Packaged Towel Patents (Class 206/812)
  • Patent number: 7240790
    Abstract: A multiple-pouch package includes a first pouch wherein is fixed a support impregnated with a substance to be applied on the skin and at least a pouch containing a protection for the skin zone treated with the applied substance. The protection can consist of an adhesive plaster, a bandage, a compress or a dressing. Rupture-proof devices are provided to prevent the two walls of a common pouch to be entirely separated when it is opened. Opening facilitators are provided to facilitate the opening of the different pouches. The multiple-pouch package can be produced by fixing the different single pouches one to the other or by folding on itself one strip to form the various pouches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Compagnie Europeenne de Compresse Et de Pansements-Cecep Societe Par Actions Simplifiee
    Inventors: Serge Wendel, Wilton Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 7228968
    Abstract: A stick-on, flexible peel and seal, wet wipes package includes a flexible package body having a front surface, a rear surface, and an internal space sized to contain a plurality of removable wet wipes. An elongated opening extends through the package body to the internal space for accessing and permitting dispensing of the removable wet wipes. A substantially self-closing, resealable label flap is positioned on the front surface of the package body to cover the opening formed therein. The label flap has a bottom surface provided with a sealing adhesive that creates a seal entirely around the periphery of the opening and permits repeated application and removal of the label flap relative to the package body. The label flap further has a starting tab non-adhesively positionable in contact with the front surface of the package body. An adhesive layer structure is provided on the rear surface of the package body for adhering the package body to a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Starliner, LLC
    Inventor: Mark H. Burgess
  • Patent number: 7178672
    Abstract: A package is provided with usefulness particularly for dispensing of towelettes. The package is constructed as a unitarily formed tub including a floor panel, a pair of opposite side panels, first and second end panels opposite one another and separating the side panels, the first and second end panels having different curvature one from another. An open mouth is formed opposite the floor panel. An outwardly projecting lip at least partially surrounds the open mouth. A cover is arranged over the open mouth and sealed against the lip. The package is capable of standing erect via support contact between a portion of the second end panel and a section of the lip. Graphics are printed on the cover. The asymmetric arrangement of the end panels and adjacent sections of the lip allow the package to stand erect preferentially on one of the end panels thereby orienting right-side up the graphics of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Daniel Arkins
  • Patent number: 7172092
    Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing plastic bags and process for manufacturing the same. The container includes a front panel extending from the top of the container to the bottom of the container and having a substantially smooth surface with no sharp bents. The container includes a funnel-shaped aperture for facilitating insertion of the plastic bags into the container in a compact and collapsed form. One embodiment of the container has a flat profile that allows the container to be mounted to a vertical surface in a space-saving manner and that helps minimize entanglement as more bags are inserted into the container. The container also includes an access opening for dispensing the plastic bags. Another embodiment of the container is a free-standing structure having a base that can be rested on a horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Myk Wayne Lum, Adam C. Wade
  • Patent number: 7028840
    Abstract: The invention relates to a package and method for storing and dispensing wet wipes in a pop-up format. A group of wet wipes are positioned in a container base between the container base and a pop-up style dispensing partition, each wipe in the group of wet wipes having a first visibility index. The container top has a second visibility index and the pop-up style dispensing partition has a third visibility index and the first visibility index is different than the third visibility index such that when the container top is closed the wipe from the group of wet wipes is visibly indicated at the container top as being in-position or not-in-position for pop-up dispensing as soon as the container top is next opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Hsiang Huang, Robert Samuel Schlaupitz, Mei-Chiung Huang, Rodney Carlton Christianson, Paige Annette Dellerman, Timothy Walter Shoaf
  • Patent number: 7004313
    Abstract: Disposable dispensers for stacks of tissue products are provided that include one or more odor control agents and one or more means for containing and releasing the odor control agents. When the means for containing and releasing the odor control agents is activated the odor control agents are released into the surrounding environment. The odor control agents include fragrant materials, odor-absorbing materials and materials that yield chemically active vapors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Mitchell, Debra Nell Welchel, Richard Ignatius Wolkowicz, Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 6978889
    Abstract: A wiper sheet packaging arrangement including an envelope package incorporating a mouth opening with at least one pair of adjacent columns of stacked folded wiper sheets with folded edges of the wiper sheets aligned in transverse relation to the mouth opening. The folded edges of the wiper sheets in adjacent columns are disposed in opposing relation to define a finger access channel between the adjacent columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Contec Inc.
