Cleansing wipe dispenser

Abstract

A cleansing wipe dispenser including a container closure adapted to mount on a container housing a series of cleansing wipes. A small wipe dispenser opening is provided to allow wipes to be passed from the container to a user through the dispenser. A relatively larger wipe access opening is provided and connected to the small wipe dispenser by a lateral transfer channel to allow a user to load the first sheet in the series of wipes into the small wipe dispenser opening easily at first use. The dispenser also includes a wipe storage well having a floor formed to include the dispenser and access openings and the lateral transfer channel and a well closure located to close a top opening into the wipe storage well whenever a user wishes to retain in the well any moisture associated with a cleansing wipe (or portion thereof) stored in the well.

1 . A cleansing wipe dispenser comprising 
 a container closure including a container mount adapted to be coupled to an underlying container housing a series of cleansing wipes to be dispensed and a closure shell arranged to extend upwardly from the container mount,    a wipe storage well coupled to the closure shell and formed to include a cleansing wipe storage region having a top opening, the wipe storage well including a floor formed to include a wipe dispenser opening to allow movement of cleansing wipes into the wipe storage region therethrough, and    a well closure coupled to the closure shell for movement between an opened position lying away from the top opening of the wipe storage well to enable a user to remove a cleansing wipe from the wipe storage well and a closed position covering the top opening of the wipe storage well to block removal of a cleansing wipe stored therein.    
     
     
         2 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the wipe storage well further includes an upstanding side wall having an upper portion coupled to the closure shell and a lower portion coupled to the floor.  
     
     
         3 . The dispenser of  claim 2 , wherein the upper portion is formed to include an annular rim arranged to define the top opening of the wipe storage well and sized to mate with a retainer appended to the well closure to retain the well closure in the closed position.  
     
     
         4 . The dispenser of  claim 2 , wherein the closure shell includes a ceiling coupled to the upper portion of the upstanding side wall and the floor of the wipe storage well is arranged to lie below and in spaced-apart relation to the ceiling.  
     
     
         5 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the closure shell includes a ceiling coupled to the wipe storage well and the floor is arranged to lie below and in spaced-apart relation to the ceiling.  
     
     
         6 . The dispenser of  claim 5 , wherein the closure shell further includes a side wall having an upper portion coupled to the ceiling and a lower portion coupled to the container mount and the container mount is located to lie in spaced-apart relation to and surround the floor of the wipe storage well.  
     
     
         7 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the wipe storage well further includes a cylindrical side wall having an upper portion coupled to the closure shell and a lower portion coupled to the floor, the floor has a round shape and a diameter, and the cylindrical side wall has a height that is about one-half of the diameter of the floor.  
     
     
         8 . The dispenser of  claim 7 , wherein the closure shell includes a ceiling coupled to the upper portion of the cylindrical side wall of the wipe storage well and a cylindrical side wall having an upper portion coupled to the ceiling and a lower portion coupled to the container mount, and the cylindrical side wall of the closure shell is arranged to surround the cylindrical side wall of the wipe storage well.  
     
     
         9 . The dispenser of  claim 8 , wherein a height of the cylindrical side wall of the closure shell is about equal to a height of the cylindrical side wall of the wipe storage well.  
     
     
         10 . The dispenser of  claim 8 , wherein the floor has a round shape and a diameter and the cylindrical side wall of the closure shell has a height that is about one-half of the diameter of the floor.  
     
     
         11 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the floor is formed to include a dispenser opening and a relatively larger wipe feeder opening communicating with the dispenser opening.  
     
     
         12 . The dispenser of  claim 11 , wherein the dispenser opening has a plus-sign shape and the floor includes an interior edge arranged to define the wipe feeder opening and provide the wipe feeder opening with an area greater than two square inches.  
     
     
         13 . The dispenser of  claim 12 , wherein the interior edge is arranged to provide a circular access opening defining one portion of the wipe feeder opening and having a diameter of about 0.6 inch (1.5 cm) and a pair of side edges converging along a line extending from the circular access opening to the plus sign-shaped dispenser opening and providing a lateral transfer channel defining another portion of the wipe feeder opening and interconnecting the dispenser and access openings so that a cleansing wipe extending through the access opening can be passed through the lateral transfer channel to lie in the dispenser opening and extend into the wipe storage well.  
     
