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US 2009/0289077 A1Published application
Wipes Canister
OwnerScott Melin, Dave Honan +2inventors
InventorsScott Melin, Dave Honan, Chris Gieda, Ines Zavaleta
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Abstract
A product, such as a wipes dispenser, having an oblong housing. The product may have sidewalls that taper inward from the top to the bottom. The product may contain a u-shaped stack of wipes. The product may have a lid with one or more openings through which a user accesses the wipes.
Claims28
A product having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, comprising:
- an oblong dispenser having a length along the longitudinal axis that is greater than a width along the transverse axis, wherein the dispenser includes:
- an oblong top;
- an oblong bottom that is smaller than the top;
- and
- a sidewall tapering inward from the top to the bottom;
- a u-shaped folded stack of wipes, being formed from a flat stack of a plurality of sheet-like wipes folded about a transverse fold axis, and disposed in the dispenser so that the transverse fold axis is parallel to the product's longitudinal axis.
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A dispenser having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, comprising:
- a base having a length measured along the longitudinal axis that is greater than a width measured along the transverse axis;
- a lid removably attached to the base;
- a sidewall tapering inward from a top to a bottom of the base, wherein the bottom is smaller than the top;
- and
- a dispensing opening in the lid having a center opening and at least one slot aligned with the transverse axis and in communication with the center opening.
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A product having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and comprising:
- an oblong dispenser having a length along the longitudinal axis that is greater than a width along the transverse axis, wherein the dispenser includes:
- an oblong top;
- an oblong bottom smaller than the top;
- a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom, wherein the sidewall tapers inward;
- at least one rib on the sidewall, disposed on the interior of the dispenser;
- and
- a u-shaped folded stack of wipes, being formed from a flat stack of a plurality of sheet-like wipes folded about a transverse fold axis, and disposed in the dispenser so that the transverse fold axis is parallel to the product's longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.