With Removable Supply Magazine Patents (Class 221/46)
  • Patent number: 11439280
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of wipes dispensing systems, wipes dispensing canisters and wipes dispensing mounting brackets are disclosed herein. An exemplary wipes dispensing system includes a wipes dispensing canister. The wipes dispensing canister includes one of a catch and a latch and a cap. A wall mounting bracket is included. The wall mounting bracket includes an opening for receiving the wipes dispensing canister, a first wall located on the inside of the opening and a second wall located on the inside of the opening. A cap ridge is formed between the first wall and the second wall. The wall mounting bracket further includes one of a catch and a latch. When the wipes dispensing canister is located within the wall mounting bracket, a bottom edge of the cap is located proximate the cap edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Mann, Mark E. Rosenkranz, John P. Cichello, Aaron D. Marshall, Mark Wesley Moore, Richard E. Corney, Ann Marie Hicho
  • Patent number: 11284752
    Abstract: A towel moistening assembly includes a first container for containing a plurality of towels. A second container is provided for containing a fluid bodily treatment. The second container has an entry way that is aligned with the first container to facilitate the towels to be drawn upwardly therethrough. A lid is removably attachable to the second container for closing the second container. The lid has an exit extending therethrough and the towels can be drawn outwardly therethrough when the towels are drawn outwardly through the entry way in the second container. In this way the towel can be moistened with the fluid bodily treatment to be employed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Haberman
  • Patent number: 10729288
    Abstract: A universal cover for hygiene cloth dispensers includes a flexible pouch for holding hygiene cloths stored in a plurality of different hygiene cloth dispensers. The flexible pouch has a top wall, a bottom wall, and an interior space between the top and bottom walls. The universal cover includes a seam that can be opened to an open position and resealed to a closed position to connect the top wall to the bottom wall. The open position defines a refill opening for receiving the different hygiene cloth dispensers. A dispensing opening is formed in the top wall of the universal cover. The dispensing opening is reinforced against deformation due to exposure to moisture, body oils, dirt, and stretching. The dispensing opening is sized such that different sized movable and non-movable covers of at least two different commercial hygiene cloth dispensers are accessible through the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Julie Moore
  • Patent number: 10472141
    Abstract: A film type wet tissue tube, comprising a wet tissue cover and a wet tissue bag. The wet tissue bag is made of plastic film and hermetically connected below the wet tissue cover in a replaceable manner. By replacing existing injection molding tubes with the wet tissue bag made of plastic film, wet tissue bags of different types can be connected and replaced with the same wet tissue cover as a bag mouth of the wet tissue bag can be adjusted at the time of connection according to the size of the wet tissue cover. This meets the needs of users to change wet tissue bags at any time. This is both environmentally friendly and economical. The plastic film has low cost and thus lowers costs of raw materials and costs in the wet tissue manufacturing process, making the product more competitive in the market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOP GREEN WORLD PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ling-da Wang
  • Patent number: 10398265
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheets of web material is provided. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing and storage compartment for receiving a stack of sheets of web material. The housing has a front side, a rear side, upper and lower end portions, and two vertical sides connecting the front and rear sides, the lower end portion forming a dispensing end portion of the dispenser. The storage compartment includes a support arrangement for supporting the stack of sheets of web material at the dispensing end portion of the dispenser. The support arrangement a dispensing opening is arranged in a portion between the front, rear and side portions and an abutment surface to which the stack of sheets of web material can abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Björn Larsson, Hans Wallenius
  • Patent number: 10351998
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wet wipes and methods of making thereof. In one aspect, a wet wipe includes a multi-ply tissue impregnated with a wetting composition. The multi-ply tissue includes papermaking fibers, is substantially free of synthetic fibers, and has an absorbent capacity of at least about 8 grams of the wetting composition per gram of the dry multi-ply tissue (g/g) as measured in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM International) standard D4250. A single ply of the multi-ply tissue has a basis weight of at least 8 pounds per 3,000 square foot ream (lb/rm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Samuel C. Baer, Steven L. Cavadeas, Kip K. Decker, Donald H. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 10183630