     
         14 . A cleansing wipe dispenser comprising a container closure including a container mount adapted to be coupled to an underlying container housing a series of cleansing wipes to be dispensed, a closure shell arranged to extend upwardly from the container mount, and a central portion coupled to the closure shell and formed to include a dispenser opening and a relatively larger wipe feeder opening communicating with the dispenser opening and lying in side-by-side relation to the dispenser opening.  
     
     
         15 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , further comprising a well closure mounted for movement relative to the container closure between an opened position lying away from the central portion and a closed position covering the dispenser opening and the relatively larger wipe feeder opening.  
     
     
         16 . The dispenser of  claim 15 , wherein the central portion includes a floor formed to include the dispenser and wipe feeder openings and a side wall having an upper portion coupled to the closure shell and a lower portion coupled to the floor, the side wall and floor cooperate to define a wipe storage well above the floor, and the well closure is sized to close a top opening into the wipe storage well upon movement of the well closure to the closed position.  
     
     
         17 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the cental portion includes an interior edge arranged to define the wipe feeder opening and provide the wipe feeder opening with an area greater than two square inches (five square centimeters).  
     
     
         18 . The dispenser of  claim 17 , wherein the interior edge is arranged to provide an access opening defining one portion of the wipe feeder opening and lying in spaced-apart relation to the dispenser opening and a lateral transfer channel defining another portion of the wipe feeder opening and interconnecting the spaced-apart dispenser and access openings so that a cleansing wipe extending through the access opening can be passed through the lateral transfer channel to lie in the dispenser opening.  
     
     
         19 . The dispenser of  claim 18 , wherein interior edge includes a circle-shaped side edge to provide the access opening with a circular shape and a diameter of about 0.6 inch (1.5 cm).  
     
     
         20 . The dispenser of  claim 19 , wherein the interior edge further includes a pair of side edges converging along a line from the circular access opening to the dispenser opening and providing the lateral transfer channel.  
     
     
         21 . The dispenser of  claim 18 , wherein the interior edge includes a pair of side edges converging along a line from the access opening to the dispenser opening and providing the lateral transfer channel.  
     
     
         22 . The dispenser of  claim 14 , wherein the central portion includes a floor formed to include the dispenser and wipe feeder openings and a side wall having an upper portion coupled to the closure shell and a lower portion coupled to the floor and the side wall and floor cooperate to define a wipe storage well above the floor.  
     
     
         23 . The dispenser of  claim 22 , further comprising a well closure coupled to the closure shell for movement between an opened position lying away from the wipe storage well and a closed portion lying over the floor and covering the wipe storage well.  
     
     
         24 . The dispenser of  claim 22 , wherein the side wall of the central portion has a cylindrical shape, the closure shell includes a ceiling coupled to the cylindrical side wall of the central portion and a cylindrical side wall depending from the ceiling and carrying the container mount, and the cylindrical side wall of the closure shell is arranged to surround the cylindrical side wall of the central portion.  
     
     
         25 . A cleansing wipe dispenser comprising a container closure adapted to be coupled to an underlying container housing a series of cleansing wipes to be dispensed, wherein the container closure is formed to include a dispenser opening, an access opening in spaced-apart relation to the dispenser opening, and a lateral transfer channel interconnecting the spaced-apart dispenser and access openings to provide means for guiding a cleansing wipe extending through the access opening to a position extending through the dispenser opening.  
     
     
         26 . The dispenser of  claim 25 , wherein the dispenser opening has a plus-sign shape and the access opening has a substantially circular shape.  
     
     
         27 . The dispenser of  claim 26 , wherein the container closure includes a pair of interior side edges converging along a line extending from the circular access opening to the plus sign-shaped dispenser opening and defining the lateral transfer channel therebetween.  
     
     
         28 . The dispenser of  claim 26 , wherein the container closure includes an interior edge arranged to provide the circular access opening with a diameter of about 0.6 inch (1.5 cm).