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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Gary A Shangold, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joel Lippman, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for housing a plurality of applicators in a hygienic cavity and dispensing said plurality of applicators from said cavity. The apparatus includes a container for holding said plurality of applicators, a support structure for the plurality of applicators, a reservoir in fluid communication with the hygienic cavity, said reservoir being situated to facilitate wetting said plurality of applicators with said fluid during said dispensing; an aperture generally adjacent to said reservoir; said plurality of applicators traversing said aperture during said dispensing; and a dispenser structure actuable by a user from outside said container to engage at least one applicator of said plurality of applicators for causing advancement of said at least one applicator through said aperture to effect said dispensing.