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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2016
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Scott Richard Lange, Appleton, WI (US);
Dylan Lee Wudtke, Appleton, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A storing and dispensing container includes a stack of moist wipes, a film pouch, and a rigid flip top that has a lid connected to a flange by a hinge. The flange is affixed to an outer surface of the pouch and surrounds a dispensing orifice. The flange can assume bent and unbent states. The flange has first and second hinges that each extend along a first bending axis, such than when a top wipe is extracted from the package through the dispensing orifice, the first bending axis is pulled away from the stack, and the flange bends about the first bending axis to assume the bent state. In particular embodiments, the hinges can be defined by areas of reduced flange thickness, reduced flange width, and/or reduced flange rigidity. The flange can include a plurality of strengthening ribs, and hinges can be defined by gaps in the ribs.