Device for using nonwoven towels in the dairy industry

A refillable pouch in combination with a plurality of nonwoven single use towels for cleaning cow teats prior to milking to prevent the transmission of bovine mastitis therefrom and an improved means of distribution thereof consisting essentially of:

• a single compartment, refillable pouch containing a vertically disposed stack of said towels wherein each towel has only a single fold line wherein a bottom portion of an uppermost towel extending from said fold line interleaves with a top portion of a subjacent towel so that each towel upon removal comes fully opened from said pouch providing a user with a fully opened towel of maximum surface area upon extraction without need for further manipulation thus optimizing the time and labor required to milk a large herd, and each towel having a basis weight of between 40 GSM and 80 GSM and two plys, said pouch having first, second, third and fourth sides, a closed bottom and an open top, said first side opposite said third side, said second side opposite said fourth side, said second and fourth sides joining said first and third sides, said second and fourth sides extending transverse with respect to said first and third sides;
• said pouch having an integral, exposed outer flap covering said open top and a dispensing slot in said flap through which said towels are withdrawn when said flap covers said compartment, the towels in said pouch being vertically stacked beneath said slot with exposed edges of said towels aligned with said slot so that pulling a towel out through said slot positions a next towel in position to be withdrawn through said slot, said flap having a first portion covering said open top and a second portion extending down along an outside of said third side when said flap is in a closed position, a side flap extending from a side of said first portion of said flap, said side flap extending over said fourth side of said pouch when said flap is positioned over said open top, said side flap being spaced from said second portion of said flap when said side flap is over said fourth side and said second portion is over said third side, said first portion of said flap having a length extending between said first and said third sides, said side flap having a length extending between said first and said third sides, said length of said side flap being shorter than said length of said first portion, said first portion having a width extending between said fourth and said second sides, said second portion having a width extending between said fourth and said second sides, said width of said second portion being equal to said width of said first portion;
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• said pouch having a releasable strap adapted to be worn on a waist of the user to provide rapid access to said towels at all times during the process of milking a herd.