    Inventor: John McBride
  • Patent number: 6910579
    Abstract: A flexible sheet container is provided that permits a user to quickly and easily feed a leading sheet. The container has a base portion that defines a storage area and a top covering the base portion. The top includes an opening into the storage area through which individual flexible sheets are dispensed. A pair of opposing flaps is pivotally attached to the top at their first ends and each extends toward the dispensing opening with its second end. The complementary second ends of the flaps together further define the dispensing opening while in a dispensing position. The flaps pivot inward toward the storage area to provide access through the opening into the storage area. As such, to feed a leading flexible sheet, a user may rotate the flaps inward, grab a leading flexible sheet, and pull it through the opening. During dispensing, the flaps rotate outward and retain subsequent sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Reinke, Charles W. Sears, Michael A. Susi, David H. Pitcher
  • Patent number: 6905025
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products GmbH
    Inventor: Emmanuelle Morin
  • Patent number: 6880704
    Abstract: A packaging wrapper, for handkerchiefs, baby care, household or other hygiene paper tissues and including 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 including at least part of the front wall covering the reclosable opening, with the lid having an outer side and an inner side, where the lid on its inner side is equipped with a fastening element 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Gunnar Bredahl
  • Publication number: 20040245139
    Abstract: A packaging container for accommodating at least two stacks of moist cloths or moist cosmetic pads. The moist cloths or moist cosmetic pads of different stacks overlap only in one partial area in such a manner that a moist cloth or cosmetic pad of one stack protrudes into the partial area while being situated between two moist cloths or cosmetic pads of the other stack. The packaging container has an external shape that corresponds to the external shape of the moist cloths or moist cosmetic pads located in overlapping areas while, however, deviating from the respective fundamental shape of the moist cloths or cosmetic pads. A removal opening is provided in a manual access area located on the overlapping area of the moist cloths or cosmetic pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Mangold, Angela Rompp
  • Publication number: 20040118431
    Abstract: A sealed packaging member includes a disposable wiping member for cleaning debris from a surface, such as, an eating utensil, a beverage container or a person's skin. The wiping member is sealed from exposure to the environment until unsealed by an associated operator. The wiping member may be saturated with purified water and contains no cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Robert R. Flynn
  • Publication number: 20040094437
    Abstract: A packaging system for display and distribution of products is disclosed in which a container with an interior has a window capable of displaying the products in the interior and a dispenser through which the products may be selectively removed from the container. The container also has one or more angled surfaces positioned in the interior to direct the movement of products within the container toward the window or the dispenser upon removal of some of the products from within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Robert W. Dailey
  • Patent number: 6726014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bundle (16) of stacked products (18) consisting of absorbent paper, of the type which comprises a sheet of flexible material, such as a plastic wrapping sheet (20), and of the type which comprises opening means making it possible to release a zone (86) for gripping at least one paper product (18) in order to extract it individually from the wrapping (20), and of the type of which the opening means comprise a flap (36) which is movable between an opening position and a closing position, covering the gripping zone (86), and which is a part of the wrapping sheet (20) delimited by a precut (72) or a cut of the wrapping sheet (20), characterized in that the precut (72) or cut is arranged in a corner (74) of the bundle (16) and comprises at least two portions which are connected to one another and which each extend over a separate face (22, 28) of the bundle (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventor: Pierre Laurent
  • Publication number: 20040016671
    Abstract: A moist paper towel package includes a stack of moist paper towels, a bag body, a cover member, a layer of releasable adhesive, and a membrane. The moist paper towels contain cleansing solution. The bag body has a top wall formed with an opening. The top wall further has an outer surface, an inner surface, and an adhering region on the outer surface around the opening. The membrane is adhered removably on the inner surface of the top wall so as to isolate the moist paper towels from the adhering region and so as to prevent the cleansing solution from damaging the releasable adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: KANG NA HSIUNG ENTERPRISE CO. LTD.
