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Oval wipes container

a container and wipe technology, applied in the field of wipe containers, can solve the problems of inconvenient use for consumers, inconvenient storage of wipe rolls,

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-01
THE CLOROX CO
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These rectangular tub canisters normally contain sheets of wipes, and are inefficient and confusing for containing rolls of wipes.
While these wipes containers may be of a large size to impress consumers and may be round to mimic the shape of a roll of wipes, these containers are not optimally designed for use by the consumer.
Several smaller and thinner containers have been designed for easier carrying on the go, however, these containers do not easily contain a typical diameter wipes roll and they are unstable and awkward when trying to remove wipes with one hand with the container sitting on a surface.

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[0016]Before describing the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to particularly exemplified systems that may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments of the invention only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any manner.

[0017]All publications, patents and patent applications cited herein, whether supra or infra, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety to the same extent as if each individual publication, patent or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. The citation of any document is not to be construed as an admission that it is prior art with respect to the present invention.

[0018]As used herein, forms of the words “comprise”, “have”, and “include” are legally equivalent and open-ended and do not exclude additional unrecited elements, compositio...

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Abstract

Wipes dispensers having suitable height and a substantially oval bottom are more ergonomically gripped by consumers and can be easily used with one-handed dispensing from a counter-top. They are also suitable to contain a large number of wipes in a canister that can be ergonomically gripped and has a suitable weight to wipe ratio. Oval wipes canisters of 4.5 to 8.5 inches in height containing coreless rolls of wet wipes or other wipes forms are of ergonomic shape and contain wipes of suitable hand size.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to wipes containers. More particularly, the present invention relates to wipes containers having an oval-like bottom shape and a certain height and major to minor axis ratio for stability and easy ergonomic use by consumers.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]One type of container that has been used for wipes includes a plastic wipe log canister in which the wipes are pulled from the center of a hollow coreless roll having perforated sheets and through a flexible opening in the lid at the top of the canister in a direction that is parallel to the axis of the roll. These wipes containers typically have a circular cross-section to mimic the circular cross-section of the wipes roll as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,554,156 to Chong. Wipes are also stored in tubs as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,550,634 to Alegre De Miquel et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 6,729,498 to Yelton. These rectangular tu...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/02
CPCA47K10/3818B65D85/671B65D83/0805A47K2010/3266
Inventor DEMASO, VINCENT N.TOMKINS, STEVE JAMESAREVALO, JOSEFONG, REBECCA A.LEE, HERBERT K.O'CONNELL, TAMI
Owner THE CLOROX CO
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