Patent Application
20170027772
The disclosure relates to feminine hygiene article holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new feminine hygiene article holding device for holding a use feminine hygiene absorbent member until it can be properly disposed of.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a container that has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The container has a height less than six inches and includes an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer is colored red to indicate the container may contain a hazardous material. A feminine hygiene product may be positioned in the container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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As shown in the Figures, the container 12 may either be rectangular shaped or cylindrically shaped. For the rectangular shaped container 30, the bottom wall 14 has a rectangular shape has a length and width each less than four inches. For the cylindrically shaped container 32, the bottom wall 14 is circular shaped and has a diameter less than 3 inches.
In use, a feminine hygiene product such as a tampon or feminine napkin, which has been used, is positioned in the container 12. The container 12 may then be stored within a purse or other bag until it can be properly disposed. The red inner layer 20 will signal to others not to access the contents of container 12. The outer layer 18 may have decorative indicia 22 thereon as shown in the figures to make the container 12 more aesthetically pleasing and therefore more likely to be used.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.