    Inventors: George Wang, Steven Tsai, Ricky Hsieh, Claire Chang
  • Patent number: 6681934
    Abstract: A package including at least one absorbent article and packaging. The packaging includes a flexible pocket having a hollow interior, an opening extending into the hollow interior, and a flap for covering the opening. At least one of the flap and the pocket includes a visual indicator for distinguishing an edge of the flap from the pocket to improve visual identification of the edge of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Alison B. Kolterjohn, Ann M. Nichols, Dawn M. Huffman, Brian G. Twitchell, James D. McManus, Dennis P. Laska
  • Patent number: 6609616
    Abstract: A portable and refillable flexible tissue dispensing container is provided. The container includes several sides, and an opening for dispensing tissues in a ready mode for grasping by a user. The dispenser may be linked to a ring binder or a key chain for portable use, and pulling one tissue from the container orients the next successive tissue in place for dispensing. A dispensing opening may be provided with a releasable closure such as velcro (hook and loop), snaps, plastic, or the like. In a further more compact arrangement, the tissue may be bi-folded before being loaded into the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca L. Dilnik, Dawn L. Houghton
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6595387
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing individual sheets of stack of adhesive coated sheets is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a carriage for receiving the stack of adhesive coated sheets; reciprocating means for intermittently driving the carriage from a first rest position to a second rest position and vice versa; and guiding means for directing the distal edge of a sheet from a guide input to a guide output as the carriage is driven by the reciprocating means from the first rest position to the second rest position or vice versa. The invention is useful for dispensing said sheets without requiring that each sheet be pulled through or drawn out the guide output under the force of the releasable adhesive bond between adjacent sheets. Using the invention, one may cause a sheet to be dispensed to a position where it is accessible to the user only when the sheet is actually needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventors: Harold M. Zimmermann, Michael Waters, Gary Reuther
  • Patent number: 6596681
    Abstract: An antibacterial cleaning wipe comprising a nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric is impregnated with a cleaning composition that provides a lasting antibacterial protection of hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Marianne Mahieu, Germaine Zocchi, Yasmine Cartiaux
  • Patent number: 6561354
    Abstract: Disclosed are cleaning sheets having substantial macroscopic three-dimensionality. Optionally, the macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheets can comprise a contractable material (e.g., a scrim material), which when heated and then cooled contracts so as to provide a macroscopic, three-dimensional structure. Macroscopic three-dimensionality is described in terms of “average peak-to-peak distance” and “surface topography index”, as well in terms of “average height differential”. Also disclosed are cleaning implements comprising a handle and the described cleaning sheets. Processes for the sheets, benefits of the processes, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 6547095
    Abstract: A coupon dispensing and containing device for use as a sweepstake's box that includes an outer box having at least one coupon-dispensing opening and at least one inner box affixed within the outer box, each of the at least one inner boxes containing coupons and having a coupon-exit opening aligned with a coupon-dispensing opening in the outer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Emoff
  • Patent number: 6540084
    Abstract: A compact portable pack for holding diapers, wet baby wipes, and reclosable disposable bags. The pack comprises a container base of plastic material comprising a rectangular sidewall and a partition wall. The rectangular sidewall extends between two opposing ends and includes pairs of parallel sides. The partition wall intersects all sides separating the container base into a wipe compartment at one end and a diaper compartment at the other end. The wipe compartment holds wet baby wipes while the diaper compartment holds diapers. Lids of plastic material are integrally hinged to the rectangular on different sides and at opposite ends of the container base. Each lid is movable between open and closed positions. In the closed position the lids engage the container base to close the diaper compartment and wipe compartment. A resilient clip is supported by the lid covering the diaper compartment and retains reclosable disposable bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Brian Silvers
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20030038041
    Abstract: This invention relates to containers suitable for dispensing wipes comprising a dispensing opening that extends over more than one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Marielle Jeannine Coletta Stulens, Rached Menif, Joris Jozef Gustaaf Tack
  • 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: 6475976
    Abstract: An antibacterial cleaning wipe comprising a nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric is impregnated with a cleaning composition that provides a lasting antibacterial protection of hard surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Marianne Mahieu, Germaine Zocchi, Yasmine Cartiaux
  • Patent number: 6446795
    Abstract: A packaged towelette is provided including a flexible sheet material sealed around a pre-moistened towelette, the flexible sheet material including a fin constructed to allow a user to grasp the fin and open the package without touching the towelette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Jan Allen, Kirsten Agee, Tsi-Neng Ying
  • 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: 6409044