    Abstract: An adapter securing a mobile device to a vehicle is disclosed. The adapter is positioned between an interior trim part and a vehicle component, and is configured for receiving a cable. The cable includes a connector at a first end of the cable for connecting the cable to the mobile device. The adapter includes a base, a first member extending outwardly from the base, a second member extending outwardly from the base substantially parallel to the first member, and a plurality of cross bars extending between the first member and the second member, the cross bars configured such that the cable may be threaded and looped around the cross bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin A. Veverka
  • Patent number: 9809141
    Abstract: A storage compartment has a storage volume delimited by a first wall and a second wall extending opposite the first wall. The first wall has a recess opening towards the storage volume. The storage compartment includes a locking element and a holder element having a frame that delimits an opening for the reception of an object. The holder element is movable in rotation between a retracted position, wherein the frame extends in the recess of the first wall, and a deployed position, wherein the frame extends in the storage volume and the locking element cooperates with a locking surface of the second wall such that the opening of the holder element extends across the storage volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems India PVT. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chetan Jain, Atul Aglawe
  • Patent number: 9624027
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to dispensers for holding a consumables box containing consumable products such as, but not limited to, disposable latex gloves. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes a continuous front plate with an aperture for extracting the consumable products, continuous side plates, and separable back plates that develop a load path with the continuous front plate after the dispenser has been mounted onto a mounting surface. The dispenser may include one or more spring mechanisms that urge the consumables box into a forward and centered position within the dispenser. The continuous front plate resists undesired deflection when subjected to an outward force. In another embodiment, one or more surfaces of the dispenser may be overlaid with a woodgrain laminate for aesthetic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Bowman Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Danté G. DeGraaf
  • Patent number: 9198546
    Abstract: A flushable wipe dispenser device holds and dispenses flushable wipes adjacent to a toilet within a bathroom structure. The device includes a box having an open front side. A panel is couplable to the front side of the box. An aperture extends through the panel wherein the interior space of the box is accessible through the aperture. A diaphragm is coupled to and extends across the aperture in the panel. An opening extends through the diaphragm wherein the opening is configured for passing flushable wipes through the diaphragm. A cover is pivotally coupled to the panel selectively covering the opening through the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Joshua J. E. Brown
  • Publication number: 20150144649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wet wipe refill container and a wet wipes dispensing system. Users frequently refill empty wet wipe dispensers with wet wipes removed from a wet wipe refill container. The user can have difficulty estimating the correct number of wipes to remove from the wet wipe refill container when filling the wet wipe dispenser to maintain dispensing functionality. The wet wipe refill container includes an indicator to assist users in determining the recommended refill thickness of wet wipes to place into the empty wet wipes dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Terri Lynn Meisel
  • Publication number: 20150129605
    Abstract: A disposable wipes dispenser system includes a case that houses a disposable wipes container and a cover that is mounted to a mounting hole disposed within a mounting surface. The case engages the cover from below the mounting surface, and the disposable wipes are accessible from above the mounting hole when the case is engaged with to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Niels Eilmus, Ryan Detlaff, Madison Kay Smith
  • Patent number: 9010570
    Abstract: A container adapted for dispensing a product is provided. The container includes an outer casing body for receiving a dispensing tray. The dispensing tray has an internal storage compartment for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and includes a cover plate defining at least one dispensing aperture through which a stored unit of product is accessible when the outer casing body is in a dispensing position. The container includes a locking mechanism that releasably locks the outer casing body in the closed and locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: John A. Gelardi, Ryan A. Bailey
  • Patent number: 9004314
    Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for flat items such as disposable gloves that are contained within a dispensing bag that has an at least partially-open front side. The dispenser includes a base that has a rear wall and a pair of opposing side walls. A non-opaque cover with a dispensing aperture therethrough is pivotally fixed between each side wall and adapted to swing between an open and a closed position. At least one elastic cord is stretched between each side wall to urge the dispensing bag towards the cover when the cover is in the closed position and the dispensing bag is between the cover and the at least one elastic cord. The front side of the dispensing bag may be non-opaque and open at a dispensing bag aperture therethrough, a temporary adhesive being fixed proximate a periphery of the dispensing bag aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: David Cohen
