Dispenser
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsBrian C. McCachren, Andrew J. Thomson
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing absorbent product having an outer cover having a first cover portion, a second cover portion and an interior region configured to hold the absorbent product and at least partially defined by one or more of the first and second cover portions, wherein the first cover portion is removably engaged to at least a portion of the second cover portion along a cover joint; and wherein the outer cover includes a hydrophobic section proximate the cover joint to direct any liquid on the cover near the cover joint away from the cover joint.
Claims11
A method comprising:
- applying a hydrophobic material to a dispenser for dispensing absorbent product, wherein the dispenser has an outer cover having a first cover portion, a second cover portion and an interior region configured to hold the absorbent product and at least partially defined by one or more of the first and second cover portions, the first cover portion is removably engaged to at least a portion of the second cover portion along a cover joint;
- and the hydrophobic material is applied proximate the cover joint to direct any liquid on the cover near the cover joint away from the cover joint, wherein
- applying the hydrophobic material comprises applying a coating of the hydrophobic material proximate the cover joint which comprises applying the hydrophobic material as a wide line at a top of the dispenser proximate the cover joint and providing a narrower line of the hydrophobic material at a portion of the dispenser below the top.
A dispenser for dispensing absorbent product comprising:
- an outer cover having a first cover portion, a second cover portion and an interior region configured to hold the absorbent product and at least partially defined by one or more of the first and second cover portions, wherein the first cover portion is movably engaged to at least a portion of the second cover portion along a cover joint;
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- wherein the outer cover includes a hydrophobic section proximate the cover joint to direct any water on the cover near the cover joint away from the cover joint, wherein the hydrophobic section comprises two lines of hydrophobic material separated by a first distance to create a channel for the liquid directing the liquid away from the cover joint.
A method comprising:
- applying a hydrophobic material to a dispenser for dispensing absorbent product, wherein the dispenser has an outer cover having a first cover portion, a second cover portion and an interior region configured to hold the absorbent product and at least partially defined by one or more of the first and second cover portions, the first cover portion is removably engaged to at least a portion of the second cover portion along a cover joint;
- and the hydrophobic material is applied proximate the cover joint to direct any liquid on the cover near the cover joint away from the cover joint, wherein
- applying the hydrophobic material comprises applying a coating of the hydrophobic material proximate the cover joint which comprises providing two lines of hydrophobic material separated by a first distance to create a channel for the liquid directing the liquid away from the cover joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.