Hanging feminine products storage dispenser

Abstract

A dispenser for small items has a side wall integral with a bottom panel. A top cover joins the side wall and is rotated between a closed position in contact with the side wall and an open position providing access to the interior. A pair of elongate arms are hinged to the side wall and are rotatable over a range of angles. The arms are configured with a cam segment having a sequence of spurs selectively engagable with the side wall so as to set the arms at a desired angle relative to hold the dispenser in a tilted position to better expose the interior. The arms are hooked so as to grip a roll rod for hanging the dispenser below it.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not applicable.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicable.THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0003]Not applicable.INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC[0004]Not applicable.REFERENCE TO A “MICROFICHE APPENDIX”[0005]Not applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Present Disclosure[0006]This disclosure relates generally to dispensers for personal products and more particularly to a dispenser adapted for hanging from a rod wherein the dispenser may be held in a tilted position for convenience in inserting and withdrawing items. Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98[0007]Jones, U.S. Des 263354, discloses an ornamental design for a tampon dispenser.[0008]Haddad et al., U.S. 2005 / 0035141, discloses a dual arm caddy to be attached to the spindle of a wall mounted toilet paper holder for carrying disposab...

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Benefits of technology

[0026]The present invention provides a solution to the above described need. The dispenser of the present invention is inexpensively made by injection molding in a single step process. It has a side wall integral with a bottom panel. An integral top cover joins the side wall and is may be rotated between a closed position in contact with the side wall and an open position providing access to the interior. A pair of elongate arms are hinged to the side wall and are rotatable over a range of angles. The arms are configured with a cam-like segment having a sequence of grooves selectively engagable with the side wall so as to set the dispenser at a desired angle relative to the mounting wall to hold the dispenser in a tilted position to better expose its interior from above. The arms are hooked so as to grip the paper roll spindle for hanging the dispenser below it.

Problems solved by technology

The toilet area of both public and private rest rooms usually does not have facility for storing the items that woman often need with respect to vaginal discharges, i.e., sanitary pads, tampons, panty liners, and similar items.

Even if these items are convenient to the rest room proper, such as being stored within a medicine cabinet or in a space below a lavatory, once a women's clothes have been rearranged and she is seated on a toilet, the woman may, just then, discover that she needs a feminine item and it becomes most inconvenient and sometimes messy to somehow retrieve such an item at that moment when it is not immediately handy, that is, within reach from the toilet.

However, the toilet area is usually a small cubical without a shelf to support a dispenser.

An important issue is where to place such a dispenser.

However, this presents a further problem in that such a view from above may be partially obstructed by the paper roll itself.

However, the prior art fails to teach such a dispenser and a relationship between the dispenser and its arms and the paper roll that provides maximum compactness and yet maximum convenience.

The prior art solutions do not provide for a most compact dispenser that does not protrude away from the mounting wall further than a full paper roll, that may be temporarily tilted away from the wall by a selected amount by taller or shorted users, and that may be mounted vertically close to the paper roll for easy reach and yet may be fully sealed by a cover that rotates for full view of the dispenser's interior.

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