US 5,680,978 AGranted

Baby bottle liner dispensing cabinet

OwnerJulie A. Pinioninventor

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Abstract

A baby bottle liner dispensing cabinet including a housing enclosure having a front housing member, including a dispensing slot, hingedly connected to a back housing member that is positionable in combination with the front housing member to form an internal liner roll enclosure; a liner roll support dowel positionable within the internal liner roll enclosure; and a sanitary door member pivotally secured to the exterior of the front housing member adjacent the dispensing slot and positively held in place over the dispensing slot by a positive force latching mechanism.

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A baby bottle liner dispensing cabinet comprising:

a housing enclosure having a front housing member hingedly connected to a back housing member, said front housing member and said back housing members being positionable in combination to form an internal bottle liner roll cavity, said front housing member having a dispensing slot formed therethrough and in connection with said internal bottle liner cavity:
a liner roll support dowel positioned within said internal bottle liner roll cavity and rotatably mounted therein by a pair of dowel retainer supports secured to interior sidewalls of said back housing member, each of said dowel retaining supports having an arcuate receiving cavity for receiving and rotatably holding an end of said liner roll support dowel;
a roll of baby bottle liners including a plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners, said roll of baby bottle liners being rotatably mounted on said liner roll support dowel, a free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners being positioned through and extending past said dispensing slot;
a sanitary door member pivotally secured to an exterior surface of said front housing member adjacent said dispensing slot;
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a positive force latching mechanism acting between said sanitary door member and said front housing member in a manner such that said sanitary door member is held in a first predetermined position over said dispensing slot with a portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners held between said sanitary door member and a portion of said second exterior surface of said front housing member by a positive force at least equal to a gravitational force on said sanitary door member, said positive force latching mechanism including a first section of magnetic material and a second section of material that is attracted by magnetic force, one of said first and second sections being secured to said sanitary door member alone a distal edge thereof, said other section secured to said front housing member at a location on said one of said first and second sections and in a manner such that magnetic forces acting through said portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners and between said first and second sections hold said portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners between said sanitary door member and said front housing member.

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Abstract

A baby bottle liner dispensing cabinet comprising:

a housing enclosure having a front housing member hingedly connected to a back housing member, said front housing member and said back housing members being positionable in combination to form an internal bottle liner roll cavity, said front housing member having a dispensing slot formed therethrough and in connection with said internal bottle liner cavity:
a liner roll support dowel positioned within said internal bottle liner roll cavity and rotatably mounted therein by a pair of dowel retainer supports secured to interior sidewalls of said back housing member, each of said dowel retaining supports having an arcuate receiving cavity for receiving and rotatably holding an end of said liner roll support dowel;
a roll of baby bottle liners including a plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners, said roll of baby bottle liners being rotatably mounted on said liner roll support dowel, a free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners being positioned through and extending past said dispensing slot;
a sanitary door member pivotally secured to an exterior surface of said front housing member adjacent said dispensing slot;
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a positive force latching mechanism acting between said sanitary door member and said front housing member in a manner such that said sanitary door member is held in a first predetermined position over said dispensing slot with a portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners held between said sanitary door member and a portion of said second exterior surface of said front housing member by a positive force at least equal to a gravitational force on said sanitary door member, said positive force latching mechanism including a first section of magnetic material and a second section of material that is attracted by magnetic force, one of said first and second sections being secured to said sanitary door member alone a distal edge thereof, said other section secured to said front housing member at a location on said one of said first and second sections and in a manner such that magnetic forces acting through said portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners and between said first and second sections hold said portion of said free end of said plurality of sequentially attached baby bottle liners between said sanitary door member and said front housing member.

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