IP Library Granted Patent US 10,532,879
Granted Patent B2
US 10,532,879 · App. 15/767,072 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Dispenser and shield

Inventors: Tomomi Ito (Sagamihara, JP); Shingo Kawasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Yo Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Naoto Uchida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
B65D83/0805A61F9/045A62B18/082A62B23/025
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,532,879
App. No.
15/767,072
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a shield and a dispenser from which the shield can be easily dispensed, the dispenser ( 100 ) according to the present invention stores a plurality of shields ( 1 A) in a mutually detachable joined state in the container ( 50 ). As such, sliding and the like of the plurality of the shields ( 1 A) against each other in the container ( 50 ) is suppressed and, therefore, sticking of the shields ( 1 A) to each other due to the generation of static electricity is suppressed. Thus, a user can easily dispense the shields ( 1 A) from the dispensing opening ( 51 ) of the container ( 50 ).

Claims (18)

1. A dispenser, comprising:

a shield configured to protect eyes of a user wearing a non-woven mask; and

a container configured to house a stacked body constituted of a plurality of the shields stacked in a mutually detachable joined state;

wherein,

the stacked body includes at least a first shield, a second shield, and a third shield, stacked in this order toward one direction of a stacking direction;

the first shield and the second shield are mutually detachably joined at a first joining section positioned in a region on a first side in a width direction of the shield;

the second shield and the third shield are mutually detachably joined at a second joining section positioned in a region on a second side opposite the first side in the width direction of the shield

the container includes dispensing means through which the shields can pass; and further wherein

the second shield is unattached to the first shield at the second side, and the second shield is unattached to the third shield at the second side.

2. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein:

the container includes the dispensing means located between positions, each covering the first joining section and the second joining section, in the stacking direction in a state in which the stacked body is stored.

3. The dispenser according to claim 2 , wherein:

the shield includes an attachment section that is formed on a lower edge section side of the shield, the attachment section comprises:

a connecting portion on a back surface of the attachment section; and

a joining means on a front surface of the attachment section.

4. The dispenser according to claim 3 , wherein the connecting portion comprises male engagement elements; and

joining means that detachably join with the male engagement elements.

5. The dispenser according to claim 4 , wherein the joining means comprises a nonwoven material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
To: SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 066430/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: ITO, TOMOMI; KAWASAKI, SHINGO; SUZUKI, YO; UCHIDA, NAOTO
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 045483/0037 →