Wet wipe dispenser with refill cartridge
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPeter Haines, Peter Maddern, Donaghue R. Kelly
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Abstract
A dispenser of wet wipes from a coreless log includes a semi-cylindrical chimney member in the lid of the container that houses the log or houses a refill cartridge in which the log is disposed. The chimney member is disposed and configured to shelter the main portion of a dispensing opening without sealing the dispensing opening. The chimney member influences the user to extract the wipe in a way that reduces the wasteful incidence of streaming of wipes from the log.
Claims21
A dispenser of a pre-moistened web that is divisible along a plurality of frangible lines into individual wet wipes, comprising:
- a container defining an interior compartment, said container having a bottom, said container having at least one sidewall connected to said bottom, and said container having a lid connected to said sidewall and disposed generally opposite said bottom;
- said lid defining a dispensing opening having a main portion and an auxiliary portion contiguous with said main portion;
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- a generally semi-cylindrical chimney member connected to said lid, said chimney member defining a passage communicating with said main portion of said dispensing opening, said chimney member being configured and disposed to shelter said main portion of said dispensing opening without sealing said dispensing opening, said chimney member comprising a hood configured and positioned to prevent said pre-moistened web from being dispensed in a strictly vertical path from said dispensing opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.