Wipes being formed into a non-planar form and dispenses for storing said wipes
AssigneeBetter All Round Limited
InventorsOday Abbosh, Ian Hamilton Dryburgh, Nigel Lawson
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Abstract
A wipe includes a generally flat piece of material (10) made of paper, cloth or the like. The generally flat piece of material (10) is formed into a non-planar form having a three-dimensional shape, for example conical, for storage and dispensing.
Claims16
A method of producing a wipe comprising:
- providing a generally flat piece of absorbent material having a generally circular shape;
- forming the piece of material into a non-planar form having a three-dimensional conical shape including an apex and a circular base and defining a hollow interior, with forming the piece of material including folding the piece of material to define a pleat extending from the apex to the circular base and protruding externally slightly from the non-planar form and away from the hollow interior;
- and storing the piece of material in said non-planar form with said apex arranged above the circular base, with the pleat thereby presenting a ready means for grasping by a user for removing the stored piece of material in said non-planar form.
A method of using a wipe comprising:
- providing a generally flat piece of absorbent material having a generally circular shape;
- forming the piece of material into a non-planar form having a three-dimensional conical shape including an apex and a circular base and defining a hollow interior;
- storing the piece of material in said non-planar form with said apex arranged above the circular base;
- grasping the stored piece of material in said non-planar form and placing the stored piece of material on a spill in said non-planar form having the three-dimensional conical shape including the apex and the circular base and defining the hollow interior;
- and returning the piece of material in the non-planar form placed on the spill to the generally flat shape after being placed on the spill.
A method as claimed in 6 wherein providing the piece of generally flat material comprises producing the piece of material from impregnated material.
A disposable absorbent product comprising a multiplicity of disposable wipes, wherein each wipe comprises a generally flat piece of absorbent material having a generally circular shape, first and second folds in the generally flat piece of material to form the generally flat piece of material into a non-planar form having a three-dimensional conical shape for storage in said non-planar form, with the conical shape including an apex and a circular base defining a hollow interior, with the first and second folds each extending from the apex to first and second points on the circular base, with the first and second folds in the piece of material defining a pleat that protrudes externally slightly from the non-planar form and away from the hollow interior, with the multiplicity of wipes being arranged in a stack one upon the other in succession, with the apex of each wipe arranged above its circular base, with the pleat of the uppermost wipe providing a ready means for grasping by a user, with the uppermost wipe abutting with the pleat of the next wipe in succession in the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.