    Abstract: There is provided a dispensing orifice. The edge surfaces of the orifice define a breadth and a width for the orifice. The ratio of the minimum breadth of the orifice to the thickness of a dispensed sheet is preferably about 8:1 to about 18:1. The ratio of the width of a dispensed sheet to the maximum width of the orifice is preferably about 2:1 to about 5:1. In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the sides of the orifice is curved. Moreover, at least one of the sides of the orifice preferably has a plurality of nodules extending a distance into the orifice. Preferably, the ratio of the minimum breadth of the orifice to the distance that the nodules extend into the orifice is about 2:1 to about 8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brown, Cathy Durden, Dane R Jackson
  • Publication number: 20020070141
    Abstract: A sheet package can prevent a sheet from causing damage upon dispensing the sheet through a dispensing opening without widening an opening width of the dispensing opening and providing extra gap within a package container. The sheet package includes a sheet stack, in which a plurality of folded sheets are stacked, received within a package container with a dispensing opening. Each individual sheet is folded into two-ply sheet along a first folding line, two sheets of the two-ply sheet are folded along a second folding line extending in parallel to the first folding line together for forming a folded sheet, a plurality of folded sheets are stacked in such a manner that a portion including the first folding line of a lower folded sheet is disposed within a valley folded portion of an upper folded sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Yukiko Iida
  • Publication number: 20020043473
    Abstract: A hygienic beverage can (10) that includes a lower concave surface (62), sides (64) and an upper surface (66) having a can opening seal (68) covered by a pivoting, finger pull-tab (70). The can (10) is designed to incorporate a sanitary towelette (12) and a sanitary can cover (40). The towelette (12) can be used by itself or in combination with the can cover (40). The towelette (12) is folded and hermetically sealed within a towelette enclosure (14) that is dimensioned to removably attached within the lower concave surface (62) of the can (10). The sanitary can cover (40) includes an upper section (42), which covers the entire upper surface (66) of the can (10), and an integral flange (40) that frictionally fits around the diameter of the can (10). The flange (40) includes a perforated tear-strip (46) that, when pulled and removed, the upper section (42) of the cover (40) can be separated from the flange (44) to expose the can's opening seal (68) and the pull-tab (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Yeung Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 6367654
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispenser box allowing for the removal of individual coupons without the chance of another coupon being removed at the same time. The dispenser comprises walls defining a cavity adapted to receive the stack of sheets, an opening through which the sheets may be individually dispensed, a flat bottom wall fitting within the dimensions of the four walls, and a resilient member to push the stack of sheets to the opening in the top wall of the dispenser. The device may also comprise a filler, a shouter for drawing attention to the dispenser, and a device for mounting the dispenser to a shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond Simpson
  • Publication number: 20020036153
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tissue paper case structure having an appropriate stacking restriction, comprising a case body and a lifting plate; wherein the case body has a corresponsive protruding member being disposed at a predetermined position on sidewalls at the top section; the lifting plate being disposed in the interior of the case body, and has a plurality of latch holes on both sides of the lifting plate; and the above structure constitutes the case structure. In addition, the lifting plate is placed into the case body so that both sides of the lifting plate pass through the upper flange of the protruding member at a predetermined height, and it allows a stack of neatly folded tissue paper sheets being placed in the case body, and a lid is used to cover the case body, so that the user can draw the tissue paper out from the opening of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventor: Chin-Ju Yang
  • Publication number: 20020029984
    Abstract: A new and improved toilet seat wipe is disclosed that will allow a user to effectively clean and sanitize a toilet seat before use. The toilet seat wipe would measure approximately four inches by six inches and would be impregnated with a disinfecting cleaning solution. It would be used to wipe any surface in a public restroom, especially the toilet seat, and then flushed away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventor: Lisa Hughes
  • Patent number: 6309105
    Abstract: A pack has a body (11) defining a cavity for receiving articles such as wet wipes. The body (11) is provided with a slit (13) which is non-rectilinear and which has first and second ends, for example V-shaped. A sealing member (15) covers the slit and is resealably adhered to the body on both sides of the slit, whereby to provide a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Gianfranco Palumbo
  • Patent number: 6267263
    Abstract: A pop-up coupon dispenser for small sheets which can have a repositionable adhesive is provided with a flexible plastic cable tie. The dispenser includes a box filled with such sheets having an adhesive stripe along one margin and stacked in accordion fashion, the sheets being printed as manufacturer's coupons supplied to a retailer who attaches the box by the cable tie to a wire rack, to a cardboard display or other suitable support, such as a shelf, and cuts off the excess end of the cable tie. Customers can remove the coupons one-at-a-time and affix them by their adhesive backing to the product for which the coupon is redeemable. A check-out cashier can, therefore, immediately determine that the purchaser is purchasing the product for which the coupon was issued. The dispenser box may also be provided with a conventional shelf clip connected to the bottom of the dispenser box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventors: Michael J. Emoff, Mary Jayne Miller
  • Patent number: 6250495
