Including Tissue "dispensing" Means Patents (Class 206/233)
  • Patent number: 6648172
    Abstract: A tissue box (10) for dispensing tissues, said tissue box includes a bottom wall (18) having a second aperture (21) for allowing tissues (22, 22′) to be pulled from inside of the box and a side wall (14) extending between the top wall (16) and the bottom wall (18). The side wall defines a void inside the box for containing tissues. The tissue box also includes a dividing wall (24) within the void. The dividing wall is supported between the top wall and the bottom wall and is for dividing the tissues into a first group (22) that are able to be removed through the first aperture (20) and a second group (22′) that are able to be removed through the second aperture. In use, after the first group of tissues is used, the box may be inverted, so that the second group of tissues may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel Leighton, Angela Mary Leighton
  • Publication number: 20030178336
    Abstract: A tissue container is disclosed. The tissue container may be shaped to fit within a cup holder of a vehicle. The tissue container may be shaped like a beverage container, coffee cup, mug or soda can. The container may include a removable top portion, permitting tissues to be accessed through the top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ramin Zomorodi, George Noah Collins
  • Publication number: 20030159403
    Abstract: A hermetic package having a fitment having base coupled to a lid. The base is composed of a collar having a recessed groove, the base of the fitment defines an opening which provides access to the contents of the hermetic package. The lid is a planar structure having a first face and a second face. The lid includes a sealing member extending from the second face of the lid and engages the recessed groove on the base of the fitment to provide an airtight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Rocklin Verespej, Luke Hartman, Simon Edwards
  • Publication number: 20030155264
    Abstract: A container for a stack of interfolded tissue-sheets has a generally planar top wall, a bottom wall, side walls and an opening provided in the top wall for the removal of tissue-sheets from the container. The opening is provided with elements for presenting the tissue, preferably in the form of elongated projections, extending in-between each other from opposite sides of the opening in a first, inactive position. Adjacent projections are spaced apart both in the first, inactive position, in which the projections are substantially in the same plane as the top wall, and in a second, active position, in which the projections are raised and impart a primary wave-shape to a tissue sheet in a presentation position. The opening has a main axis with a predetermined curvature, which opening imparts a secondary wave-shape to the tissue sheet in the presentation position when the projections are in the second, active position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Emmanuelle Morin
  • Patent number: 6604651
    Abstract: A storage and dispensing package for wipes comprising a non-rigid container having sides which define a cavity. A collapsible-expandable baffle structure having a width is positioned within the sides of the container and divides the cavity into a storage portion for wipes and a dispensing portion. The baffle structure includes a dispensing orifice through which wipes can pass and communicate with the dispensing portion. A resealable mechanism can also be included at an end of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Dennis Edward Fryer, Peter Booth, Martin Christopher Bunce
  • Patent number: 6604628
    Abstract: A wet tissue container (10) includes a container body (11), a lid (23) supported for turning on the container body (11) and a bottom wall (12) hermetically closing the open lower end of the container body (11). A rubber plate (50) is extended between the container body (11) and the lid (23). The wet tissue container (10) is held by a container holder (1). The container holder (1) has a back part (2) on which the bottom wall (12) is seated, guide parts (3, 4) of an L-shaped cross section that engage edge parts (12a, 12b) of the bottom wall (12) and edge parts (14a, 14b) of a flange (14) formed on the container body (11). A support part (5) to be inserted in a slot formed in a toilet paper holder (7) is connected to the back part (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takeshi Bando, Hiroki Ishikawa, Emiko Inoue, Masaho Hayashi, Hiroshi Uematsu, Norikazu Shinogi, Toshihiko Uenishi
  • Publication number: 20030127352
    Abstract: Packages for absorbent tissue sheets, such as handkerchiefs or cosmetic tissues having an opening that is asymmetric in at least two cartesian coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dorothea Susanne Buschkiel, Sandra Goepfert
  • Patent number: 6546594
