US 10,806,310 B2 · Self-orientating wipes dispensing nozzles and wipes dispensers having the same

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of wipes dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary wipes dispenser having a self-centering nozzle includes a container, a plurality of wipes contained within the container, a fluid for wetting the plurality of wipes, a receiving member connected to the container, and an outlet nozzle housing for holding an elastomeric outlet nozzle. The nozzle housing is connected to the receiving member so that the nozzle housing is movable between two or more positions. A biasing member is connected to one of the receiving member, the nozzle housing and the elastomeric outlet nozzle. The elastomeric outlet nozzle moves from a centered upright position, the biasing member deflects and biases the outlet nozzle toward a centered position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wipes dispenser having a self-centering nozzle comprising:

a container;
a plurality of wipes contained within the container;
a fluid for wetting the plurality of wipes;
a receiving member connected to the container;
a nozzle housing for holding an elastomeric outlet nozzle;
the nozzle housing connected to the receiving member, wherein the nozzle housing is movable between two or more positions;
and
a biasing member secured to at least one of the receiving member, the nozzle housing and the elastomeric outlet nozzle;
wherein when the elastomeric outlet nozzle moves from a centered upright position, the biasing member deflects and biases the outlet nozzle toward a centered position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/295,270Filed 7 Mar 2019 · continuation in part

Priority

27 Apr 2017

Published

US 2019/0200818 A14 Jul 2019

Granted

20 Oct 2020

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

A47K 10/44
Dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked: with mechanical dispensing means for prehension of the next sheet to be dispensed
A47K 10/424
Dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked: dispensing from the bottom part of the dispenser
B65D 83/08
Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents: for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
A47K 2010/3233
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall

Family

Application62/490,937Us provisional application · filed 27 Apr 2017

Application15/964,980Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Apr 2018

US 2019/0200818 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jul 2019

US 10,542,854 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2018/0310782 A1Published application

US 10,806,310 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Self-orientating wipes dispensing nozzles and wipes dispensers having the same

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Self-orientating wipes dispensing nozzles and wipes dispensers having the same

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Abstract

Claims20