US 12,358,712 B2
Package dispenser for wipes, package blank and a method for the production of package dispenser
Anders Hellqvist, Gothenburg (SE); and Mikael Strandqvist, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 18/008,741
Filed by Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050671
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/262057, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312221 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/54 (2006.01); B65D 5/46 (2006.01); B65D 83/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/0847 (2013.01) [B65D 5/46096 (2013.01); B65D 5/54 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package dispenser for containing and dispensing at least one stack of wipes, the package dispenser comprising:
a bottom wall;
a top wall;
two opposing side walls extending in a height direction (H) of the package dispenser and being parallel to a length direction (L) of the package dispenser; and
two opposing side walls extending in the height direction (H) of the package dispenser and being parallel to a width direction (W) of the package dispenser,
wherein the bottom wall, the top wall, the side walls and the end walls together delimit a storage space containing the at least one stack of wipes,
wherein the top wall comprises a handle,
wherein the top wall comprises provisions for creating at least one dispensing opening,
wherein each of the at least one stack of wipes has a bottom surface formed from a bottom wipe, a top surface formed from a top wipe, two side surfaces and two end surfaces,
wherein the side surfaces and the end surfaces extend between the bottom surface and the top surface,
wherein each of the at least one stack of wipes is placed in the storage space and rest with the bottom surface on the bottom wall of the package dispenser, and with the top surface of the stack facing the top wall of the package dispenser,
wherein each of the at least one stack of wipes in the package dispenser is a stack of interfolded wipes,
wherein each of the at least one stack of wipes is arranged to be dispensed from the top surface of the stack, the interfolded wipes in the stack being dispensed through a corresponding one of the at least one dispensing opening,
wherein the top wall comprises an inner top wall portion and an outer top wall portion that overlap with each other,
wherein the inner top wall portion is part of an inner top panel having a length in the length direction of the package dispenser which is greater than a length in the length direction between the side walls of the package dispenser, the inner top panel comprising the inner top wall portion, a first top panel end wall portion and a second top panel end wall portion, each of the first top panel end wall portion and the second top panel end wall portion being folded in the height direction toward the bottom wall and forming part of a respective one of the side walls of the package dispenser, and
wherein the outer top wall portion being formed from an outer top panel having a length in the length direction which is equal to or shorter than the length in the length direction between the side walls of the package dispenser, the outer top wall portion overlying and being supported by the inner top panel, the inner top wall portion of the inner top panel and the outer top wall portion together constituting the top wall of the package dispenser.