    Abstract: A covering device for use with a door handle and interconnecting shaft extending from a hingedly secured door. The device includes an elasticized body having a substantially three dimensional shape with an inner face, an outer face, and an open inserting end defined around a narrowed neck of the body. The body further including a flexible and plasticized material which may be covered by a soft fabric outer layer. A resilient retaining portion, such as an elasticized ring is disposed around the neck in association with the open inserting end and for securing the body in place over the door handle and shaft. Frictional engagement is provided between the inner face of the elasticized body and the door handle surface in use and is preferably provided as an adhesive tacking surface which may be incorporated into an inner ply of covering device or spray applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Steven Wills
  • Publication number: 20030052034
    Abstract: A packaging wrapper, for handkerchiefs, baby care, household or other hygiene paper tissues and comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall and two end walls, with a reclosable opening in the area of the front wall, a lid mainly comprising at least part of the front wall covering the reclosable opening, with said lid having an outer side and an inner side, where the lid on its inner side is equipped with a fastening means adapted to successively engage the upper-most lying paper tissue as one after the other of the paper tissues is taken out of the wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Gunnar Bredahl
  • Patent number: 6530473
    Abstract: A container of nonflammable wipes or towels is attached in a safe and convenient place within the engine compartment of a motor vehicle. The wipes or towels are made from a disposable, nonflammable material. A container retaining the wipes is made from a high-temperature resistant material. The container provides access to the wipes via an opening in the container or by removal of a container lid or cover. The container may include insulation to prevent the interior of the container from reaching extreme engine compartment temperatures. The wipes are stored directly in the container or are stored in a removable canister. The removable canister is sized to fit within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Harold St. Felix
  • Patent number: 6520331
    Abstract: A dispensing article, particularly for dispensing towelettes, is provided and includes a container body for storing the towelettes and a lid hingedly attached to the body. The container is formed from a floor panel, left and right side panels, front and rear panels. A button flap unitarily formed with the front wall includes a button projecting outwardly from a surface thereof. The lid includes a latch flap unitarily formed therewith and projecting downward toward the container body. An aperture is formed in the latch flap shaped to receive the button. Latch and button flaps are more flexible than other sections of the lid and container body panels. This flexibility allows for an easy to use, relatively inexpensive locking mechanism and provides good sealing characteristics. A refill canister can be placed within the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Okin, Raymond Michael Flaig
  • Patent number: 6503326
    Abstract: A hygienic toilet pack includes a roll of toilet tissue and a roll of flexible sheet material disposed end to end and of a size to fit in a conventional toilet tissue roll holder. The sheets forming the rolls are doubled over to provide inner and outer sheet segments in registry with one another. The sheets of the flexible sheet material are moistened with a hygienic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Raymond J. Mikelionis
  • Publication number: 20020185391
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for tissue preparation for the tissue embedding, having a transport plate (15) defining a circumferential edge (15c). At the circumferential edge (15c) several recesses (16) are formed, each of which comprises a plurality of several circular cut outs (16a) being arranged so that it has an opening into the direction of the circumferential edge (15c). The transport plate (15) is surrounded by a housing (5) which defines an inner upper side (8a) on which a heating and cooling device (3) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20020179462
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting in the changing of diapers for a baby in the form of a portable diaper caddy. The tray has a base adapted to rest upon a surface. The tray includes multiple selectively sized compartments including a diaper compartment in the tray adapted to contain a plurality of diapers, a pad compartment in the tray adapted to contain a baby changing pad, and a wipe compartment in the tray adapted to contain a plurality of wet baby wipes. A lid covers the wipe compartment, the lid sealing against a top portion of the wipe compartment to prevent evaporation of liquid contained in the wet baby wipes. A handle extends from the tray to allow persons to grasp the tray for carrying the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Brian Silvers
  • Publication number: 20020175094
