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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Christopher Vincent Decker, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher Michael Bechyne, Appleton, WI (US);
Stephen Robert Kehn, Appleton, WI (US);
Cleary E. Mahaffey, Appleton, WI (US);
Herb Flores Velazquez, Neenah, WI (US);
John Martin Wydeven, Little Chute, WI (US);
Yung Hsiang Huang, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher Vincent Decker, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher Michael Bechyne, Appleton, WI (US);
Stephen Robert Kehn, Appleton, WI (US);
Cleary E. Mahaffey, Appleton, WI (US);
Herb Flores Velazquez, Neenah, WI (US);
John Martin Wydeven, Little Chute, WI (US);
Yung Hsiang Huang, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Wordwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A dispenser is disclosed which can house a plurality of folded wet wipes, each having a width. The dispenser includes first and second members pivotally connected together to form an enclosed dispenser having a transverse axis. The first and second members are formed from a semi-rigid material. The dispenser has a height of about 2.5 inches or less and has a top wall with an entrance formed therein. The entrance has a surface area of from between about 15 cmto about 95 cm. The folded wet wipes having a normalized separation force between two adjacent sheets of less than about 65 g/cm. The entrance also has a dimension measured along the transverse axis that when divided by the width of one of the folded wet wipes is at least about 0.7.