Lid Piercer and Kit

• US 20130140310A1
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Lien, Khoa T., Lin, Brian E.
• Application Number:
  US13/310,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20130140310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/260
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/24 Hole-piercing devices

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a lid piercer that pierces or punctures the lid of a small container. The container may hold a filler that is a liquid, gel, powder or granules needed for a specific task. The lid piercer is desirably usable with one hand. Also provided is an oral care kit that contains the lid piercer; such a kit includes a bag containing implements needed to perform oral care for a patient. The kit also has a container of oral care solution and the container is made from a cup with a top or lid covering it. The kit also has a lid piercer disposed in relation to the container such that a user may bend the tip of the lid piercer into the top of the container to pierce the top and release the oral care solution.

Claims

1. A lid piercer for a container comprising a central opening adapted to accept said container and formed in a body, said body further comprising a tip adapted to pierce a top of said container.

2. The lid piercer of claim 1 wherein said container holds between 5 and 50 mL of a filler.

3. The lid piercer of claim 1 having a body made from a thin plastic material.

4. The lid piercer of claim 1 wherein said body is made from a polyolefin.

5. The lid piercer of claim 1 wherein said tip is formed at an angle of between 90 and 110 degrees.

6. The lid piercer of claim 1 wherein said lid piercer can be used to pierce the top of said container by a user using only one hand.

7. The lid piercer of claim 1 wherein said filler is selected from the group consisting of food ingredients, beverages, chemicals, topically applied substances and medicaments.

8. A kit for oral care, the kit comprising a bag containing;

implements needed to perform oral care for a patient;

a container of oral care solution having a cup and a top covering said cup and;

a lid piercer disposed in relation to said container such that a user may bend a tip of said lid piercer into the top of said container to pierce said top.

9. The kit of claim 8 wherein said implements have a distal end that comprises a material that absorbs liquid.

10. The kit of claim 8 wherein said oral care solution flows to a bottom of said bag and contacts the distal end of said implements after said top is pierced by said tip.

11. The kit of claim 8 wherein said bag is sealed on all sides and has a frangible region on an upper portion.

12. The kit of claim 8 wherein said tip forms an angle between 30 and 150 degrees.

13. The kit of claim 8 wherein said tip forms an angle between 60 and 120 degrees.

14. The kit of claim 8 wherein said tip forms an angle between 90 and 110 degrees.

15. The kit of claim 8 wherein said lid piercer can be used to pierce the top of said container by a user using only one hand.

16. The kit of claim 8 wherein the top of said container is made from foil or plastic.

17. The kit of claim 8 wherein said container holds between 5 and 50 mL of liquid.