Fluid applicator with a press activated pouch
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael S. Brunner, Cecelia M. Berger Sharp, Tamara L. Mace
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Abstract
A fluid applicator device includes a cover layer and a pouch positioned adjacent a back side of said cover layer. A fluid composition is contained within the pouch. Exit structure is configured at a location on the pouch and is adjacent to the cover layer. The exit structure is in isolated fluid communication with a defined portion of the cover layer that is permeable to the fluid composition within the defined portion such that the fluid composition released from the pouch migrates through the cover layer only within the defined portion.
Claims29
A fluid applicator device, comprising:
- a cover layer having an application side and an opposite back side;
- a self-contained fluid impermeable pouch formed separate from said cover layer and positioned against said back side of said cover layer, and a fluid composition contained within said pouch;
- exit structure configured at a location on said pouch, said pouch disposed such that said exit structure is facing said back side of said cover layer;
- a circumferential barrier defined around said exit structure and disposed between said back side of said cover layer and said pouch, said barrier circumscribing a portion of said cover layer and a portion of said pouch such that said pouch extends beyond said circumferential barrier;
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- at least one exit passage defined through said cover layer within said circumscribed portion such that fluid composition released from said exit structure migrates through said circumscribed portion of said cover layer to said application side of said cover layer.
A fluid applicator device, comprising:
- a cover layer having an application side and an opposite back side;
- a self-contained pouch positioned against said back side of said cover layer, and a fluid composition contained within said pouch;
- exit structure configured at a location on said pouch, said pouch disposed such that said exit structure faces said back side of said cover layer;
- a circumferential barrier defined around said exit structure and disposed between said cover layer and said pouch, said barrier circumscribing a portion of said cover layer and a portion of said pouch such that said pouch extends beyond said circumferential barrier;
- at least one exit passage defined through said cover layer within said circumscribed portion such that fluid composition released from said exit structure migrates through said circumscribed portion of said cover layer to said application side of said cover layer;
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- wherein said exit structure in said pouch comprises a rupturable seal in said pouch that is opened upon sufficient pressure being applied to said pouch.
A fluid applicator, comprising:
- a cover layer attached to a back layer so as to define an interior space therebetween, said cover layer having an application side and a back side;
- an internal self-contained pouch disposed within said interior space against said back side of said cover layer, said pouch containing a fluid composition;
- a rupturable seal configured at a location on said pouch, said pouch disposed within said interior space such that said seal faces said back side of said cover layer;
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- said seal in isolated fluid communication with a defined portion of said cover layer that is permeable to said fluid composition within said defined portion such that fluid composition released from said rupturable seal migrates through said cover layer to said application side of said cover layer only within said defined portion;
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- wherein the defined portion of the cover layer circumscribes a portion of said pouch such that said pouch extends beyond said circumferential barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.