    Abstract: An expandable plastic bag which is attached to a side of a tissue box for receiving used tissues. The bag has an elasticized opening for keeping the bag closed between uses. An optional reclosable opening along the bottom end of the bag allows the user to periodically empty the bag and dispose of the used tissues contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Evangeline Eunice Campbell, Ricci Lamar Campbell
  • Publication number: 20020162765
    Abstract: A dispensing article, particularly for dispensing towelettes, is provided and includes a container body for storing the towelettes and a lid hingedly attached to the body. The container is formed from a floor panel, left and right side panels, front and rear panels. A button flap unitarily formed with the front wall includes a button projecting outwardly from a surface thereof. The lid includes a latch flap unitarily formed therewith and projecting downward toward the container body. An aperture is formed in the latch flap shaped to receive the button. Latch and button flaps are more flexible than other sections of the lid and container body panels. This flexibility allows for an easy to use, relatively inexpensive locking mechanism and provides good sealing characteristics. A refill canister can be placed within the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Okin, Raymond Michael Flaig
  • Patent number: 6460697
    Abstract: A carrier is provided that includes a rear compartment and a dispensing cradle for dispensing a roll of material. The dispensing cradle has a guide wall having an elongated opening defined therein and through which the rolled material is fed. The dispensing cradle is in front of and connected to the rear compartment. The carrier also has a forward compartment in front of and affixed to the dispensing cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas G. Stevens
  • Patent number: 6427839
    Abstract: Apparatus for hands-free portability, single-handed dispensing and omnipresent availability of folded and stacked pre-moistened antiseptic towelettes intended for use in the control and prevention of contact transmission of infectious disease by making frequent and effective hand and object cleansing feasible and appealing, despite the pressures and demands of contemporary life. It comprises a bag with a reflective and washable outer surface, which expands according to fullness, and two covered compartments separated by an insulated divider, one being employed for unused towelettes, and the other for soiled towelettes. Adjustable straps that include hook-and-loop fasteners in alternating configurations permit attachment of the bag to body parts, items worn and transported by users, inanimate objects, and mobile items in contact with floor and ground surfaces the movement of which is guided by users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Beverly Helfer-Grand
  • Patent number: 6371296
    Abstract: Receptacle for holding a disposable boxes of tissues therein. The receptacle has two compartments, one for holding a full box of tissues and a second trash receptacle for holding an empty box of tissues, wherein the empty box of tissues is used as a trash bin for the full box of tissues. After the full box of tissues is emptied, the user removes the trash bin box and inserts a new box of tissues therein, and the empty box of tissues is used as a trash bin. Holders such as raised frame edges, and a separate outer wall allow for card shaped objects such as photographs and postcards, and the like, to be inserted and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventor: Sheila Rumbough
  • Publication number: 20020017469
    Abstract: A cleaning member, specifically a pad or cloth which is preferably saturated with a wet cleansing solution and is retained within a sealed enclosure and attached to, embedded in or in some way captured by a food holding means to facilitate cleansing during and after consuming of said food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Sedgwick Snedeker, James Phyfe Snedeker
  • Publication number: 20010052477
    Abstract: In a combination of a display sleeve and a dispensing container, the dispensing container has a hollow interior volume for holding and dispensing materials and a dispensing opening for allowing materials contained in the interior volume to be passed through the opening to outside the dispensing container. The display sleeve has a body with a hollow interior volume and an installation entrance to the hollow interior of the body. The hollow interior volume of the body is adapted to receive the dispensing container. The display sleeve has an access opening where the access opening is shaped to coincide and match with the dispensing opening when the dispensing container is inserted into the display sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventor: Allen R. McNeill
  • Publication number: 20010040107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packet (20) of stacked absorbent paper tissues (64) of the type which comprises a sheet of flexible material, such as a plastic wrapping sheet (21) which comprises opening means allowing a region to be uncovered for grasping at least one tissue (64) so as to extract it individually from the wrapper (21), and of the type which is of parallelepipedal overall shape defined by a height (H), a width (L) and a thickness (E), characterized in that the height (H) and the width (L) are equal so that the packet (20) has square front (22) and rear (24) frontal faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Christian Tourre, Sylvain Breteau, Pierre Laurent
