Pressed tablet tissue application box

• US 9,205,032 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ozsoy Organik Temizlik Urunleri Pazarlama Sanayi Ve Ticaret Limited Sirketti
• Original Assignee: Ozsoy Organik Ternizlik Urunler Pazarlama Sanayi VE Ticaret Limited Sirketi
• Inventors: Aydeniz, Hailil
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINERTH, GIDEON R
• Application Number:
  US13/812,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20130270149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 206/210, 206/494, 206/219, 206/568, 206/221, 206/222, 220/281, 220/4.21, 220/255, 220/255.1, 221/96, 215/DIG.8, 426/112, 426/113, 604/2, 604/3, 222212-215, 401/266, 401/261
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/16 Paper towels; Toilet paper; Holders therefor dispensers A47K10/32
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/32 Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/0208 Tissues; Wipes; Patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/006 using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3222 with additional means facilitating admixture
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/08 for dispensing thin flat articles in succession towel dispensers intended for re-use A47K10/24; dispensers for surgical scalpel blades A61B17/3215

Abstract

A pressed sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser comprised of a main body which defines nested inner and outer housing walls. The outer housing wall houses a quantity of liquid which is adapted to initially be isolated from a volume defined by the inner housing wall which houses the dry tissue. In one embodiment, the inner and outer housing walls are covered on their lower ends by a lower cover, and the upper ends of the inner and outer housing walls are covered on their upper ends by an upper cover. The upper cover may be a foil sheet. The liquid is permitted to enter the volume defined by the inner housing wall and become absorbed by the tissue upon the exertion of force on the upper cover, which causes the tissue to press against and deflect the lower cover in such a manner as to cause the lower cover to dislodge from sealing engagement with the inner cylinder.

Claims

1. A sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser comprised of:

a main body defined by inner and outer housing walls, a liquid reservoir volume between the inner and outer housing walls defining a liquid reservoir, a tissue storage volume within the inner housing wall defining a tissue storage reservoir;

a lower cover adapted to cover open lower ends of the inner and outer housing walls;

a pierceable upper cover adapted to cover open upper ends of the inner and outer housing walls;

the lower cover defining an inner shoulder adapted to sealingly but disengagingly nest within the open lower end of the inner housing wall and an outer shoulder adapted to sealingly nest with the open lower end of the outer housing wall, the lower cover being sealingly connected to the open lower end of the outer housing wall;

a quantity of liquid housed within the liquid reservoir; and

a tissue housed within the tissue storage reservoir.

2. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 1, wherein the upper cover is a pierceable foil sheet sealingly connected to upper peripheral edges of the inner and outer housing walls, and the lower cover is a flexible disc.

3. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 1, wherein:

the liquid is permitted to enter the tissue storage reservoir and become absorbed by the tissue upon the exertion of force on the upper cover, which causes the tissue to press against and deflect the lower cover in such a manner as to cause the inner shoulder to dislodge from the inner housing wall while the outer shoulder remains in substantially the same position.

4. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 1, wherein:

the lower cover has a convex shape when the inner shoulder is nested with the inner housing wall, and takes either a concave or flat shape when the tissue is pressed against and deflects the lower cover such that the quantity of liquid in the liquid reservoir interacts with the tissue.

5. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a sealing sheet placed between the lower cover and the tissue storage reservoir.

6. A sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser comprised of:

a main body which includes nested inner and outer housing walls, a liquid reservoir being defined by a volume between the inner and outer housing walls, a tissue storage reservoir being defined by the inner housing wall, the liquid reservoir housing a quantity of liquid which is isolated from the tissue storage reservoir, a lower cover defining an inner shoulder adapted to sealingly but disengagingly nest with the inner housing wall and an outer shoulder that remains substantially in the same position while in use adapted to sealingly nest with the outer housing wall, the lower cover being sealingly connected to the outer housing wall of the main body, and an upper cover.

7. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 6, further comprising:

an upper cover adapted to cover open upper ends of the inner and outer housing walls; and

the lower cover further adapted to cover open lower ends of the inner and outer housing walls.

8. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 6, wherein:

the upper cover is a pierceable foil sheet sealingly connected to upper peripheral edges of the inner and outer housing walls; and

the lower cover is a flexible disc defining an outer shoulder which nests with a lower peripheral edge of the outer housing wall, and an inner shoulder which nests with a lower peripheral edge of the inner housing wall.

9. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 6, wherein:

the liquid is permitted to enter the tissue storage reservoir and become absorbed by the tissue upon the exertion of force on and piercing of the upper cover, which causes the tissue to press against and deflect the lower cover in such a manner as to cause the inner shoulder to dislodge from the inner housing wall.

10. The sanitary tissue receptacle and dispenser of claim 7, further comprising a foil sheet placed between the lower cover and the tissue storage reservoir.