Dispensing package

May 9, 1961

S. H. ROGOVIN

2,983,369

DISPENSING PACKAGE

Filed March 11, 1958

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Sidney H. Rogovin

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2,983,369

Patented May 9, 1961

United States Patent Office ' . ·: ··. 1

2,983,369

DISPENSING PACKAGE ⁵

Sidney H. Rogovin, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Kleen Test Products, Inc., a corporation of Wisconsin

Filed Mar. 11,1958, Ser. No. 720,645 θ

Claims. (Cl. 206—56)

This invention relates to a dispensing package and 15 more particularly to a dispensing package for containing and dispensing individual fabric pads.

Individual, absorbent fabric pads, such as skin cleansing pads, gun cleaning pads and the like, are often sold in stack form in containers or jars. While removal of the 20 upper pads in the stack is relatively simple, as the pads are used it is increasingly difficult to remove the pads from the stack particularly if the container has a small neck or if the container has a substantial depth.

The present invention is directed to a package includ- 25 ing a container adapted to contain a stack of impregnated fabric pads and having a means to facilitate removal of the pads. More specifically, the stack of pads, impregnated with a liquid treating material, is supported Within the container on the base portion of a lifting mem- 30 ber and the stem of the lifting member extends upwardly from the base to the neck of the container. By raising the lifting member, the entire stack of pads is lifted to a position where the uppermost pad in the stack can be conveniently removed from the stack. 35

In addition to facilitating removal of the pads, the lifting member construction serves to increase the impregnation or saturation of the pads with the liquid treating material. In this regard, the base of the lifting member is spaced from the bottom of the container so that 40 the treating material can circulate beneath the base. In addition, the base is formed with at least one peripheral edge deviation or recess to expose a portion of the surface of the lowermost pad in the stack to the treating material. To further increase the saturation of the pads, 45 both the base of the lifting member and the pads themselves are provided with aligned openings through which the treating material can circulate and saturate the pads in the stack. With this construction, the pads are effectively saturated with the treating material. 50

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description.

The drawings illustrate the best mode presently contemplated of carrying out the invention.

In the drawings: 55

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a dispensing package embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken along line 2—2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the stack of pads posi- 60 tioned on the base of the lifting member before insertion into the container; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention in which the stem of the lifting member is located outside of the periphery of the pads and the pads ®³are provided with projecting tabs for removal.

The drawings illustrate a dispensing package which comprises a jar or container 1 which is provided with a cylindrical neck portion 2 which affords access to the __ interior of the container. The container is closed or sealed by a removable cover 3 which is threaded on or otherwise engages the neck portion 2 and closes off the container to the atmosphere.

The container holds a stack of thin, fabric, absorbent pads 4 which are impregnated or saturated with a treating material 5 contained in the bottom of the container 1. The stack of pads 4 is supported by a lifting member 6 which is adapted to be raised in the container to elevate the pads to the neck portion of the container where the uppermost pad can be conveniently removed from the stack.

The lifting member 6 includes a generally flat base 7 which rests on the bottom of the container and an upstanding stem 8 which is attached to the base and extends upwardly to the neck 2 of the container. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, each pad 4 of the stack is provided with a peripheral notch 9 which receives the stem 8 of the lifting member so that the lifting member extends within the circular periphery of the pads.

To grasp the lifting member 6, the upper end of the stem 8 is provided with a bent end 10 which extends radially inward toward the axis of the base 7. The bent end 10 is normally located in the neck portion 2 of the container where it can be readily grasped by the user to elevate the lifting member 6 and the stack of pads 4 from the container.

In order to increase the saturaion of the pads 4 with the treating material 5, the base 7 is provided with a series of peripheral recesses 11 which define a series of legs 12 radiating outwardly from the central portion of the base. The outer periphery 13 of each leg 12 is a sector of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the pads 4.

As the pads 4 have a generally circular shape and the base 7 is provided with recesses 11, portions of the surfaces of the lowermost pad in the stack are exposed to the treating material 5. This feature aids in saturating the lowermost pad, and due to a capillary or wick-like action, the treating material moves upwardly through the pads in the stack to saturate the same.

In addition, the base 7 of the lifting member 6 is provided with a series of feet 14 or projections formed on the lower surface of each of the legs 12 and which rest on the bottom of the container. The feet 14 are of sufficient height to provide a space or clearance between the base 7 and the bottom of the container and permit circulation of the treating material 5 therein.

To further aid in saturating the pads, the base 7 is provided with a central opening 15 which is disposed in alignment with central openings 16 formed in the pads 4. The treating material 5 can thus circulate within the openings 15 arid 16 to aid in impregnating the pads 4.

If the treating material 5 is a volatile liquid which evaporates readily, it is desirable to provide the pads 4 with a diameter substantially the same or slightly greater than the diameter of the neck portion 2 of the container so that when the pads are lifted upwardly by the action of the lifting member 6, the stack of pads will engage the neck portion and will not be lifted completely out of the container. If the treating material will readily evaporate, lifting the pads completely out of the container will increase the rate of evaporation and more quickly dissipate the treating material. However, by making the diameter of the pads substantially equal to the diameter of the neck portion, the pads will engage the neck portion as they are lifted and the tendency will be to not lift the stack completely out of the container, and thus, the stack will remain generally within the confines of the container where evaporation of the treating material is nominal.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Fig. 4. In this embodiment, the stack of absorbent, fabric pads 17 is supported on the base 18 of a lifting member 19 which

3.988.369 corresponds to lifting member 6 of the first embodiment. As shown in Fig. 4, the pads 17 are not provided with a peripheral notch so that the stem 20 of lifting member 19 extends upwardly on the outside of the pads.

The base 18 of the lifting member is similar in construction and function to base 7 of the first embodiment and is provided with a central opening which is disposed in alignment with the central opening 21 in pads 17. The openings 21 are provided by slitting the pads with a generally C-shaped cut so that the material within the cut is connected to the body of the pad to provide a tab 22. The tabs serve a dual function in that the tab openings 21 serve as a passage for the circulation of the treating material and the tabs themselves function as projections which can be grasped by the user to more conveniently remove the individual pad from the stack.

The lifting member 19 and stack of pads 17 is adapted to be disposed in a closed container similar to that of: container 1 in the first embodiment.

The pads 4 may be any type of thin, flexible fabric or fibrous pads which will readily absorb a treating material. The pads may take the form of deodorant pads, facial cleansing pads, gun cleaning pads, shoe cleaning pads, ink wiping pads or any other type of absorbent pad impregnated with a suitable treating material.

The present invention provides a dispensing package having a simple and inexpensive apparatus for facilitating the removal of absorbent pads from the container and further provides for an increase in the degree of saturation of the pads with a treating material.

Various modes of carrying out the invention are contemplated as being within the scope of the following claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which is regarded as the invention.