  • Patent number: 8998033
    Abstract: A material dispenser includes a base, a platen, a spring, a casing, a material pick-up mechanism, and a cap. The spring is connected in between the platen and the base, and the casing encloses the spring and the platen and removably attaches with the base. The material pick-up mechanism is rotatably connected with the casing opposite from the base. The cap attaches with the casing opposite from the base and positions adjacent with the material pick-up mechanism. The material dispenser includes stored materials in between the platen and the material pick-up mechanism. The casing provides a parameter wall for the stored materials. The users of the material dispenser can dispense an exact amount of the stored materials through a top opening of the casing by rotating the material pick-up mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Maurice Huard
  • Patent number: 8991646
    Abstract: A product dispenser including a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed. The cover member includes a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable relative to the support member about a hinge. The cover member is removably mountable to the housing by at least one engagement member of the support member engaging at least one complementary engagement member of the housing. A strength of connection of the hinge to the support member and a strength of connection of at least one engagement member of the support member for removably mounting the support member to the housing is such that when the lid member is opened to a stop position and further opening force is applied to the lid member, at least one engagement member dismounts between the housing and the support member before the force gets so great as to break the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Russell G. Wieser
  • Patent number: 8944279
    Abstract: 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. The base lid portion includes a rigid port surrounding a unitary dispensing partition extending in an x and z direction to the rigid port, the unitary dispensing partition having a dispensing slit formed therethrough. The unitary dispensing partition forms an arc extending a first depth into the interior of the container in a z-direction. The depth of the dispensing partition allows for the personal care article to be stored in a pop-up dispensing position with a larger portion of the personal care article extending from the dispensing slit. This allows for easier retrieval of the product by a consumer and less dispensing failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Walter Shoaf, Andrew Dale Brinkdopke, Robert Samuel Schlaupitz
  • Patent number: 8931663
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for dispensing horizontally stacked moist towelettes. One embodiment involves turning a tub upside down and providing a side door for accessing the stacked towels. Another embodiment involves orienting a tub in an upright position and providing a means for users to easily access the contents. Moist towelettes are dispensed one at a time, from beginning to end. Once one towelette is removed, the next is in position for removal. Any towelette that falls back into the tub can be easily retrieved through the opening without having to open the entire package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Union Street Brand Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher T. Evans, Christopher Gieda
  • Patent number: 8851316
    Abstract: A trashcan liner dispenser that comprises a combination caddy and liner cartridge that self-locks together when nested, the caddy including an arrangement whereby an access opening in the liner cartridge cooperates with a supply of folded liners housed therein to reduce the pulling force required to remove a liner from the nested cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventors: Donald R. Barrett, Richard J. Baranowski
  • Patent number: 8757432
    Abstract: A pop-up type dispenser is provided for paper towels, in which a specially sized and shaped hole in the dispenser top cooperates with a stack of paper towels housed in the dispenser. The towel stack has at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web. The towels may be withdrawn through the opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without needing to touch a next sheet on the adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on the one web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SCA Tissue North America LLC
    Inventors: Janne Muntzing, John S. Formon
  • Patent number: 8690008
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a sheet from a stack of sheets is disclosed. The device includes a holder for receiving a refill container including the stack of sheets. The holder includes a holder base wall and opposed holder side walls extending up from the holder base wall. The refill container includes a container base wall and opposed first and second container side walls extending up from the container base wall. A first flap extends inward from an end of the first container side wall, and a second flap extends inward from an end of the second container side wall. The first flap and the second flap are dimensioned to define a longitudinal dispensing slot of the container. At least one of the first flap and the second flap of the container can flex upward when a sheet is dispensed from the device. In one form, the sheets comprise a thin sponge material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Michael M. Sawalski, Benjamin J. Paprocki, Scott Padiak
