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Wipes Canister

a dispenser and wipe technology, applied in the field of wipe dispensers, can solve the problems of locating, grasping, rethreading, and removing wipes, and achieve the effects of reducing costs, efficient design, and convenient dispensing

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-26
THE CLOROX CO
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Benefits of technology

[0005]In view of the foregoing, there is a need to provide a more ergonomic and efficiently designed container to reduce cost and facilitate dispensing, as well as provide a more usable dispensing opening.

Problems solved by technology

Such containers and lids, however, present problems efficiently storing wipes to reduce container size while still maximizing the number of stored wipes, and maintaining adequate moisture content.
Further problems include locating, grasping, removing, and rethreading wipes from traditional dispensers.

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[0015]The following description provides exemplary embodiments of a dispenser for dispensing wipes. It should be appreciated, however, that the dispenser, and the configuration of the dispenser described herein is not limited to the embodiments and details disclosed, as those embodiments are exemplary only. It is further understood that one possessing ordinary skill in the art will appreciate the use of the exemplary embodiments for its intended purposes and benefits in any number of alternative embodiments, depending on specific design and other needs.

[0016]It will be understood that the dispenser as described below, as well is any components thereof, may be formed from a variety of materials, such as, for example, polypropylene (PP), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), and other engineered plastics, and may be formed with a variety of fabrication technologies, such as, for example, injection m...

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Abstract

A product, such as a wipes dispenser, having an oblong housing. The product may have sidewalls that taper inward from the top to the bottom. The product may contain a u-shaped stack of wipes. The product may have a lid with one or more openings through which a user accesses the wipes.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of the Art[0002]The exemplary embodiments relate generally to wipes dispensers. More particularly, the embodiments relate to a generally oblong container with a dispensing aperture through which wipes may be easily grasped and dispensed.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Many types of containers are known in the art for packaging dry, wet, or moistened wipes. Besides wipes, other sheet-like substrates, such as towels, tissues, sponges, pads, napkins, diapers, are also packaged in similar containers. For example, wipes are often packaged in a standard dispenser containers that are either rectangular or cylindrical in shape. These standard dispensers are sometimes fitted with a removable or hinged lid that includes a small dispensing aperture for accessing wipes. Such containers and lids, however, present problems efficiently storing wipes to reduce container size while still maximizing the number of stored wipes, and maintaining adequate moisture conten...

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IPC IPC(8): A47K10/24
CPCA47K2010/428A47K10/421
Inventor MELIN, SCOTTHONAN, DAVEGIEDA, CHRISZAVALETA, INES
Owner THE CLOROX CO