  • Patent number: 6283295
    Abstract: An improved container for dispensing facial tissues, sheet materials or bulk products using an elevating panel and a bracing panel, generally opposed to one another, and a pair of support panels generally opposed to one another. A tab is present in the bracing panel and is receivable by the elevating panel. Upon a user urging the floor towards the top of the container, the tab engages the slot to form a stable structure wherein the support panels rest on the elevating and bracing panels. A floating panel may be placed in the container to provide a more planar floor for certain applications. Also disclosed is a multifaceted container wherein each floor panel has both tabs and slots and are arranged in a fan-like manner. Each tab then engages an adjacent slot formed in an adjacent panel to accomplish the elevated floor upon user biasing actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Donald Akutagawa, Terry Whitman
  • Patent number: 6213300
    Abstract: A towelette product is provided which includes a stack of flexible towelettes, a refill package for storing the towelettes and a cover housing surrounding the refill package. The refill package has deck and floor walls in parallel relationship to one another. An aperture in the deck allows access and egress of individual towelettes and is circumscribed by a rigid mouth with a coupling structure. The cover housing is formed with a roof on an upper surface and an open mouth along a lower edge. A dispensing port of the roof is defined by a rigid engagement wall directed downward toward the open mouth and engageable with the coupling structure of the rigid mouth in a sealable relationship to prevent moisture from transferring therebetween. Only a single seal is necessary to both join together refill and cover housing and serve as a towelette dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco,Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Michael Flaig, Josephine Telesca
  • Patent number: 6177391
    Abstract: A one time use disposable soap. The soap includes a substrate, a cleansing composition, and a holder. The substrate is dissolvable in water. The cleansing composition is impregnated in the substrate so as to form a dry and cleanser impregnated substrate. The dry and cleanser impregnated substrate is not laid hold on to prevent exposure and evaporation of the cleansing composition, since the dry and cleanser impregnated substrate is dry. The holder removably holds at least one stacked dry and cleanser impregnated substrate. When the dry and cleanser impregnated substrate is removed from the holder and subjected to water, the substrate dissolves leaving the cleansing composition dissolved in the water for cleansing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Alam Zafar
  • Patent number: 6173839
    Abstract: A collapsible, soft-sided organizer has a rigid, water proof base with fabric side walls and lid. A removable internal frame provides support for a cutting board, which also functions as a stable work surface. The lid includes a gusset to define a gear loft and water basin. A plurality of movable internal dividers facilitates the creation of smaller internal compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Montane, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Dieter, Martha B. Koerner, Martin H. Phipps, Nicholas J. Sichenzia, Dana L. Canfield, Laurie M. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 6170651
    Abstract: A multi-purpose eyeglass holding and cleaning kit capable of storing a pair of eyeglasses and including a body with an outer shell constructed of a durable material, the body having a selected length, width and thickness which defines a generally elongate article with a first end and a second end and defining, in combination, a hollow interior suitable for receiving in inserting fashion the pair of the eyeglasses eyeglasses. A hingedly secured portion is secured to the body at a desired location and is actuated from a closed position to an open position in order to reveal an interior of the shell interior and to permit the insertion or removal of the pair of eyeglasses. A volume of a glass lens cleaning solution is contained within the shell at a first selected location, the cleaning solution further including a dispensing pump incorporated within the body. A plurality of tissues is contained within the shell and is accessible from a second selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: David M. Taormina
  • Patent number: 6164442