  • Patent number: 8631968
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first plate being configured for supporting a quantity of tissues within a tissue dispenser box. A second plate is configured for resting on a bottom portion of the tissue dispenser box. A resilient structure is configured for urging the first plate in an upward direction. The resilient structure is further configured to be positioned between the first plate and the second plate. Attachment mechanisms are joined to a bottom portion of the first plate and a top portion of the second plate. The attachment mechanisms are configured for joining the resilient structure to the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventor: Tony A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8584896
    Abstract: By either rotating a folded clip within a dispenser, or by folding the clip into a J-shape instead of a U-shape and then placing the clip into a dispenser, more sheets can be placed into the dispenser without causing an increase in dispensing problems. Alternatively, fewer dispensing problems result if the same number of sheets is placed into the dispenser. In one embodiment, the dispenser was an upright facial tissue carton and the clip was an interfolded stack of facial tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Thomas Long, Emory Emil Luebke, Michelle Lynn Seabaugh
  • Patent number: 8574510
    Abstract: In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for detecting an analyte concentration level in a bio-fluid sample. The analyte sensor has a base with first and second ends, a concave recess in the first end, a second end receiving surface, and a sidewall extending between the ends. An electrode may be provided on the receiving surface with an electrochemically-active region coupled to the electrode. A conductor in electrical contact with the electrode may extend along the sidewall and may be adapted to be in electrical contact with a first contact of an analyte meter. Manufacturing methods and systems utilizing and dispensing the analyte sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Igor Gofman, Robert S. Sams
  • Patent number: 8540117
    Abstract: The present invention is a compartmentalized portable container and body wash wipes, which allows the user to substitute the traditional showering or bathing cycle with a series of body wipes. These body wipes are carried in a slender container, which allows the present invention to be a very portable device. The series of wipes include a number of pre-wash wipes, soap wipes, moisturizing wipes, and deodorizing wipes. Once the user finishes the series of wipes, the user throws the wipes away. The container stores and separate each kind of wipe in their own compartment. The dispensing mechanisms on the container allows the user to take only one of each kind of wipe at a time. The present invention can also be cleaned out with warm soapy water or alcohol once the supply of body wipes has been exhausted, which provides a replacement pack of body wipes with a clean container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: Connie M Andrews, Timothy B Andrews
  • Publication number: 20130200093
    Abstract: A packaged product including a substantially enclosed container for a material, said container including a first end, a second end with a width and a length, a sidewall forming an interior surface defining the container, a first opening into the container adapted to dispense the material, a hanging member, and an insert with an insert base portion, two insert side portions and an insert opening along a width of the insert, wherein the insert base portion extends along the width of the second end, the insert side portions extend at least partially up the sidewall, and the insert opening extends along at least substantially the entire width of the second end. A dispensing method including providing a packaged product, opening the packaged product to form a first opening into the container adapted to dispense a material, and dispensing the material from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Paul CARLSON, Myles Wegner, Steve Gucinski
  • Patent number: 8474651
    Abstract: A towelette dispenser is provided with an integrally molded lid. The lid has a central aperture for allowing access to a roll of towelettes maintained within a tub receiving the lid therein. The separation bar bridges the aperture, and provides a rip fence in the form of a fingered thimble that is angled with respect to the lid as a whole. The thimble is offset near one edge of the annular opening so that a user may access the back side thereof to thread an edge of the leading towelette through the thimble without having to remove the lid from the tub. A well is provided in the smaller portion of the aperture and a cap for the lid is provided with a stuffer tab to urge the leading edge of the next towelette into the well when the cap is closed. Barrier caps are also provided to seal the interior of the tub during shipment and storage before the first use of the towelette dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Nelson E. Simkins
  • Publication number: 20130153593
