Multi-dose nutritional supplements for the promotion of joint health

Abstract

Multi-dose packages of nutritional supplements are provided that are designed for regular and continuous use by a specific target (i.e., consumer) over a reoccurring predetermined period of time. The multi-dose packaging of nutritional supplements contains supplements that vary in dosage and that are each intended to be taken at a specific time during the predetermined period of time. Each supplement in the series is tailored to contain unit dosages of nutritional supplements that are designed to address specific needs of the intended consumer during the predetermined period of time at which the supplement is intended to be ingested.

1 . A multi-dose package of nutritional supplements for regular and continuous consumption by a specific target consumer over a regularly re-occurring predetermined period of time, the multi-dose package of supplements comprising:
 a series of supplements to be taken by the target consumer over the predetermined period of time, whereby each supplement in the series is to be taken at a particular time during the predetermined period of time and where each supplement in the series contains unit dosages of glucosamine; and   where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of glucosamine than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time.   
     
     
         2 . The multi-dose package of nutritional supplements of  claim 1 , where each supplement in the series further contains calcium and where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of calcium than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time. 
     
     
         3 . The multi-dose package of nutritional supplements of  claim 1 , where each supplement in the series further contains magnesium and where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of magnesium than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time. 
     
     
         4 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a day. 
     
     
         5 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a week. 
     
     
         6 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a twenty-eight days. 
     
     
         7 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a month. 
     
     
         8 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a season. 
     
     
         9 . The multi-dose package of  claim 1  where the supplements include indicia indicating when each supplement should be taken over the predetermined period of time. 
     
     
         10 . A multi-dose package of multi-vitamins designed for consumption by a specific target consumer over a predetermined period of time, the multi-dose package of multi-vitamins comprising a series of supplements to be taken by the target consumer over the predetermined period of time where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of glucosamine than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time. 
     
     
         11 . The multi-dose package of multi-vitamins of  claim 10  where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of calcium than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time. 
     
     
         12 . The multi-dose package of multi-vitamins of  claim 10  where at least one supplement in the series to be taken at a first particular time contains different dosages of magnesium than at least one other supplement in the series to be taken at a second particular period of time. 
     
     
         13 . The multi-dose package of  claim 10  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a week. 
     
     
         14 . The multi-dose package of  claim 10  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a week. 
     
     
         15 . The multi-dose package of  claim 10  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is twenty-days. 
     
     
         16 . The multi-dose package of  claim 10  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a month. 
     
     
         17 . The multi-dose package of  claim 10  where the re-occurring predetermined period of time is a season.