inclusion is different from the first inclusion; and packaging together the first and second packages. [0013] Objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the following description and the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0014] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a cleansing device of the present invention. [0015] FIG. 2 is a cutaway perspective view of a package of the cleansing devices of FIG. 1. [0016] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an aspect of the cleansing device of FIG. 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED ASPECTS [0017] The term "surface" and its plural generally refer herein to the outer or the topmost boundary of an object. Surface may refer to that of skin, hair, clothing, upholstery, countertops, floors, walls, windows, tables, appliances, bathroom fixtures, automobiles, or any other object that may require or accommodate bathing, cleaning, removing something from, or applying something to its surface. [0018] The term "cleansing device" generally refers to a device used to clean and/or treat any surface, including those on humans and other animals. Non-limiting examples of a cleansing device include mitts, wipes, poufs, buffs, washcloths, pads, and sponges. Non-limiting examples of uses of such a cleansing device include child and adult bathing, pet bathing, surface cleaning, application of a substance, removal of a substance, and other similar uses. [0019] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a cleansing device 10 of the present invention. Such a cleansing device 10 allows a consumer to bathe themselves, another human, an animal such as a pet, or to clean or treat any surface. The cleansing device 10 of the present invention will be described in terms of a mitt adapted to be used in bathing a child. For purposes of illustration, and not for purposes of limitation, the cleansing device 10 is described as a mitt. The same cleansing device 10, however, may be described as any other suitable form of a cleansing device 10, including as a wipe. [0020] The cleansing device 10 includes a face layer 15, a backing layer 20, and an inclusion system 60. The face layer 15 may be of any suitable shape, but is preferably generally planar and is further preferably generally rectangular or oblong. The face layer 15 has a perimetric edge 25 extending around the face layer 15. In one aspect of the present invention, the face layer 15 is generally the size of a human hand held flat on a surface. In general, the face layer 15 may be of any suitable size, with the size preferably selected to be suitable for the intended use of the cleansing device 10. Continue reading about Methods for employing a cleansing device with inclusion... Full patent description for Methods for employing a cleansing device with inclusion Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Methods for employing a cleansing device with inclusion patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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