Method for disposing waste packages such as diapers
AssigneeMunchkin, Inc.
InventorsSteven B. Dunn, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin D. Johnson
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Abstract
Methods for facilitating hygienic storage and disposal of waste packages such as used with disposable diapers includes a housing, a rotatable member, and a bag unit having a bag frame and attached single use flexible bag. The user aligns and releasably mounts the bag frame to the housing. The rotatable member has a plurality of inwardly extending fingers. The inwardly extending fingers have a bag contact surface that operatively interacts with the single use flexible bag. A temporary seal is created by twisting a portion of the single use flexible bag with the rotatable member and the package is pushed through the twist for disposal.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- aligning and releasably mounting a bag frame to a housing, wherein the bag frame has at least one alignment tab and a single use flexible bag;
- providing a rotatable member having a plurality of inwardly extending fingers, the inwardly extending fingers having a bag contact surface that operatively interacts with the single use flexible bag;
- wherein the inwardly extending fingers curve radially downward and inward from a rotator housing to an elbow junction, from the elbow junction, the fingers curve laterally upward and inward and extend substantially horizontal to a radial distal end disposed adjacent to a midpoint location;
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- providing a temporary seal by twisting a portion of the single use flexible bag with the rotatable member.
A method, comprising:
- preventing a frame connected to a single use bag from rotating with respect to a housing of a container assembly, wherein the frame is releasably mounted to the housing;
- extending the single use bag through a plurality of inwardly extending fingers of a rotatable member, the inwardly extending fingers having a first width at a midpoint location and a second width at a second location smaller than the first width, and wherein adjacent side edges of two adjacent fingers are concavely curved, and wherein each space between adjacent fingers has a greatest width at the midpoint location;
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- twisting a portion of the single use bag with the fingers of the rotatable member to provide a temporary seal at the twisted portion.
A method, comprising:
- preventing a single use bag from rotating with respect to a housing, wherein the single use bag is releasably mounted to the housing;
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- twisting a portion of the single use bag with a rotatable member having a concentric main body with an aperture, and a plurality of inwardly extending fingers that curve downwardly from a proximal connection adjacent to the concentric main body to an intermediate portion, the fingers then flatten out and extend substantially horizontally from the intermediate portion to a distal portion;
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- pushing an item through a temporary seal of the twisted portion of the single use bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.