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing pet training pads includes a base defining a base axis and having an internal chamber, and a support disposed within the internal chamber of the base. The support is arranged to support at least two pet training pads in superposed relation. The support is dimensioned and adapted to translate within the internal chamber along the base axis to direct the pet training pads toward an access opening associated with the base to permit individual and/or sequential removal of the training pads through the access opening by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Jeff Silagy
  • Patent number: 8444007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser for moisturized sheets in the core of a toilet paper roll. Not only are wet and dry wipes provided coincidentally, the location is particularly handy for toilet use. In a utilization of existing bathroom fixtures, the novel concept offsets the rotational axis of the toilet paper roll to make an aperture available to dispense the moisturized sheets from the volume of the core previously occupied by the conventional spool. The invention further provides a hermetically sealed refill unit and a method of dispensing and refilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventors: Donald Hatter, Lawrence Lambelet
  • Patent number: 8444008
    Abstract: A tissue holder and dispenser includes a cuboid shaped housing having a front panel, two planer side panels and a planer rear panel as well as a planer bottom panel and an open top. The front planer panel includes a horizontal slot through which individual tissues are dispensed while one side wall includes a rectangular opening through which an empty tissue box can be ejected by pushing it out of the housing with a finger inserted through a circular opening on the opposite side wall that is aligned with the rectangular opening in the first side wall. The housing is constructed and dimensioned to hold from one to four tissue boxes with the top of each box facing a front surface of the rectangular front planer panel so that a slit in the top of the tissue box on the bottom of the housing will come into register with a slot in the lower portion of the rectangular front planer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventor: Khaled Abdullah M. Al-Mahnna
  • Publication number: 20130105508
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitary tissue products comprises a generally cylindrical shell comprising a portion extending radially outward from a perimeter of the generally cylindrical shell. The portion defines a dispensing opening. The dispenser comprises a refill sleeve positioned at least partially within the shell and that is configured to receive a plurality of sanitary tissue products. The refill sleeve defines an opening therein at least partially aligned with the dispensing opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Patent number: 8397945
    Abstract: A container adapted for dispensing a product is provided. The container includes an outer casing body for receiving a dispensing tray. The dispensing tray has an internal storage compartment for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and includes a cover portion defining at least one dispensing aperture through which a stored unit of product is accessible when the outer casing body is in a dispensing position. A sealing member is engaged with one of the outer casing body and the dispensing tray, and is configured to interact with the other of the outer casing body and the dispensing tray to form a seal about an outer peripheral portion of the dispensing tray when the outer casing body is in a closed and locked position. The container includes a locking mechanism that releasably locks the outer casing body in the closed and locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: John A. Gelardi, Ryan A. Bailey
  • Patent number: 8342360
    Abstract: A product including a stack of a: plurality of interfolded sheets assembled from a folded sheet material. The stack having a first side, a second side, a plurality of first side folded sheets and a plurality of second side folded sheets. A majority of the first side folded sheets folded into a first fold configuration and a majority of the second side folded sheets folded into a second fold configuration. Within the stack, the first fold configuration is different than the second fold configuration. In one embodiment, the first side folded sheets were V-folded and the second side folded sheets were Z-folded. In another embodiment, the first side folded sheets were V-folded and the second side folded sheets were C-folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Leslie Thomas Long
  • Patent number: 8330612
    Abstract: A container suitable for wet wipes that comprises at least one compatibility sensor, at least one output device and at least one triggering device and a compatible a refill pack of wipes comprising a compatibility actuator. The compatibility sensor of the container and compatibility actuator of the refill pouch are designed to interact with each other. The interaction enables the operation of the output device, which functions only when triggered by the triggering device. The output device is capable of producing a sensory perceptible effect. The container and refill pack together can form a kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kilian John O'Neill, Michael Remus, Yolanda Christina Kennish
  • Publication number: 20120305587
