Method of packaging dated toothbrushes

Abstract

A package comprises two or more toothbrushes which are dated to indicate a service period such as by designating a starting date and/or an ending date, or some other date in the service period. The service periods are sequential and add up, ideally, to one complete year so that a package, purchased at any time during a year, provides toothbrushes that can be used for twelve sequential months. Providing sequentially dated toothbrushes provides an indication to the user to discard used toothbrushes at the ends of the service periods thereby promoting dental health as recommended by dentists and toothbrush manufacturers. The service period indicator may be numbers, letters, words, symbols, colors, figures or any combination that suggests a period of service of a particular toothbrush and may be placed at any suitable location on each toothbrush. Suitable instructions, placed on and/or in the package or separate from the package, are preferably provided to inform potential users of the meanings of the indicators.

1 . A method of packaging dated toothbrushes of the type having an indicator thereon indicating a service period, comprising 
 selecting a first toothbrush having an first indicator designating a first service period;    selecting a second toothbrush having a second indicator designating a second service period sequential to the first service period; and    placing the first and second toothbrushes in a single package and sealing the same.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising instructing potential users that the indicators on the toothbrushes designate sequential service periods.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein there is at least one additional toothbrush having a third service period sequential to the second service period, the service periods are of equal duration and add up to one year.  
   
   
       4 . A method of packaging dated toothbrushes of the type having an indicator thereon indicating a service period, comprising 
 selecting a plurality of toothbrushes, each having an indicator designating different service periods, the service periods adding up to one year; and    placing the toothbrushes in a single package and sealing the same.    
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4  further comprising instructing potential users that the indicators on the toothbrushes designate sequential service periods.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the service periods are of equal duration.