Package for marketing visibly distinct variations of an edible product

Abstract

A gum package including a blister pack and a sleeve member having first and second apertures for displaying first and second different varieties of gum pellets contained within the blister pack. The first and second apertures to permit first and second cavities in the blister pack to be viewed through a surface of the sleeve member. This allows a consumer to view first and second different varieties of gum pellets contained within the package. In addition, first and second surface treatments are applied to the outside surface of the package to provide a consumer a visual indication associated with the first and second varieties of gum pellets.

1 . A package for containing pieces of first and second different edible products, comprising: 
 a package having a plurality of separate compartments formed as cavities therein;    a first edible product disposed in a first predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments;    a second edible product disposed in a second predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments, wherein the first and second edible products are different;    a sealing layer disposed over at least a portion of a first surface of the package, the sealing layer sealing each of the separate compartments.    
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the separate compartments are composed of an at least partially transparent material to allow the contained product to be visible through a second surface of the package  
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the package is composed of a plastic material.  
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein there is a one-to-one correspondence between the combined total number of the first and second edible products in the package and the number of separate compartments formed in the package.  
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second edible food products are first and second different types of chewing gum.  
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 5 , wherein the first and second types of chewing gum are visibly distinct.  
     
     
         7 . The package of  claim 1 , further comprising an opaque cover having first and second apertures, the opaque cover being disposed over at least a second surface of the package.  
     
     
         8 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein a first edible product in a first predetermined compartment is visible through the first aperture and a second edible product in a second predetermined compartment is visible through the second aperture.  
     
     
         9 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein an outside surface of the opaque cover further includes: 
 a first surface treatment corresponding with the first aperture; and    a second surface treatment corresponding with the second aperture, wherein the first and second surface treatments are visibly distinct.    
     
     
         10 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the package is perforated between the first sub-set of compartments and the second sub-set of compartments.  
     
     
         11 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the sealing layer is opaque.  
     
     
         12 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein individual pieces of the first and second edible products are like-shaped.  
     
     
         13 . The package of  claim 12 , wherein the separate compartments and the individual pieces of the first and second edible products are like-shaped.  
     
     
         14 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the cavities are disposed on the package in a first geometric array containing rows and columns.  
     
     
         15 . The package of claim A 16 , wherein the first edible product is disposed in a first predetermined sub-set of the first geometrical array, wherein the first predetermined sub-set forms a second geometrical array.  
     
     
         16 . A method for packaging first and second different edible products in a common package, comprising 
 providing a package having a plurality of substantially transparent and separate compartments formed as cavities therein;    first disposing a first edible product into a first predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments;    second disposing a second edible product into a second predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments; and    applying a sealing layer over a surface of the package, wherein the sealing layer seals the separate compartments, wherein the first and second edible products are visible within the separate compartments.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein first and second disposing includes disposing first and second visibly distinct edible products into the first and second predetermined sub-sets of the separate compartments.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , further including: 
 applying a wrapper over at least a portion of the package, wherein at least one of the first edible products and one of the second edible products are visible through the wrapper.    
     
     
         19 . A packaged gum product, comprising: 
 a package having a plurality of separate compartments formed as cavities therein, wherein the separate compartments are composed of an at least partially transparent material;    a first plurality of gum pellets disposed in a first predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments;    a second plurality of gum pellets disposed in a second predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments, wherein the first and second gum pellets are visibly distinct and wherein the first and second gum varieties are visible when disposed within the separate compartments;    a sealing layer disposed over at least a portion of a first surface of the package, the sealing layer sealing each of the separate compartments.    
     
     
         20 . The product of  claim 19 , further including: 
 a wrapper covering at least a portion of the package, wherein at least one of the first gum pellets and at least one of the second gum pellets are visible through the wrapper.    
     
     
         21 . A package for containing pieces of first and second different edible products, comprising: 
 a package having a plurality of separate compartments formed as cavities, wherein the separate compartments are disposed in a geometric array including at least two rows and at least two columns;    a first edible product disposed in a first predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments;    a second edible product disposed in a second predetermined sub-set of less than all of the separate compartments, wherein the first and second edible products are different;    a sealing layer disposed over at least a portion of a first surface of the package, the sealing layer sealing each of the separate compartments.    
     
     
         22 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the first and second edible products are disposed in one of: 
 alternating rows of the geometrical array of the separate compartments; and    alternating columns of the geometrical array of the separate compartments.    
     
     
         23 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein none of the separate compartments containing the first edible products borders another of the separate compartments containing the first edible products.  
     
     
         24 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the first sub-set of less than all the separate compartments forms a first geometrical sub-array within the geometrical array of the separate compartments.  
     
     
         25 . The package of  claim 24 , wherein the second first sub-set of less than all the separate compartments forms a second geometrical sub-array within the geometrical array of the separate compartments.