Personal Care Collection Kit for One-Handed Use and Disposal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional absorbent article packaging is bulky, cumbersome, and lacks portability, making it inconvenient for users to carry and dispose of tissues and other personal care items, especially in outdoor settings, where they often become lost or difficult to manage.

Innovation Solution

A personal care collection kit with a compact enclosure that includes a sanitizer container, absorbent articles, and personal products, all releasably attached to an adhering element, allowing for discreet carrying and easy access for one-handed use, with a barrier to prevent liquid passage and a flexible design for convenient storage and disposal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If absorbent articles are packaged in conventional boxes or containers, then the articles are protected and can be individually dispensed, but the packaging becomes relatively large and cumbersome, reducing portability

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearticle protection and dispensingVSAvoidpackaging size

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple functions (article storage, dispensing, and waste disposal) into a single integrated package structure. The package includes a front wall with an opening for dispensing articles and a rear wall that forms a waste receptacle, eliminating the need for separate containers and reducing overall packaging volume while maintaining article protection and dispensing capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The package structure serves multiple functions: it protects absorbent articles during storage, allows individual dispensing through the front opening, and provides a designated waste receptacle at the rear for used articles. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate items, improving portability while maintaining reliable article protection and dispensing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Volume of moving object

If individually packaged tissues are used, then portability is improved, but the packages are easily lost and torn into multiple pieces, creating inconvenience for collection and disposal

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging sizeVSAvoidcollection and disposal convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates the waste receptacle function directly into the package structure by forming a rear wall that creates a designated disposal area within the same package that holds the articles. This integration ensures that when articles are dispensed from the front, the used articles can be collected and disposed of in the rear receptacle without requiring separate containers, solving the problem of lost and torn individual packages

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The package design allows for dynamic use: articles are dispensed from the front opening during use, and the same package structure dynamically transitions to serve as a waste receptacle at the rear. This dynamic functionality ensures continuous convenience throughout the entire usage cycle, from storage to disposal, without requiring multiple separate items

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If personal care items are carried separately in a purse or bag, then items can be carried, but retrieval and replacement require multiple steps and items are often not near each other to complete a personal care process

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecarrying capabilityVSAvoidretrieval and use efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple personal care items (absorbent articles, sanitizer container, and personal products) into a single integrated package structure. All items are contained within the same enclosure with defined interior spaces, allowing users to retrieve and use multiple items in sequence without needing to search through separate containers or items in a purse or bag

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The package structure nests multiple functional components within a single enclosure: absorbent articles are held in the main interior space, a sanitizer container is positioned within the interior, and personal products are also contained within the same structure. This nested arrangement allows all necessary items to be carried together in one compact unit while remaining easily accessible for sequential use during personal care processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11517087B2Systems for retaining absorbent articles and collection kits

Publication Date: 2022.12.06 SORIA TAMARA

AI summary

A personal care collection kit is described. The kit may include a sanitizer and an absorbent material. The components are housed in a lined enclosure. A personal care article can be withdrawn from the collection kit, used, and discarded back into an interior region of the enclosure of the collection kit. A sanitizer can be expelled from within the enclosure and can easily be dispensed by a one hand function. The sanitizer is spread on a user's hand discreetly inside the liner and enclosure. The hand can be dried with the absorbent material again by a one hand function. The lining keeps the wet, dry, powder, or similar type sanitizer substances from contacting the inside of a user's pocket or adjacent body part, substrate or the like.