US 11,896,469 B2
Dispenser of menstrual products and corresponding refills
Gaële Le Noane, Plobannalec-Lesconil (FR)
Assigned to MARGUERITE & CIE, Plobannalec-Lesconil (FR)
Appl. No. 17/626,993
Filed by Marguerite & Cie, Plobannalec-Lesconil (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068740
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008891, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1908024 (FR), filed on Jul. 16, 2019; and application No. 1909191 (FR), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273505 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A47F 1/08 (2006.01); A61F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 15/003 (2013.01) [A47F 1/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A menstrual product dispenser comprising:
a rear face for attaching said dispenser to a vertical support, first and second side faces and a front face;
at least one storage compartment suitable for receiving at least one closed product refill comprising a plurality of menstrual products of a same type,
said at least one product refill having a substantially parallelepiped upper portion with a front face with a length larger than a rear face and a base having an angle larger than 90° with said rear face;
said at least one storage compartment being shaped to conform with the shape of said at least one product refill; and
at least one distribution compartment for distributing at least one of said menstrual products,
wherein the front face of the dispenser has at least one lower opening opposite said at least one distribution compartment, said at least one lower opening having a shape and dimensions suited for distributing a single menstrual product per type in said distribution compartment, and
wherein said at least one lower opening has at least one gripping notch designed to be located opposite at least one notch of a predetermined shape which is pre-cut in the front face of said at least one product refill, in its lower portion, for opening thereof and distributing the products that the at least one product refill contains when said at least one product refill is inserted into said menstrual product dispenser.