Refillable towelette dispensing article
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsJosephine Telesca, Raymond Michael Flaig
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Abstract
A dispensing article, particularly for dispensing towelettes, is provided and includes a container body for storing the towelettes and a lid hingedly attached to the body. The container is formed from a floor panel, left and right side panels, front and rear panels and a deck panel. The deck panel includes a sealing section with a dispensing aperture. The sealing section is domed outwardly away from the floor. A downwardly projecting plug on an interior surface of the lid, in a closed position, engages within the dispensing aperture forming a seal therewith. The domed nature of the sealing section improves the air tight closure and shortens the required length of the plug to minimize aesthetically displeasing sink marks in the plastic wall of the plug.
Claims12
A dispensing article comprising:
- a container body having a floor panel, left and right side panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel, front and rear panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel and a deck panel opposite the floor panel, the deck panel including a sealing section a dispensing aperture formed in the sealing section, and wherein the sealing section is domed outwardly away from the floor panel;
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- a lid hingedly attached to the body, the lid in a closed position overlying the sealing section, a plug projecting downwardly from an interior surface of the lid and having a non-uniform depth, the plug being engageable with the dispensing aperture in the closed position of the lid.
A towelette product comprising:
- a stack of towelettes;
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- a container body receiving the towelettes and having a floor panel, left and right side panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel, front and rear panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel and a deck panel opposite the floor panel, the deck panel including a sealing section, a dispensing aperture formed in the sealing section, and wherein the sealing section is domed outwardly away from the floor panel;
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- a lid hingedly attached to the body, the lid in a closed position overlying the sealing section, a plug projecting downwardly from an interior surface of the lid and having a non-uniform depth, the plug being engageable with the dispensing aperture in the closed position of the lid.
A dispensing article comprising:
- a container body having a floor panel, left and right side panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel, front and rear panels opposite one another rising from the floor panel and a deck panel opposite the floor panel, the deck panel including a sealing section a dispensing aperture formed in the sealing section, and wherein the sealing section is domed outwardly away from the floor panel, and a plug projecting upwardly from the sealing section and circumscribing the dispensing aperture, the plug having a non-uniform depth;
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- a lid hingedly attached to the body, the lid in a closed position overlying the sealing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.