Pack of wipes with enhanced dispensing

Abstract

A pack of wipes including multiple wipes arranged in a stack and an external envelope enclosing the stack. The external envelope includes a dispensing orifice and the wipes are folded so as to include a leading panel, a central panel, a trailing panel, a leading fold and a trailing fold, wherein the leading fold separates the leading panel from the central panel and the trailing fold separates the central panel from the trailing panel. The stack has a first wipe and a second wipe. The first wipe is placed closest to the dispensing orifice and the second wipe is positioned next to the first wipe in the stack, wherein the removal of the first wipe through the dispensing orifice induces a portion of the central panel of the second wipe and a portion of the leading panel of the second wipe to protrude from the dispensing orifice and to stay in contact to each other.

1 . A pack of wipes comprising: 
 a plurality of wipes arranged in a stack; and,    an external envelope enclosing said stack;    said external envelope comprising a dispensing orifice;    each of said plurality of wipes being folded, each of said folded wipes comprising a leading panel, a central panel, a trailing panel, a leading fold and a trailing fold, wherein said leading fold separates said leading panel from said central panel and said trailing fold separates said central panel from said trailing panel; and    said stack having a first wipe and a second wipe, said first wipe being a wipe disposed proximate said dispensing orifice and said second wipe being positioned sequentially adjacent and in contacting engagement with said first wipe;    wherein said first wipe remains in contacting engagement with said second wipe during removal of said first wipe through said dispensing orifice; and,    wherein said removal of said first wipe through said dispensing orifice induces a portion of said central panel of said second wipe and a portion of said leading panel of said second wipe to protrude from said dispensing orifice.    
     
     
         2 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1 , wherein said wipes are interfolded such as to have a portion of said trailing panel of said first wipe and a portion of said central panel of said first wipe surrounding both a portion of said leading panel of said second wipe and a portion of said central panel of said second wipe.  
     
     
         3 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1  wherein said wipes have a width and said dispensing orifice having a length, said length being oriented parallel to said width of said wipes and said length of said dispensing orifice is between about 10% and about 80% of said width of said wipes.  
     
     
         4 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1 , wherein the separation force of said first wipe from said second wipe is between about 0.05 N and about 5 N.  
     
     
         5 . The pack of wipes of  claim 4 , wherein the separation force of said first wipe from said second wipe is between about 0.1 N and about 2 N.  
     
     
         6 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1 , wherein said central panel it divided into two panels.  
     
     
         7 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1  wherein said external envelope comprises a flexible film material.  
     
     
         8 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1 , wherein said external envelope is substantially rigid.  
     
     
         9 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1  wherein said dispensing orifice has length and a width, said length being more than twice said width.  
     
     
         10 . The pack of wipes of  claim 1  wherein said dispensing orifice is substantially oval or circular.