US 11,858,730 B1Granted

Feminine hygiene disposal container

OwnerLora Stringerinventor

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Abstract

The feminine hygiene disposal container is a containment structure. The feminine hygiene disposal container is configured for use with a feminine hygiene product. The feminine hygiene disposal container forms a protected space that contains the feminine hygiene product after use. The feminine hygiene disposal container receives the feminine hygiene product. The feminine hygiene disposal container secures the feminine hygiene product in the protection space. The feminine hygiene disposal container comprises a housing structure, a control structure, and one or more bag cartridges. The housing structure contains the control structure and the one or more bag cartridges. The control structure controls the operation of the feminine hygiene disposal container. By controlling the operation of the feminine hygiene disposal container is meant that the control structure: a) detects the deposit of a feminine hygiene product; and, b) secures the feminine hygiene product in the protection space.

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Dependent claims

A feminine hygiene disposal container comprising

a housing structure, a control structure, and one or more bag cartridges;
wherein the housing structure contains the control structure and the one or more bag cartridges;
wherein the control structure is an electromechanical device;
wherein the control structure detects the deposit of a feminine hygiene product into the feminine hygiene disposal container;
wherein the control structure secures each deposited feminine hygiene product into a segregated protection space;
wherein by segregated protection space is meant that the protection space that encloses any initially selected feminine hygiene product deposited into the housing structure is segregated from the protection space that encloses any subsequent feminine hygiene product that is deposited into the housing structure;
wherein the control structure further determines the mass of the feminine hygiene products that are contained within the housing structure;
wherein the control structure generates a visible indication that the housing structure is full when the mass of the feminine hygiene products exceeds a previously determined mass.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.