IP Library Granted Patent US 10,022,281
Granted Patent B1
US 10,022,281 · App. 14/288,458 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Sanitary product disposal containers and methods

Inventor: Shallan Alaura Ramsey (Ashland, OR)
A61F13/5518
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Patent No.
US 10,022,281
App. No.
14/288,458
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

Sanitary product disposal containers include an invertible container body having first and second ends, the container body including a first container wall having a first container wall exterior surface; a second container wall carried by the first container wall, the second container wall having a second container wall exterior surface; an end container wall extending between the first container wall and the second container wall generally at the first end of the container body; a concave sanitary product cavity formed by and between the first container wall, the second container wall and the end container wall generally at the first end of the container body; a container opening formed by and between the first container wall and the second container wall generally at the second end of the container body; and a container seal carried by the first container wall exterior surface of the first container wall and the second container wall exterior surface of the second container wall generally at the second end of the container body. Sanitary product disposal methods are also disclosed.

Claims (15)

1. A sanitary product disposal container, comprising:

an invertible container body having first and second ends, the container body including:

a first container wall having a first container wall exterior surface in a non-inverted configuration of the container body;

a second container wall attached to the first container wall, the second container wall having a second container wall exterior surface, the container body invertible such that the container body is turned outside in in an inverted configuration of the container body, with the first container wall exterior surface and the second container wall exterior surface facing an interior of the container body in the inverted configuration of the container body;

a pair of side container walls extending between the first container wall and the second container wall;

an end container wall extending between the first container wall and the second container wall generally at the first end of the container body;

a concave sanitary product cavity formed by and between the first container wall, the second container wall and the end container wall generally at the first end of the container body;

a first wall gusset extending from the first container wall beyond the sanitary product cavity;

a second wall gusset extending from the second container wall beyond the sanitary product cavity, the first wall gusset extends beyond the second wall gusset;

an exterior concave gusset indentation in the second wall gusset, the gusset indentation extending between the pair of side container walls;

a container opening formed by and between the first container wall and the second container wall generally at the second end of the container body; and

a container seal attached to the first container wall exterior surface of the first container wall and the second container wall exterior surface of the second container wall generally at the second end of the container body, the container seal disposed inside the container body and securable in the inverted configuration of the container body when the container body is turned outside in.

2. The sanitary product disposal container of claim 1 wherein the container seal comprises a reversible compartment seal.

3. The sanitary product disposal container of claim 1 wherein the container seal comprises an adhesive.

4. The sanitary product disposal container of claim 1 further comprising a first wall indentation in the first container wall and a second wall indentation in the second container wall at the container opening.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 61837680 · Jun 21, 2013
Cited By (1)
US 12,678,348