Dispenser for Personal Care Products With a Wide Lid-Activation Button

Abstract

A lid structure for use with a container for storing personal care products is disclosed. The lid structure includes a lid top that is connected by a hinge to a lid base. In exemplary embodiments, the lid structure includes a lid-activation button that when pressed allows the lid top to rotate about the lid base giving a consumer access to the contents of the container. The lid-activation button is wide enough to allow a consumer to easily make contact with the lid-activation button and cause the lid top to open. Additionally, the lid-activation button functions so that the lid top is released independent of where the lid-activation button is pressed by the consumer.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field[0002]The present disclosure relates to a lid structure for use with dispensers of personal care products. More particularly, a dispenser that has a wider lid-activation button to enable easier access to the personal care products is disclosed.[0003]2. General Background[0004]There is a variety of storing and dispensing containers in the market, particularly those for storing and dispensing personal care products. Personal care products, particularly wipes, have been made from a variety of materials which can be dry or wet when used. Wet wipes can be moistened with a variety of suitable wiping solutions. Typically, wet wipes have been stacked in a container in either a folded or unfolded configuration. For example, containers of wet wipes have been available wherein each of the wet wipes stacked in the container has been arranged in a folded configuration such as a c-folded, z-folded or quarter-folded configuration as are well known to those skilled in the ar...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]A container for storing personal care articles comprising a lid structure attached to the container is disclosed. The lid structure has a top lid portion connected to a base lid portion by at least one hinge, the top lid portion having a lid fastener mechanism extending from the opposing side of the hinge. The base lid portion having a dispensing aperture formed therethrough. Additionally, the lid structure has a lid-activation button with a button fastener mechanism along a longitudinal edge of the button in communication with the lid fastener mechanism. The lid-activation button has a width that is at least as wide as the width of an arm of a human being to allow for easier single-hand opening.

[0010]In exemplary embodiments, to provide a lid-activation button that uniformly rotates, the rigidity of the lid-activation button increases closer to the inner longitudinal edge.

Problems solved by technology

However, the dispensing of wipes from such conventional containers for wipes has not been completely satisfactory.

For example, many conventional containers have small buttons that can be difficult for a consumer to press or find when not looking directly at the package.

Additionally, there have been issues with the buttons not functioning properly if pressed away from the center of the button.

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