Hygienic sanitary towel

• US 5,535,886 A
• Filed: 03/07/1995
• Issued: 07/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard L. Huffer
• Original Assignee: Richard L. Huffer
• Inventors: Huffer, Richard L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S.
• Application Number:
  US08/399,915
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 428/121, 428/126, 428/174-180, 162/109, 162/116, 206/494, 206/491
• US Class Current: 206/494
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/02 Towels made of paper A47K10/16; woven fabrics D03D; non-woven fabrics D04H
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 15/001 Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels A61F15/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/03 3 layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/26 All layers being made of paper or paperboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2555/00 Personal care
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 29/005 next to another layer of paper or cardboard layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/30 characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/02 characterised by structural features of a fibrous or filamentary layer layer formed of metallic wires B32B15/02; layer formed of natural mineral fibres B32B19/02; layer formed of wood fibres B32B21/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2419 Fold at edge
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24231 At opposed marginal edges
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24628 Nonplanar uniform thickness material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24678 Waffle-form

Abstract

A hygienic sanitary towel of a rectangular planar shape formed of a first outer sheet, a second outer sheet, and a third inner sheet sandwiched between the outer sheets in a stacked registered press-fit relation and with each sheet formed of an absorbent pressed fiber material.

Claims

1. A hygienic sanitary towel and dispenser apparatus comprising, in combination:

a plurality of planar flexible towels, each towel having a having rectangular shape with a length of between about 41/2 inches to 45/8 inches and a width of between about 41/4 inches to 41/2 inches, each towel including a first outer sheet, a second outer sheet, and a third inner sheet sandwiched between the outer sheets in a stacked registered press-fit relation, each sheet of each towel formed of an absorbent paper material and with the first sheet of each towel having an outboard surface with a plurality of dome-shaped textured regions protruding therefrom in a matrix-like configuration for allowing a user a firm grip, each towel further having a pair of parallel linear folds formed longitudinally thereon and with the folds defining a pair of outboard sections with an inboard section therebetween and with the towels positionable in a stacked configuration with an outboard section of a given towel interposed between an outboard and an inboard section of an adjacent towel;

a rigid box-shaped plastic towel dispenser for receiving and holding the stacked configuration of towels therein for subsequent dispensation, the towel dispenser having a planar back wall with an inboard surface, an outboard surface, and a periphery interconnecting the surfaces formed of a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges extended therebetween, a latch formed on the midpoint of top edge, and a plurality of through holes formed thereon for receipt of fasteners for securing the back wall to a recipient surface such as a wall, the towel dispenser further having a lid hingably coupled to the back wall near the bottom edge thereof, the lid including a planar front wall with a border extended peripherally outwards therefrom to define an interior for receiving the stacked configuration of towels and an opening for allowing access to the interior for removal or replacement of towels, the border formed of a planar top wall, a planar bottom wall, and a pair of opposed planar side walls extended therebetween, the front wall additionally including a port thereon for viewing the stacked configuration of towels within the interior, the top wall additionally including a key-actuated lock coupled thereto and with the lock removably securable to the latch on the back wall to secure the lid to the back wall and thereby seal the opening while simultaneously placing the stacked configuration of towels in an orientation for use, the bottom wall additionally including an elongated slot formed thereon for allowing an individual towel to be dispensed from the interior wherein the first outer sheet is shaped so as to define a plurality of dome-shaped textured regions all projecting in a single direction from an exterior surface thereof, the textured regions each having a cross-stitched structure defining alternating high and low elongated areas extending in both longitudinal and transverse directions along only the textured regions, with areas between the textured regions not having the cross-stitched structure.

2. A hygienic sanitary towel of a rectangular shape comprising:

a first outer sheet having an interior surface and an exterior surface;

a second outer sheet positioned in a stacked and registered orientation over the first outer sheet;

a third inner sheet interposed between the first outer sheet and the second outer sheet, the third inner sheet being positioned in a stacked and registered orientation over the first and second outer sheets, the third inner sheet being positioned in an abutting orientation with the interior surface of the first outer sheet;

wherein the first outer sheet is shaped so as to define a plurality of dome-shaped textured regions all projecting in a single direction from the exterior surface of the first outer sheet, the textured regions each having a cross-stitched structure defining alternating high and low elongated areas extending in both longitudinal and transverse directions along only the textured regions, with areas between the textured regions not having the cross-stitched structure.