    Abstract: Optional mount wet wipe dispenser is designed for convenient location and convenient use of wet wipes. The front housing, back housing, and flip lid are made of metal which can also be made of plastic, fiber glass, carbon fiber or wood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Marcus E. Williford
  • Patent number: 8317061
    Abstract: A device includes a housing (100) in which is placed a bag (400) containing wipes, and having an extraction opening for the wipes. The housing (100) includes a front cover (102) mounted on a rear wall (101), and the front cover (102) has a wipe outlet opening (20) and bears a lid (3) covering the wipe outlet opening (20) in the closed position. The bag (400) is carried by a coupling plate (4) placed inside the housing (100) under the wipe outlet opening (20) of the front cover (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratories Prodene-Klint
    Inventor: Eric Vignot
  • Publication number: 20120273515
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitary tissue products comprises a base and a lid comprising an arcuate portion. An aperture is defined in the arcuate portion. The lid or the base is movable relative to the other between an open position and a closed position and the lid and the base define a receiving cavity when the lid and the base are in the closed position. The lid or the base comprises a first side wall and a second side wall. When the lid and the base are in the closed position, a first edge of the arcuate portion is positioned adjacent to the first side wall, a second edge of the arcuate portion is positioned adjacent to the second side wall, and the arcuate portion extends intermediate the first side wall and the second side wall in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane of the first side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Phillip Lacoi Hutchison, James Roy Denbow
  • Publication number: 20120223093
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure relates to a carton for tissue products comprising a carton and an overwrapped compressed stack of tissues, such as facial tissues. The compressed carton can significantly reduce costs associated with shipping such low density products. The overwrapped compressed stack of tissues has a tear strip, which permits the compressed stack of tissues to expand, releasing the compression of the tissue stack and allowing the tissues to be dispensed normally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: James Alexander Hallam, Dennis Edward Fryer, Martin Christopher Bunce, Peter Booth, James Mallion
  • Publication number: 20120138626
    Abstract: A liner bag anchor or garbage bag container contains a liner bag, with the liner bag containing garbage bags and the garbage bags held together in seriatim by use of separator tabs and garbage bag adaptors such that each garbage back may be separated by grasping either protruding end of a separator tab. A liner bag anchor may be filled with fluid to keep the container stationary when garbage bags are dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Stacey Haggerty, Kent Haggerty
  • Patent number: 8191730
    Abstract: A stamped bucket for a vending machine having an elongated body with opposing first and second ends, a first end wall integrally formed on the body along the first end and a second end wall integrally formed on the body along the second end. The first and second end walls extending in generally transverse relation to the body. The first end wall has one or more tab portions extending therefrom that are secured to the body adjacent the first end. The second end wall also has one or more tab portions extending therefrom that are secured to the body adjacent the second end. An axis of rotation extends between the first and second end walls substantially longitudinally along the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: The Boehm Pressed Steel Company
    Inventors: Joseph J. Krish, Sr., William R. Reis
  • Publication number: 20120118905
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a dispenser (1) for dispensing tissue and/or nonwoven products (100), preferably wet wipes, the dispenser comprising a containing body (2) defining a volume (200) for receiving the products to be dispensed and a covering body (3), wherein the containing body comprises a main section (20) and a connecting section (22), the connecting section having dimensions to be at least partly received in the covering body, and wherein the containing body and the covering body are connected to one another by the connecting section such that the covering body is movable with respect to the containing body from a closed configuration to a dispensing configuration, wherein a dispensing opening (24) is present in the connecting section for dispensing in the dispensing configuration the products from the volume, wherein covering body covers the dispensing opening in the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Jannike Lindbergh
  • Publication number: 20120118909
    Abstract: A moist towelette dispenser device adapted for use in combination with a toilet paper holder assembly having an elongated cylindrical spindle with two ends engageable which mount on a conventional toilet paper fixture to support a roll of toilet paper. The device provides for concurrent dispensing of toilet paper and moist towelettes and an air freshener. A housing provides a dispensing site for the towelettes and is engageable to the room mount by two elongated members. The toilet paper is operatively mounted on the spindle engaged between the members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Andrew Yaros