    Abstract: A multi-part, multi-fold, multi-compartment portable carrying and storage case, includes a lower case section including a first bottom wall and a first peripheral wall upstanding from a peripheral edge of the first bottom wall. A first storage compartment is defined within the first peripheral wall and the first bottom wall. A case cover is hingedly connected with the lower case section, the case cover including a lower half shell and a half shell cover. The lower half shell is hingedly connected with the lower case section for covering and closing the first storage compartment. The lower half shell includes a second bottom wall and a second peripheral wall upstanding from a peripheral edge of the second bottom wall, with a second storage compartment defined within the second peripheral wall and the second bottom wall. A half shell cover is hingedly connected with the lower half shell for covering and closing the second storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: David M. Stravitz
  • Patent number: 6164441
    Abstract: A device for cleansing skin having a container made from a flexible polymeric sheet with an opening in its top, a self-resealing flap positioned on the container top, a stack of non-woven cleansing cloths placed within the container, and an insulator positioned under the stack of cleansing cloths. The flap is constructed from a laminated polyolefin composite, exhibits memory, and reseals itself against the container after being opened. The insulator is sized and shaped so that it may be easily handled with automated machinery, but is designed to enhance the heat retention capabilities of the device. The cloths in the stack of cloths are folded in a manner that facilitates their removal from the container and are impregnated with a cleansing solution that is pH balanced and exhibits a low incidence of allergic reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Guy & O'Neill, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Guy, Dale R. Hamann, Michael T. Kryshak, Julie E. Suhr
  • Patent number: 6126009
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a facial tissue dispensing system which is a portable, flexible pack for dispensing tissues. The portable, flexible pack container is thin yet contains large tissues for cleaning when paper towels or rags are not available. Each of the large tissues is reversibly pre-folded three times onto itself in the lateral direction, and is not pre-folded in the longitudinal direction. The tissues are folded such that they unfold as they are being dispensed through the tissue dispensing opening of the container. After being placed into the portable, flexible pack container, the container is itself folded in half or folded in thirds ensuring the tissue dispensing opening on the top wall of the container is contained inside the fold or folds of the container. In this manner, tissues are kept clean and dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin N. Shiffler, John L. Herzberg, Cynthia W. Henderson
  • Patent number: 6095326
    Abstract: Packaging of disposable gloves with consumer tissue products in order: To provide first aid protection (disposable gloves) in every type of package of consumer tissue products, and To utilize the widely used consumer tissue products as a vehicle to deliver the disposable gloves to end user. A new package form for consumer tissue products and particularly facial tissue for containing infectious body fluids resulting from the said injuries comprising: a) Any form of consumer package tissue products, b) One or more protective disposable gloves, c) Said gloves package having dimensions allowing said package to be incorporated in any existing forms and shapes of consumer tissue products and particularly facial tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventors: Maher N. Madhat, Munir A. Hussain
  • Patent number: 6085899
    Abstract: A tissue dispenser for dispensing either dry or partially wet and partially dry segments of tissues. The tissue dispenser generally comprises a housing having a tissue egress passage, a tissue source of a predetermined quantity of dry tissue located in the housing, a fluid source of a predetermined volume of fluid located in the housing, and an actuatable application mechanism in fluid communication with the fluid source and operationally positioned proximate to the tissue egress passage. The application mechanism can be actuated to dispense fluid onto the tissue as the tissue passes through the tissue egress passage. One partially wet and partially dry tissue can be used to clean and dry an article. The dispenser will dispense dry tissues if the application mechanism is not actuated while the tissue passes through the egress passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Arden L. Thorsbakken
  • Patent number: 6068118
    Abstract: A toilet paper caddy, for storing, transporting, and dispensing toilet paper from standard toilet paper rolls having a continuous length of toilet paper divided into sheets that are separated by perforations, comprising a main housing having a top and a bottom, wherein a front panel is hingeably connected to the bottom. A toilet paper dispenser is located within the main housing, for dispensing toilet paper from the toilet paper roll. The dispenser has a limiting device for limiting the amount of toilet paper dispensed with each pull. A flashlight is provided within the main housing, which is usable in conjunction with the main housing, or may be detached for independent use therefrom. A radio having radio controls and a clock having a clock face are also provided and situated wherein the clock face and radio controls are usable through the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Ruby Jewell Calloway
