Odor-controlling disposal container
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsBruce Ernest Tepper, Angela Renee Ozias, Ravindra Palitha Ranatunga, Ramon Andres Urteaga, Victor Nicholas Vega, Brandon Ellis Wise
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Abstract
This application discloses an odor-controlling container for use in disposing of wastes having an associated malodor, said container comprising container walls having inwardly-facing surfaces and outwardly-facing surfaces, said walls being joined so as to form an opening for receiving said wastes, said opening being fitted with sealing means, wherein an odor-controlling composition is distributed uniformly over the entirety of said inwardly-facing surfaces of said container.
Claims20
An odor-controlling container for use in disposing of wastes having an associated malodor, said container comprising container walls having inwardly-facing surfaces and outwardly-facing surfaces, said walls being joined so as to form an opening for receiving said wastes, said opening being fitted with sealing means, wherein an odor-controlling composition is distributed uniformly over the entirety of said inwardly-facing surfaces of said container.
The odor-controlling container of claim 18 wherein the perfume raw material is an aromatic ester.
A method of controlling disposal odors from soiled absorbent articles, such as diapers, sanitary napkins, panty liners, tampons, adult incontinence articles, and the like, and/or other wastes associated with a broad spectrum of odoriferous materials, such as animal bodily fluids and feces, putrefying food wastes, combustion by-products from tobacco products, and the like, any of which may or may not contain reactive functional groups by:
- a) providing a sealable odor-controlling container having at least one odor-controlling composition distributed uniformly to cover the inner surface of the container walls,
- b) placing into the odor-controlling container the odoriferous wastes, and
- c) sealing the odor-controlling container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.