US 10,327,602 B2Granted

Disinfecting wipes dispenser

AssigneeThe Clorox Company

InventorsKerry D. Azelton, Russell E. Bell, Jon Markey, Joshua Glessner

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Abstract

Wipes dispensers for dispensing interconnected wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region into which a plurality of interconnected wipes may be disposed. Pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe causes a following wipe to also be pulled and follow the lead wipe. The removable lid may cover at least a portion of the container aperture. A landing member in the lid covers at least a portion of the container aperture by extending from a top rim of the container body toward the middle of the interior region. A gripping channel may be provided through the landing member, through which the lead end of the lead wipe may be threaded. The landing member may include a concavely shaped portion. The landing member may include a thickened portion, e.g., surrounding the gripping channel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wipes dispenser comprising:

(a) a container comprising a container body and a lid forming an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a container aperture defined through an exterior wall of said container;
(c) a rigid landing member which is part of said lid, the landing member has a concave portion which covers an entirety of said container aperture by extending from a top rim of said container body toward the middle of the interior region of said container, but for a gripping channel formed through the landing member;
(d) the gripping channel in said landing member communicating with the interior of the container through said container aperture, and wherein said plurality of wipes are removed from said container by being pulled through said gripping channel, said gripping channel separating a lead wipe from a following wipe as said lead wipe is pulled through said gripping channel;
and
(e) a thickened strip of material extending across a concavely curved bottom surface of the landing member and surrounding at least a portion of the gripping channel, the thickened strip of material being about 5% to 200% thicker than adjacent portions of the landing member.

3 more elements

A wipes dispenser comprising:

(a) a container comprising a container body and a lid forming an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a container aperture defined through an exterior wall of said container;
(c) a rigid landing member which is part of said lid, the landing member has a concave portion which covers an entirety of said container aperture by extending from a top rim of said container body toward the middle of the interior region of said container, but for a gripping channel formed through the landing member;
(d) the gripping channel in said landing member communicating with the interior of the container through said container aperture, and wherein said plurality of wipes are removed from said container by being pulled through said gripping channel, said gripping channel separating a lead wipe from a following wipe as said lead wipe is pulled through said gripping channel;
and
(e) a thickened strip of material extending across a concavely curved bottom surface of the landing member and surrounding at least a portion of the gripping channel, the thickened strip of material being about 10% to 100% thicker than adjacent portions of the landing member.

3 more elements

A wipes dispenser comprising:

(a) a container comprising a container body and a lid forming an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a sealing member provided on said lid;
(c) a container aperture defined through an exterior wall of said container;
(d) a rigid landing member which is part of said lid, the landing member covering an entirety of said container aperture by extending from a top rim of said container body toward the middle of the interior region of said container, but for a gripping channel formed through the landing member;
(e) the gripping channel in said landing member communicating with the interior of the container through said container aperture, and wherein said plurality of wipes are removed from said container by being pulled through said gripping channel, said gripping channel separating a lead wipe from a following wipe as said lead wipe is pulled through said gripping channel;
and
(f) a thickened strip of material extending across a concavely curved bottom surface of the landing member and surrounding at least a portion of the gripping channel, the thickened strip of material being about 25% to 100% thicker than adjacent portions of the landing member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/031,966Filed 10 Jul 2018 · continuation
Priority: 23 Apr 2014
Published: US 2018/0317720 A18 Nov 2018
Granted: 25 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A47K 10/421
Dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked: dispensing from the top of the dispenser
B65D 83/0811
Through an aperture in a wall: with means for assisting dispensing
A47K 2010/3233
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall
A47K 2010/3266
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: wet wipes

Family

Application61/983,408Us provisional application · filed 23 Apr 2014
Application14/684,842Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Apr 2015
Application15/336,548Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Oct 2016
US 9,974,419 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 May 2018
US 2018/0317720 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Nov 2018
US 10,039,425 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/336,548Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2015/0305579 A1Published application
US 2017/0042395 A1Published application
US 10,327,602 B2This patent

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