Stair-step packaging defined by hair rollers

Abstract

An article and methods involving stair-stepped defined by hair rollers contained therein, the article including a first set of hair rollers organized to present a first riser plane and a first landing plane, a second set of hair rollers organized to present a second riser plane, protruding from the first landing plane, and a second landing plane, and stair-step packaging, defined by the planes and the landings of the sets of hair rollers, including side, back, and bottom portions, and collectively confining the sets of rollers within the packaging, in a vertical orientation with respect to the bottom portion.

1 . An article comprising:
 a first set of hair rollers organized to present a first riser plane and a first landing plane;   a second set of hair rollers organized to present a second riser plane, protruding from the first landing plane, and a second landing plane; and   stair-step packaging, defined by the planes and the landings of the sets of hair rollers, including side, back, and bottom portions, and collectively confining the sets of rollers within the packaging, in a vertical orientation with respect to the bottom portion.   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein
 a first set of hair rollers have a first length;   a second set of hair rollers have a second length; and   said lengths are not the same.   
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein each said set of hair rollers has a hollow interior diameter, and within at least some of the hollow interiors is at least one other hair roller. 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the packaging is structured as openable so as to allow removal of the rollers and resettable after returning the rollers, such that after use of the rollers, the packaging is again openable. 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 4 , wherein the rollers are maintained in their respective positions regardless of the packaging being opened or reclosed, by holes, sockets, housings, or protrusions adjacent to the bottom. 
     
     
         6 . The article of  claim 5 , further including a window in the back portion, allowing visional inspection of some of the rollers within the packaging. 
     
     
         7 . A method of making the article of  claim 1 , the method including:
 locating a first set of hair rollers organized to present a first riser plane and a first landing plane, and locating a second set of hair rollers organized to present a second riser plane, protruding from the first landing plane, and a second landing plane, within stair-stepped packaging defined by the sets of hair rollers, such that the packaging has risers, landings, sides, and a back, wherein proportions of the risers, the landings, the sides, and the back collectively correspond to the sets of hair rollers.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the packaging is die molded plastic comprising at least two portions mateable together to be openable and resettable so as to be openable again. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further including locating, adjacent to some of at least one said portion, paper with outwardly displaying printing the printing including instructions and images depicting use or application the sets of the rollers and depicting results of the use or application. 
     
     
         10 . A method of using the article of  claim 1 , the method including:
 first opening of a package of a first set of hair rollers organized to present a first riser plane and a first landing plane, and of a second set of hair rollers organized to present a second riser plane, protruding from the first landing plane, and a second landing plane, the package being stair-stepped corresponding to the sets of hair rollers, such that the packaging has risers, landings, sides, and a back, wherein proportions of the risers, the landings, the sides, and the back collectively correspond to the sets of hair rollers;   using the hair rollers according to instructions adjacent to the packaging and returning the hair rollers within the packaging, and resetting the packaging so as to be openable as if the first opening had not occurred.