Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Mounted coil holder or spindle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-12
2003-12-09
Marcelo, Emmanuel (Department: 3654)
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Mounted coil holder or spindle
Reexamination Certificate
active
06659391
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the use of wet or premoistened products alone or in conjunction with other products or systems to dispense such products.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Wet products such as wet wipes have many applications. They may be used with small children and infants when changing diapers, they may be used for household cleaning tasks, they may be used for cleaning hands, they may be used as a bath tissue, they may be used as by a caregiver to clean a disabled or incontinent adult, or they may be used in and for a whole host of other applications, where it is advantages to have a wipe or towel that has some wetness or moisture in it.
Wet wipes have been traditionally dispensed in sheet form from a tub like container with a hinged lid on the top. The lid is opened and individual or singularized sheets of the wipes are removed. Another type of container that has been used for wet wipes provides a roll of wipes in which the wipes are pulled from the top of the container in a direction that is parallel to the axis of the roll. These wipes are pulled from the center of a hollow coreless roll that has perforated sheets. These containers generally have a snap top lid that is opened to expose a piece of the wipes that can then be pulled to remove the desired amount of wipes. Once pulled out the wipes can then be torn off, usually at a perforation, and the lid closed.
Wet wipes can be any wipe, towel, tissue or sheet like product including natural fibers, synthetic fibers, synthetic material and combinations thereof, that is wet or moist or becomes wet during use or prior to use. Wet wipes may be dispersible when in contact with water or may be nondipsersible. Examples of wet wipes are disclosed in application Ser. Nos. 09/564,449; 09/564,213; 09/565,125; 09/564,837; 09/564,939; 091564,531; 09/564,268; 09/564,424; 09/564,780; 09/564,212; 09/565,623 all filed May 4, 2000, and application Ser. No. 09/223,999 entitled ion-Sensitive Hard Water Dispersible Polymers And Applications Therefore, filed Dec. 31, 1998 the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Embodiments of dispensers are described in application Ser. No. 09/659,307 filed Sep. 12, 2000, having the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; mounting a wet wipes dispenser in the toilet tissue dispenser, the wet wipes dispenser having an opening; securing the wipes dispenser to the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface such that the wipes dispenser does not move substantially during use; inserting a container of wet wipes; threading the wipes through the wipes dispenser opening; and removing wet wipes from the wipes dispenser.
These embodiments may further comprise engaging the wet wipes dispenser with the posts of the toilet tissue dispenser by means of a mounting assembly; and/or applying pressure to the posts of the toilet tissue dispenser and the at least one surface by adjusting a screw in a mounting assembly. The wipes dispenser may be rigidly, removably, and adjustably secured to the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface; the securing may be such that the wipes dispenser does not substantially move over a period of 10 minutes when subjected to a force of at least 500 g, to a force of at least 800 g, and/or to a force of at least 1100 g.
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; mounting a wet wipes dispenser in the toilet tissue dispenser by means of a mounting assembly, the mounting assembly having arms and a screw, the wet wipes dispenser having an opening; inserting a container of wet wipes; threading the wipes through the wipes dispenser opening; and removing wet wipes from the wipes dispenser.
These embodiments may further comprise the method wherein the arms and screw are adjustable; wherein the screw passes through the body of the mounting assembly perpendicular to the direction of motion of the arms; wherein the mounting comprises engaging the arms of the mounting assembly with the posts of the toilet tissue dispenser; wherein the mounting comprises adjusting the screw in the mounting assembly such that pressure is applied to the posts of the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface; wherein the wipes dispenser is rigidly, removably, and adjustably secured to the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface; and/or wherein the mounting is such that the wipes dispenser does not substantially move over a period of 10 minutes when subjected to a force of at least 500 g, to a force of at least 800 g, and/or to a force of at least 1100 g.
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; securing a wet wipes dispenser to the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface by means of a screw in a mounting assembly, the wet wipes dispenser having an opening; inserting a container of wet wipes; threading the wipes through the wipes dispenser opening; and removing wet wipes from the wipes dispenser.
These embodiments may further comprise the method wherein the securing comprises applying pressure to the posts of the toilet tissue dispenser and the at least one surface by adjusting the screw in the mounting assembly; a thread design that requires 6 turns to move the screw a distance of 1 inch through the mounting assembly; the screw comprises a large head; and/or the securing is such that the wipes dispenser does not substantially move over a period of 10 minutes when subjected to a force of at least 500 g, to a force of at least 800 g, and/or to a force of at least 1100 g.
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; mounting a wet wipes dispenser in the toilet tissue dispenser by means of a mounting assembly, the wet wipes dispenser having an opening; inserting a container of wet wipes; threading the wipes through the wipes dispenser opening; and removing wet wipes from the wipes dispenser.
These embodiments may further comprise the method wherein the container of wet wipes is removed from a plurality of containers; wherein the container comprises a cover that is at least partially removable; wherein the wet wipes dispenser comprises guides and a dispenser cover; wherein the threading comprises placing one end of the wipes on the guides and closing the dispenser cover; wherein the dispenser comprises recesses; wherein the removing comprises grasping the wipe in the area exposed by the recesses; and/or wherein the removing comprises separating the wipes at perforations.
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; mounting a wet wipes dispenser in the toilet tissue dispenser by means of a mounting assembly, the wet wipes dispenser having wet wipes and an opening; and removing wet wipes from the dispenser.
In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes comprising: removing a spindle from a toilet tissue dispenser; mounting a wet wipes dispenser in the toilet tissue dispenser by means of a mounting assembly; the wet wipes dispenser comprising an interior, an opening, guides, a cover, and a wiper blade; opening a container of wet wipes, the container having a wipes cover; inserting a container of wet wipes into the wet wipes dispenser; threading the wipes through the dispenser opening; and removing wet wipes from the dispenser.
These embodiments may further comprise the method wherein the wipes dispenser is rigidly, removably, and adjustably secured to the toilet tissue dispenser and at least one surface; wherein the opening the container comprises removing the wipes cover from the container; wherein the openi
Bochmann Cherry A.
DeGreen Gerald P.
Dellerman Paige Annette
Faulks Michael John
Huang Yung Hsiang
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Marcelo Emmanuel
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