  • Patent number: 6065591
    Abstract: A non-resealable package for wet wipes has a base layer and a flexible top layer which overlays a stack of wet wipes and is sealed to the base layer, and a slit is formed in the flexible top layer along one side of the stacked lateral edges of the stack near a topmost-lying one of the wipes. The top layer is made of a selected flexible material and the slit is positioned and cut with a selected length such that opposing slit ends of the flexible top layer can be pushed apart by a user with fingers of one hand while keeping evaporation of solvent or fluid to a low level. In one version, the slit is simply cut through the top layer and closed with a membrane and adhesive-coated covering for shipping and storage. In another version, a reinforcing layer of greater thickness or stiffness is adhered to the top layer around the slit so that the slit edges tend to resume their initial positions and realign to minimize the open area of the slit when the user's fingers are withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Dill, Deborah L. Elsea
  • Patent number: 6062381
    Abstract: A cleaning kit for use in cleaning surfaces in clean rooms, semiconductor fabrication plants, pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, etc. A stack of extremely clean wipers is packaged together with a container of cleaning fluid in a liquid-tight outer container. The kit is stored until just before it is to be used. Fluid is released from the inner container into the wipers. In one embodiment, the inner container is frangible and is broken by application of hand pressure to the outside of the outer container. The cleaning liquid is allowed to soak into the wipers, and the wipers are removed from the outer container for use. The container can be resealed to protect the wipers after the package has been opened. This device and method minimize deterioration of the wiper material due to prolonged contact with the cleaning fluid, and minimize the loss of effectiveness of substances such as biocides which might deteriorate due to prolonged contact with the wiper material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: The Texwipe Company LLC
    Inventors: William R. Paley, Steven J. Paley, Douglas W. Cooper, Peter B. Russo, Jeffrey C. Sayre, Howard D. Siegerman
  • Patent number: 6026953
    Abstract: A resealable dispenser-container for containing wet tissues. A container, made of a flexible and impervious sheet, has at a top surface an opening for dispensing the wet tissues. A reinforcing sheet, larger than the dispensing opening and of a material harder than that forming the container, is attached to the top surface of the container and has an open looped cut line locating outside of the dispensing opening. The inside region of the open looped cut line is removable from the front end, opposite to the open portion of the open looped cut, toward the open portion so as to form a resealable flap. The reinforcing sheet has a crease locating at the open portion of the open looped cut and extending across the open portion so as to facilitate opening and closing of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Koji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6021920
    Abstract: Emergency and other personnel needing gloves can retrieve them easily for donning using a glove and hand protectant dispenser. The dispenser includes a backboard having at least one detachable glove dispenser member disposed proximate a first edge of the backboard; and at least one detachable hand protectant disposer proximate a second edge of the backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Microflex Corporation
    Inventor: Fortunato G. Aldape
  • Patent number: 6012572
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a facial tissue dispensing system which is a portable, flexible pack for dispensing large tissues. The portable, flexible pack container is thin yet contains regular-sized or large-sized tissues for cleaning in the alternative to paper towels or rags. Before being placed into the container, each of the tissues is first reversibly folded three times onto itself to decrease the size of the tissue in first or lateral dimension and is second reversibly folded onto itself at least one time to decrease the size of the tissue in a second or longitudinal dimension, which is generally perpendicular to the first dimension. The tissues are folded such that they unfold as they pass through the tissue dispensing opening of the container. The tissue dispensing opening may be covered by a resealable closure flap. In this manner, tissues are kept from the environment to keep them clean and dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Heathcock, Patricia L. Samolinski, Christopher R. McKinney, John L. Herzberg, Michael C. Tuck