  • Publication number: 20120097697
    Abstract: A wipes product comprising a reusable container for storing and dispensing wipes. The wipes product including a lock portion disposed on the major lid and configured to engage with a key portion to form a substantially moisture impermeable barrier over the dispensing orifice when the lock portion and the key portion are engaged. The wipes product also includes a package of wipes comprising the key portion, the package of wipes being disposed in the interior storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Debra Gay Gehring
  • Patent number: 8157126
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a probe cover dispenser, which comprises a base having a probe cover basin; a probe cover cartridge receiving probe covers; a gravitational member applying gravity to the probe covers; and a feeder assembly arranged between the base and the probe cover cartridge. The gravitational member makes a probe cover fall from the probe cover cartridge onto the base, and a feeder pushes the gravitationally released probe cover to the probe cover basin. Then, the user inserts a probe of an infrared thermometer into the probe cover inside the probe cover basin to sleeve the probe with the probe cover. Via the present invention, the user can fit a probe cover onto a probe without using his hands. Thus, the present invention can effectively reduce the pollution of probe covers and the infection of testees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Radiant Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Yu, Kevin Lin
  • Patent number: 8132692
    Abstract: A method of interfolding gloves including superposing finger portion of second glove adjacent finger portion of first glove, with second glove finger portion being disposed parallel and in a direction opposite the first glove finger portion, in a superjacent opposing relationship. First glove hand and cuff are lapped over second glove finger to create lapped, superjacent opposing fold. By repeatedly lapping previous glove hand over subsequent glove fingers, a glove bundle is formed. Folding can be longitudinal before lapped, superjacent opposing folding. Gloves are disposed in portable dispenser with lapped, superjacent folding and dispensing opening cooperating to dispense one glove, cuff first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Oneglove, LLC
    Inventor: Earl Jordan
  • Publication number: 20120024884
    Abstract: A dispenser for bags is disclosed. The dispenser is capable of storing a roll of bags and dispensing individual bags therefrom. In addition, a dispensing system for use in dispensing individual bags from a wound roll of continuously and detachably connected bags is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Hilex Poly Co. LLC
    Inventor: Harry B. Wilfong
  • Patent number: 8096414
    Abstract: A medical implement dispensing and disposal system. The medical implement dispensing and disposal system comprises a container having an open end with a dispensing chamber and a disposal chamber defined within the container. A cover is configured to substantially close the open end of the container. The cover defines a disposal opening in communication with the disposal chamber. A dispensing opening is defined in either the container or cover and in communication with the dispensing chamber. A biasing assembly is positioned in the dispensing chamber and configured to provide a biasing force toward the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Mark Brian Finnestad, Michael Sansoucy
  • Publication number: 20110297694
    Abstract: A re-usable dispenser for interfolded cloth sheets is disclosed. The dispenser includes a re-usable top housing that is moves relative to a re-usable bottom housing as the cloth sheets are depleted and a replaceable refill housing including refill cloths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Benjamin J. Paprocki
  • Patent number: 8061558
    Abstract: Gloves and dispensers for gloves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to disposable gloves packaged in a disposable dispenser configured to engage with a carrier. Aspects of the glove assemblies provided herein include a dispenser case having a flange having locking tab for sliding engagement with a channel on the carrier. The dispenser case may be removed from the carrier and a new dispenser case engaged to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Oneglove, LLC
    Inventors: Earl Jordan, Paul R. Persiani, Mark Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110240670
    Abstract: A disposable hand towel system for a residential bathroom that improves sanitation and hygiene between users. A modular housing dispenses disposable hand towels as an alternative to traditional hand towels or shower towels used to clean and dry hands prior to leaving a bathroom setting. Rather than reusing a single towel placed in a bathroom or water closet, a set of thick, disposable cloth hand towels are provided. A wall-mounted or counter top dispensing container houses the disposable towels and dispenses a single towel at a time. A plurality of holes in the container allow for wall-mounting. Alternatively, a series of suction cups or a high-friction lower surface keeps the container stationary on a counter top. The towels themselves are a thick, soft cloth large enough to effectively dry a user's hands and face without getting saturated, while still thin enough to be disposable after one use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Wanda Coleman