    Abstract: A wet tissue product composed of a stacked body of folded wet tissues and a container or package housing the stacked body is disclosed. The folded wet tissues fall into two groups; a first-group of folded wet tissues and a second-group of folded wet tissues. Each of the first-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue in two generally along a centerline thereof to have an upper half and a lower half, and each of the second-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue with one edge thereof upward and the other edge thereof downward, to have an upper folded portion, a lower folded portion and an intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Bando
  • 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: 6202845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wet wipes for use in wiping surfaces in the home and in industry, in addition to their use on the human body such as for baby wipes, make-up removal and other skin care applications. The wet wipes (1) are folded and interleaved with one another to provide an improved stacking configuration whereby each wipe can be readily singly separated from the wet wipe stack (23) by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Simon D. J. Hill
  • Patent number: 6196390
    Abstract: A wet tissue product composed of a stacked body of folded wet tissues and a container or package housing the stacked body in which each of the folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue with one edge thereof upward and the other edge thereof downward along folding line portions to have an upper folded portion, a lower folded portion and an intermediate portion between the upper and lower folded portions. The folded wet tissues are consecutively combined such that the folding line portion forming the lower folded portion of the upper wet tissue is sandwiched between the upper folded portion and the intermediate portion of the succeeding lower wet tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Bando
  • Patent number: 6170653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-phase layer system with packaging, characterized in that a first layer (3) which forms an outer wall, a second layer (11) which forms a separating layer and a third layer (14) forming another outer wall are provided. A moist layer (4) is placed between the first (3) and the second layer (11) and a dry layer (13) is placed between the second (11) and the third (14) layer. All directly adjacent layers have a common, interconnected preferably soldered area. In addition, the sides of the second (11) and third (14) layer which face the inner area surrounded by the first (3) and second (11) layers are air-tight and moisture-proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Barbara Panzner
  • Patent number: 6152322
    Abstract: A cap for use on containers to selectively dispense individual pre-moistened tissues from a web of perforated tissues. The cap is removably secured to a container body having a top portion with a depending annular flange on its peripheral edge and a dispensing recess centered within. An integral access lid extends from the top portion for sealing registration over the dispensing recess. A dispensing outlet is formed within the dispensing recess through which the tissues may be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: Michael Marino
  • Patent number: 6138867
    Abstract: A towelette container and a closure for the towelette container that includes a well that is sized and shaped to contain a portion of a towelette extending out of the container and that further includes a selectively movable cover having an opening defined therein that, when brought into alignment with the well, permits access to a towelettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Hercules Chemical Company Incorporated
    Inventor: Stanley K. Stelmack
  • 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: 6109430
    Abstract: A wet tissue product composed of a stacked body of folded wet tissues and a container or package housing the stacked body in which each of the folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue with opposite edges thereof to the same side along folding line portions to have a first folded portion, a second folded portion and an intermediate portion between the upper and lower folded portions. The folded wet tissues are consecutively combined such that the folding line portion forming the second folded portion of the upper wet tissue is sandwiched between the first folded portion and the intermediate portion of the lower wet tissue, and the second folded portion of the upper wet tissue and the first folded portion of the lower wet tissue are in face-to-face contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Bando, Yukiko Iida, Yoshikazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6082534
    Abstract: A prepackaged disposable towelette and saline solution each separably held within separate sealed chambers or compartments of a disposable sealed package. The towelette is presaturated with a neutralizing solution so that, as finger residue is rubbed off and absorbed into the fabric of the towelette, the finger skin pH is also substantially neutralized which minimizes eye irritation each time a contact lens user reinstalls each contact lens. The saline solution rewets each contact lens before contact lens installation to further reduce eye irritation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Richard Scott Dotson
  • 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: 6041928
    Abstract: An inner packaging for sterilized abdominal towels packed in an outer packaging includes an essentially rectangular sheet of material having pairs of mutually opposing first edges and mutually opposing second edges which are folded around a bundle of abdominal towels placed on the sheet such that a first part of the sheet which includes one of the first edges covers a substantial part of the abdominal towels, and a second part of the sheet which includes the second of the first edges covers part of the inwardly folded first part of the sheet, and such that those sections of each edge in the pair of second edges included in the first and the second inwardly folded sheet-parts lie substantially in line with remaining sections of the second edge concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Molnlycke Health Care AB
    Inventors: Erkki Jousinen, Lennart Nilsson, Ulf Johannisson, Staffan Kuse
  • 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