Container for cotton swabs
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1. A container for swabs comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber with an opening for receiving and containing a plurality of swabs therein;
a hinged lid for alternately opening and closing said opening of said housing, said lid being connected to said housing by a hinge and said lid being capable of moving in a substantially rotational motion pivoting about said hinge, moving between a closed position and an open position relative to said opening of said housing;
a translationally movable internal support member movably disposed within said chamber for supporting said swabs, said support member being capable of moving substantially translationally between a first position in which said swabs do not substantially protrude from said opening, and a second position in which said swabs substantially protrude from said opening; and
,a mechanism rigidly connected to the lid and disposed to engage in movable contact with the support member, the mechanism linking the rotational motion of said lid to at least partially cause movement of said support member such that the support member is disposed in the first position when the lid is in the closed position and the support member is disposed in the second position when the lid is in the open position;
whereby in the first position the mechanism is not in contact with the support member and in the second position the mechanism is in contact with the support memberwhereby the mechanism creates a camming effect in its movable contact with said support member to cammingly move the support member.
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A container for swabs with and opening, a hinged lid and a movable internal support member. The movable support member is mechanically linked to the lid so that the support member moves up when the lid is opened so that the swabs protrude from the opening. Grasping a swab is thus facilitated.
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20 Claims
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1. A container for swabs comprising:
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a housing defining a chamber with an opening for receiving and containing a plurality of swabs therein; a hinged lid for alternately opening and closing said opening of said housing, said lid being connected to said housing by a hinge and said lid being capable of moving in a substantially rotational motion pivoting about said hinge, moving between a closed position and an open position relative to said opening of said housing; a translationally movable internal support member movably disposed within said chamber for supporting said swabs, said support member being capable of moving substantially translationally between a first position in which said swabs do not substantially protrude from said opening, and a second position in which said swabs substantially protrude from said opening; and
,a mechanism rigidly connected to the lid and disposed to engage in movable contact with the support member, the mechanism linking the rotational motion of said lid to at least partially cause movement of said support member such that the support member is disposed in the first position when the lid is in the closed position and the support member is disposed in the second position when the lid is in the open position; whereby in the first position the mechanism is not in contact with the support member and in the second position the mechanism is in contact with the support member whereby the mechanism creates a camming effect in its movable contact with said support member to cammingly move the support member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A swab dispensing system comprising:
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at least one swab; containing means for containing said at least one swab;
said containing means including covering means for covering the at least one swab within the containing means, the covering means being rotatably connected to the containing means to alternately open and close the containing means;a movable internal support means for supporting the at least one swab; whereby the movable internal support means is operatively mechanically linked to the covering means by a rigid camming means on the covering means, the rigid camming means creating a camming effect in its movable contact with said support means to cammingly move the support means such that rotational movement of the covering means causes translational movement of the movable support means; and whereby operative mechanical linkage of the covering means by the rigid camming means to the internal support means is such that the camming means is movable between a first position in which the camming means is not contact with the support means and a second position in which the camming means is in contact with the support means.
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18. A method for dispensing swabs comprising:
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providing a container having at least one swab disposed therein, the container having an opening and lid rotatably connected to the container to alternately open and close the container opening;
the container also having a movable internal support member disposed therein for supporting the at least one swab;moving the lid from a closed position to an open position, whereby the movable internal support member also moves in response to movement of the lid, the support member being operatively mechanically linked to the lid by a rigid camming member on the lid, the rigid camming member creating a camming effect in its movable contact with said support member to cammingly move the support member such that rotational movement of the lid causes translational movement of the movable support member, the camming member being disposed to be movable between a first position in which the camming member is not in contact with the support member and a second position in which the camming member is in contact with the support member, the movement of the lid causing a protrusion of the at least one swab from the opening of the container; removing at least one swab from the container. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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