One-handed wipes dispenser

• US 10,638,892 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Bois, Dimitri, Duronsoy, Simon, Laffin, Florent
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford, Gene O
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ojofeitimi, Ayodeji T
• Application Number:
  US15/606,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: 221 47, 221 33- 63, 206449, 206607, 206613, 206621, 206629
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/42 dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/421 dispensing from the top of the dispenser A47K10/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3233 Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3266 Wet wipes
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2201/00 Details of connections of bathroom accessories, e.g. fixing soap or towel holder to a wall
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2575/565 means explicitly used for suspending
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2575/586 with means for reclosing
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/56 Handles or other suspension means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5894 Preformed openings provided in a wall portion and covered by a separate removable flexible element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0805 through an aperture in a wall

Abstract

A dispensing package and method of using a dispensing package, the dispensing package including interior region defined by a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a back surface, a first side and a second side; the top surface including an aperture for access to the interior region, the top surface being releasably sealed by a top cover; the bottom surface having a coating of an adhesive area on at least a portion of the bottom surface, where the adhesive area is releasably covered by a leaflet, where the leaflet has an area at least as large as the adhesive area, and where the leaflet is secured to the bottom surface of the package at a leaflet securement area.

Claims

1. A dispensing package comprising:

a. an interior region comprising at least one wipe, the interior region being defined by a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a back surface, a first side and a second side;

b. the dispensing package including a single aperture, the single aperture located on the top surface for access to the interior region, the top surface being releasably sealed by a top cover; and

c. the bottom surface having a coating of an adhesive area on at least a portion of the bottom surface, wherein the adhesive area is releasably covered by a leaflet, where the leaflet has an area at least as large as the adhesive area, and wherein the leaflet is secured to the bottom surface of the package at a leaflet securement area, wherein the leaflet securement area comprises the anti-adhesive surface of the leaflet being free of the anti-adhering coating at the leaflet securement area,

wherein the leaflet securement area comprises an adhesive material that adheres the leaflet securement area to the adhesive area, wherein the leaflet securement area is strong enough to secure the leaflet to the dispenser repeatedly and withstand a force impacted when a user pulls the leaflet away from the bottom surface;

wherein the adhering strength of the adhesive material in the leaflet securement area is stronger than that of the adhesive strength of the adhesive used to secure the anti-adhesive coated surface of the leaflet,

wherein the leaflet may be separated from at least a portion of the adhesive area while the leaflet securement area is maintained with the leaflet secured to the adhesive area at the leaflet securement area,

wherein the leaflet remains secured to the dispensing package such that the adhesive area can be re-covered with the leaflet, wherein re-covering the adhesive area prevents the dispensing package from being inadvertently secured to surfaces in between uses, and wherein uncovering the leaflet enables re-use of the adhesive area when desired,

wherein a force required to separate the top cover from the aperture is lower than a force required to separate the leaflet from the adhesive area, and

wherein a size of the adhesive area is large enough to hold the dispensing package for at least two weeks on a substantially flat surface to which it may be secured, while ensuring that the top cover can be opened without undesired release of the dispensing device from the substantially flat surface to which it may be secured.

2. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the package is made of a polymeric material.

3. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the top cover is releasably secured to the top surface via an adhesive.

4. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the aperture is sealed when the top cover is secured to the top surface.

5. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the leaflet is made from the same material as the bottom surface of the dispensing package.

6. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the force required to separate the top cover from the aperture is lower than the force required to unstick the adhesive area from a substantially flat surface to which it is secured.

7. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the adhesive area comprises an acrylic polymer material.

8. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the coating of adhesive area contains pressure sensitive adhesive.

9. The dispensing package of claim 2, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesives is selected from the group consisting of elastomeric block copolymers, natural rubber, butyl rubber and polyisobutylene, acrylic polymers, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), polyisoprene, polyalphaolefins, and polyacrylates, thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymers including styrene-isoprene (SI), styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), ethylene-propylene-diene, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), and styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene (SEPS), polyvinyl ethers, ethylene containing copolymers including ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylacrylate, and ethyl methacrylate, polyurethanes, polyamides, polyepoxides, polyvinylpyrrolidones and copolymers thereof, polyvinylalcohols and copolymers thereof, polyesters, and combinations thereof.

10. The dispensing package of claim 1, wherein the leaflet includes an anti-adhesive surface and an opposed non-adhered surface, with the anti-adhesive surface being in contact with the adhesive area when the leaflet covers the adhesive area.

11. The dispensing package of claim 10, wherein the anti-adhesive surface of the leaflet comprises an anti-adhering coating of silicone or teflon on the leaflet.

12. A method of using a dispensing package, comprising the steps of:

a. grasping a package with at least one hand, the package including;

i. an interior region comprising at least one wipe, the interior region being defined by a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a back surface, a first side and a second side;

ii. the top surface including an aperture for access to the interior region, the top surface being releasably sealed by a top cover; and

iii. the bottom surface having a coating of an adhesive area on at least a portion of the bottom surface, wherein the adhesive area is releasably covered by a leaflet, where the leaflet has an area at least as large as the adhesive area, and wherein the leaflet is secured to the bottom surface of the package at a leaflet securement area, wherein the leaflet securement area comprises the anti-adhesive surface of the leaflet being free of the anti-adhering coating at the leaflet securement area, and wherein the leaflet securement area comprises an adhesive material that adheres the leaflet securement area to the adhesive area,

wherein the leaflet may be separated from at least a portion of the adhesive area while the leaflet securement area is maintained with the leaflet secured to the adhesive area at the leaflet securement area,

wherein the leaflet remains secured to the dispensing package such that the adhesive area can be re-covered with the leaflet, wherein re-covering the adhesive area prevents the dispensing package from being inadvertently secured to surfaces in between uses, and wherein uncovering the leaflet enables re-use of the adhesive area when desired,

wherein the leaflet securement area is strong enough to secure the leaflet to the dispenser repeatedly and withstand the force impacted when a user pulls the leaflet away from the bottom surface, wherein the adhering strength of an adhesive material in the leaflet securement area is stronger than that of the adhesive used to secure the anti-adhesive coated surface of the leaflet;

b. separating at least a portion of the leaflet from the adhesive area; and

c. attaching the adhesive area to an adhered surface, the adhered surface being selected from one of;

furniture, tile, wall, floor, or carpet,

wherein a force required to separate the top cover from the aperture is lower than a force required to separate the leaflet from the adhesive area,

wherein a size of the adhesive area is large enough to hold the dispensing package for at least two weeks on a substantially flat surface to which it may be secured, while ensuring that the top cover can be opened without undesired release of the dispensing device from the substantially flat surface to which it may be secured.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the leaflet includes an anti-adhesive surface and an opposed non-adhered surface, with the anti-adhesive surface being in contact with the adhesive area when the leaflet covers the adhesive area.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the adhesive area comprises an acrylic polymer.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the anti-adhesive surface of the leaflet comprises an anti-adhering coating of silicone or teflon on the leaflet.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

d. separating at least a portion of the top cover from the top surface, thereby opening the aperture and allowing access to the interior region.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of:

e. removing a wipe from the interior region of the package.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

f. securing the top cover to the top surface, thereby sealing the aperture;

g. unsticking the adhesive area from the adhered surface; and

h. placing the leaflet on the adhesive area, thereby covering the adhesive area with the leaflet.