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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Brian C. McCachren, Cumming, GA (US);
Andrew J. Thomson, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/38 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/38 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing absorbent product having an outer cover having a first cover portion, a second cover portion and an interior region configured to hold the absorbent product and at least partially defined by one or more of the first and second cover portions, wherein the first cover portion is removably engaged to at least a portion of the second cover portion along a cover joint; and wherein the outer cover includes a hydrophobic section proximate the cover joint to direct any liquid on the cover near the cover joint away from the cover joint.