  • Patent number: 6000538
    Abstract: A toilet paper holder is made up of a main body and a movable lid. The main body is provided therein with a receiving space for holding toilet paper sheets which are arranged in a stack in an organized manner such that the toilet paper sheets can be drawn out one after another. The movable lid is provided with a through hole through which the toilet paper sheets contained in the main body are drawn out. The main body is provided in two opposite side walls thereof with a short slide slot and a long slide slot. The movable lid is provided in the longitudinal side edge thereof with an adjustment rod which can be retained at both ends thereof in the slide slots of the main body so as to adjust the distance between the underside of the movable lid and the topmost sheet of the pile of the toilet paper sheets held in the receiving space of the main body. The movable lid has an arcuate underside to reduce the contact area between the underside of the lid and the topmost sheet of the toilet paper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventor: Jen-Song Lee
  • Patent number: 5984092
    Abstract: An organizer apparatus for carrying numerous samples or other items. Organizer has a single flexible sheet which is divided into six or more panels by parallel folds or plications. The panels have inner faces upon which pockets, loops and the like may be provided for holding and displaying items. The organizer may be folded in a pattern which places the panels in a certain parallel position so that the organizer is compact for carriage or storage. When the organizer is collapsed into the compact position, specially located fasteners hold the organizer in this closed position in a manner which secures the contained items. The specially located fasteners, combined with the particular folding pattern, permit the organizer to be unfolded and used in a manner which promotes an orderly, pleasant presentation of the contained items to the user or potential customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: C. Donise Heard-Willmon
  • Patent number: 5971142
    Abstract: A new absorbent wipe dispensing device for dispensing absorbent wipes to protect a person from germs and infections while using a public toilet. The inventive device includes a wall panel adapted for removable securement to a wall. The wall panel has a lower collar extending from it. The lower collar has open upper and lower ends. A container for holding a supply of absorbent wipes is slidably received within the lower collar. The container has an open upper end for removal of the absorbent wipes. An upper collar is hingedly secured to the lower collar. The upper collar has an open upper end and a closed lower end. The closed lower end of the upper collar has an opening through it to allow for passage of absorbent wipes therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: William S. V. Jones
  • Patent number: 5967321
    Abstract: A facial tissue carton, which enables the user to elevate the clip of tissues within the carton as the tissues are removed from the carton, comprises a strip of material, such as a paper strip, which is fixed at one end of the carton and extends underneath the tissue clip. A free end of the strip passes out through the opposite end of the carton. To elevate the partially used clip in order to avoid "faltback", the user simply pulls on the exposed end of the strip and appropriately secures the end of the strip at the end of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Clement Sigl
  • Patent number: 5918735
    Abstract: A package for stacked sheets to be freely taken out one by one. The stacked sheets are deformed to have their two longitudinal end portions close to each other and to have a recess, and the two end portions are arranged in common planes in the vertical direction. The stacked sheets is enabled to have a generally square top plan shape and to have a small height so that they can be packaged compactly. The sheet to be taken out is pinched upward while being held between the two sides of the recess, and the two sides of the recess are in parallel with the face of an outlet of the envelope. A sheet next to the sheet to be pulled out comes into abutment with the face of the outlet of the envelope at the two sides of the recess so that the sheets are not taken out in a gang.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Bando, Hiroki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 5894927
    Abstract: An applicator pad dispensing container is provided having a jar, a cap to close the jar and a piston assembly movable within the jar. The piston assembly includes a platform with a rod projecting from an upper surface thereof terminating in a head. A stack of applicator pads, each with a central aperture, can be loaded onto the platform with the rod penetrating the aperture to securely hold the pads. The head engages a hollow socket in an under surface of the cap. Engagement of head and cap allows the platform with pads to be raised to a top position whereupon the cap can twistably be released from the head. After a pad(s) is removed, the cap can snap onto the head and with downward pressure return the platform with remaining pads back into the jar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Bennett
