Structure for sealing and dispensing cleaning articles

A sealing and dispensing structure for a container for storing and dispensing cleaning articles comprising:

• a floor defining a bottom of the sealing and dispensing structure;
• a perimetric flange around the floor, the perimetric flange having an exterior wall and an interior wall, the interior wall having an interior perimeter, a bottom, and a top, the floor adjoined to the perimetric flange at the bottom of the interior wall, the interior wall defining a circumference of a dispensing compartment and the floor at least partially defining a bottom of a dispensing compartment;
• a dispensing orifice extending through the floor for individually dispensing the cleaning articles into the dispensing compartment;
• an access orifice extending through at least a portion of the floor for accessing the cleaning articles stored in the container, the access orifice having an interior perimeter;
• an outer lid connected to the perimetric flange by at least one outer lid hinge having an outer lid hinge axis, the at least one outer lid hinge allowing the outer lid to be reversibly rotated around the outer lid hinge axis between an open position and a closed position, the outer lid having a size and shape adapted to mate with the top of the interior perimeter of the interior wall and form a top of the dispensing compartment when in the closed position;
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• an inner lid connected to the perimetric flange by at least one inner lid hinge having an inner lid hinge axis, the at least one inner lid hinge allowing the inner lid to be reversibly rotated around the inner lid hinge axis between an open position and a closed position, inner lid hinge axis being external to the perimetric flange such that the inner lid is configured to open outward and away from the access orifice, the inner lid having a size and shape adapted to mate with the interior perimeter of the access orifice and form at least a portion of the bottom of the dispensing compartment when in the closed position such that the dispensing orifice is open while the inner lid is in the closed position and the outer lid is in an open position, wherein the dispensing orifice is uncovered by the inner lid when the inner lid in the closed position, wherein the inner lid hinge includes a mechanism that biases the inner lid into either the open or closed position such that the inner lid will automatically default the open position or the closed position, whichever is closest to the position the inner lid was left by a consumer;
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• wherein the outer lid hinge axis and the inner lid hinge axis are orthogonal to one another along an external surface of the perimetric flange.