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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick Allan Buck, Neenah, WI (US);
Andrew Kuo, Appleton, WI (US);
Yvette Lynn Hammonds, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
John David Amundson, Crawley, GB;
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 7/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 7/300 ;
Abstract
A container for wet wipes includes a pop-up style dispensing means formed by a rigid port which surrounds a flexible, rubber-like material or sheet having one or more slits through which the wet wipes are dispensed. The configuration of the slits, in combination with the flexibility of the rubber-like material, enables the user to reach into the container through the slits to grasp a wet wipe in the event the pop-up feature fails, either due to fallback or a missed interfold.