  • Patent number: 5875490
    Abstract: A package which provides the user with a disposable bib. The package is especially suited for transportation as it is hand-held and preferably sized to fit into an automobile's glove-box. In some embodiments of the invention, multiple bibs are dispensed from the package in a pop-up type of arrangement. In other embodiments of the invention, a cleansing wipe/sheet is provided with each bib so that the user is able to cleanse themselves (or if the bib is used on an infant, the user is able to cleanse the infant). A further feature, one embodiment of the invention provides a garbage bag so that debris generated during the meal is collected for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventors: Nina E. Woodard, Dorothy Mathews
  • Patent number: 5856102
    Abstract: The invention is the improved process and method of DNA banking in which DNA or other genetic material is collected and stored, preserved, banked in a home/self-storage setting. Home/self-storage is to mean "not commercially banked." The invention includes the manufacture of kits designed to collect and bank DNA and other genetic material in a home/self-storage setting. The objective of the invention is to preserve genetic material in the event that it is needed for genetic analysis, genetic testing, genetic diagnosis, genetic therapy, forensic analysis, identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventors: Diane Lynn Bierke-Nelson, Stuart James Nelson, Joshua James Nelson, Jesse Stuart Nelson
  • Patent number: 5813558
    Abstract: A baby supplies case and bag/bassinet combination with an openable front flap. Unzipping the flap reveals a shelved case holding diapers and baby supplies. Attached to the lowest shelf by a hinge is a hollow wedge shaped baby wipes container of sufficient length to extend to a cutout in the above shelf where the wide end of the wedge-shaped container rests. The wide end has raised ridges at either end thereof which retain a protective lid in position. In the middle of the wide end is an oval opening which provides access to baby wipes. When this wedge shaped container is rotated downward and the protective lid is slid open, a baby wipe can be retrieved. Due to the wedge shape of the container, it will not impede the removal of objects from the shelf behind. Resting on the middle shelf of the case is a holder for a container of baby powder. When this holder is rotated downwardly, it hangs from supports attached to the shelf on which it was resting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventor: Linda M. Burke
  • Patent number: 5803249
    Abstract: A medical clean up kit made up of a container with multiple compartments for storing the clean up material. A first compartment dispensively houses a supply of moistened towelettes saturated with anti-pathogenic agents for destroying various viruses and bacteria. A second compartment dispensively houses a supply of dry towelettes. Various lids and closures are disclosed for sealing the compartments, and preventing the accidental spillage of anti-pathogenic agents which might precipitate from the moist towelettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Inventors: Steve Harsanyi, Jr., Dace L. Edwards
  • Patent number: 5779035
    Abstract: A multi-purpose container (10) is provided. The container has a lid (14) having an edge (60) and a ridge (54) rising from a top surface of the lid (14). The multi-purpose container also has a container portion (12) defining an opening (25) for the container (10). The container portion (12) includes a base (16) having a recess (82) defined in one surface (80) of the base (16). The container portion also includes first (22) and second (24) sides joined to the other surface of the base (16). Each side (22 & 24) has a lid channel (48) along a top inside edge (46) for receiving the lid's edge. The back (18) is joined to the base (16) and sides (22 & 24) and has a back ridge (72) rising from an outside surface (70) and a lid channel (61) along its top inside edge for receiving the lid's edge. The container portion (12) also includes a front (20) joined to the base (16) and sides (22 & 24) and has a front ridge (28) rising from its outside surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: John C. Marrelli
    Inventors: John C. Marrelli, Gary L. Rutledge
  • Patent number: 5765717
    Abstract: Wet towelette dispensers are provided which include a roll of moistened, flushable towelettes, each of which is readily separable along perforated lines from a remaining portion of the towelette roll. The towelettes are designed to have a high enough wet strength to be useful for hygienic applications. The roll is disposed in a sealable housing which has a slotted opening therein for permitting the removal of one more of the towelettes from the dispenser in a manner similar to the way dry toilet paper is typically dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Inventor: John C. Gottselig