Disinfecting wipes dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9974419-B2
Application number	US-201514684842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2015
Priority date	Apr 23, 2014
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

The present invention is for wipe dispensers for dispensing interconnected wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region into which a plurality of interconnected wipes may be disposed. Pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe causes a following wipe to also be pulled and follow the lead wipe. The removable lid may cover a portion of a container aperture (e.g., an open top of the container body). A landing member in the lid covers a portion of the container aperture by extending from a top rim of the container body toward the middle of the interior region. The landing member may form an angle with a substantially vertical exterior wall of the container, where the formed angle may be less than 90°. In an embodiment, the landing member may include a concavely shaped portion. The landing member may include one or more fingers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wipes dispenser comprising:
(a) a container comprising: a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a container aperture defined through an exterior wall of said container;
(c) a stationary, concavely curved, rigid landing member which is part of said lid, the rigid landing member covering a portion of said container aperture by curving downwardly from a top rim of said container body and continuing said curvature toward the middle of the interior region of said container creating a concave portion of the landing member, wherein the concave portion of the landing member begins adjacent to the top rim and extends inwardly toward said middle of the interior region of said container defined by a longitudinal axis A ;
(d) a gripping channel in said concave portion of said landing member communicating with the interior of the container through said container aperture, and wherein said plurality of wipes are removed from said container by being pulled through said gripping channel between one or more fingers wherein the fingers are oppositely curved relative to adjacent portions of the landing member, forming an upwardly curved portion; and
(e) a secondary aperture in said landing member where the secondary aperture includes a portion opposite the gripping channel and which allows a user to reach into said container and grab a lead wipe and thread said lead wipe through said gripping channel.

2. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of wipes are in the shape of a donut.

3. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said gripping channel is off-set from center point of said container.

4. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said gripping channel has a shape comprising a funnel shape portion that is wider at an entrance portion of the gripping channel at an outer edge of the landing member and narrows towards an opposite end of the gripping channel.

5. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said gripping channel is off-set from center point of said container aperture.

6. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the container aperture resides in a horizontal base plane and the angle formed between the horizontal base plane and the rigid landing member is between 5° and 45° degrees.

7. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the container aperture resides in a horizontal base plane and the angle formed between the horizontal base plane and a pull plane, which aligns with the direction at which the wipes are pulled out of the container, is between 70° and 120° degrees.

8. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said gripping channel has a flower shape.

9. The wipes dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said one or more fingers are oppositely curved relative to adjacent portions of the landing member.

10. A wipes dispenser comprising:
(a) a container comprising: a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a container aperture, having a radius corresponding to a circle C 1 , defined through an exterior wall of said container; and
(c) a stationary, rigid landing member is part of said lid, the rigid landing member covering a portion of said container aperture by extending downwardly from a top rim of said container body toward the middle of the interior region of said container creating a concave portion of the landing member; wherein said landing member comprises one or more fingers; wherein the fingers are oppositely curved relative to adjacent portions of the landing member, forming an upwardly curved portion;
(d) a gripping channel in a concave portion of the landing member communicating with the interior of the container through said container aperture, and wherein said plurality of wipes are removed from said container by being pulled through said gripping channel, said gripping channel separating a lead wipe from a following wipe as said lead wipe is pulled through a central aperture in said gripping channel;
(e) a secondary aperture in said landing member, wherein the secondary aperture has a radius corresponding to a circle C 2 and said circle C 2 has a size that is about 50% to 95% of that of said circle C 1 ; and
wherein said one or more fingers extends no more than about 75% of the distance from the edge of circle C 2 towards a longitudinal axis A.

11. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein said plurality of wipes are in the shape of a donut.

12. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein said gripping channel is off-set from center point of said container.

13. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein said gripping channel has a shape comprising a funnel shape portion that is wider at an entrance portion of the gripping channel at an outer edge of the landing member and narrows towards an opposite end of the gripping channel.

14. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein said central aperture is surrounded by a plurality of petals.

15. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the container aperture resides in a horizontal base plane and the angle formed between the horizontal base plane and the rigid landing member is between 5° and 45° degrees.

16. The wipes dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the container aperture resides in a horizontal base plane and the angle formed between the horizontal base plane and a pull plane, which aligns with the direction at which the wipes are pulled out of the container, is between 70° and 120° degrees.

17. A wipes dispenser comprising:
(a) a container comprising: a container body and a removable lid forming, an interior region containing a plurality of wipes that are interconnected such that pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe of said plurality of wipes causes a following wipe of said plurality of wipes to also be pulled and follow said lead wipe;
(b) a crab claw sealing member provided on said removable lid which bends as it contacts a side rim of said container body when the lid is secured to said container body; and
(c) a container aperture, having a radius corresponding to a circle C 1 , defined through an exterior wall of said container;
(d) a stationary rigid landing member which is part of said lid, the rigid landing member covering a portion of said container aperture by extending downwardly from a top rim of said container body and curving concavely toward the middle of the interior region of said container; wherein said landing member comprises one or more fingers;
(e) a gripping channel in said landing member and fingers on each side of the gripping channel that extend toward a longitudinal axis A, wherein the fingers are oppositely curved relative to adjacent portions of the landing member, forming an upwardly curved portion; and
(f) a secondary aperture in said landing member, wherein the secondary aperture has a radius corresponding to a circle C 2 and said circle C 2 has a size that is about 50% to 95% of that of said circle C 1 .

18. The wipes dispenser of claim 17 , wherein said plurality of wipes are in the shape of a donut.

19. The wipes dispenser of claim 17 , wherein said gripping channel is off-set from center point of said contai

Assignees

• Clorox Co

Inventors

• Azelton Kerry D
• Bell Russell E
• Markey Jon
• Glessner Joshua

Classifications

• B65D85/62

  for stacks of articles; for special arrangements of groups of articles · CPC title

• A47K2010/3266

  Wet wipes · CPC title

• A47K10/421 Primary

  dispensing from the top of the dispenser (A47K10/44 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D43/02

  Removable lids or covers (with means for piercing, cutting, or tearing a frangible inner closure B65D51/22) · CPC title

• A47K10/42 Primary

  dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked · CPC title