Container with flexible opening

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Description

The ornamental design of this invention is a container having a pop-up dispensing opening comprising a flexible material having one or more slits which define the dispensing opening. The dispensing opening is set into the large lid of the container and is covered by a flip-top type of dispensing lid when the flip-top lid is closed. The container is adapted to hold a stack of wet wipes which are dispensed through the flexible star-shaped opening in a pop-up fashion. The flip-top lid, when closed, inhibits drying out of the exposed portion of the web in between dispensing events.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container in accordance with the invention, in which the dispensing opening has a star-shaped slit configuration.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the container of FIG. 1 with the flip-top lid closed.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the container of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the container of FIG. 1.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a container with flexible opening, as shown and described.

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5704471 January 6, 1998 Yamada
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Foreign Patent Documents
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Patent History
Patent number: D443451
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 30, 2000
Date of Patent: Jun 12, 2001
Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Neenah, WI)
Inventors: Frederick Allan Buck (Neenah, WI), Andrew Kuo (Appleton, WI), Yvette Lynn Hammonds (Fond du Lac, WI), John David Amundson (Crawley)
Primary Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Michael J. Bendel
Application Number: 29/121,011
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/518
International Classification: 2002;