Container with flexible opening

Description

The ornamental design of this invention is a container having a pop-up dispensing opening comprising a flexible material having one or more slits which define the dispensing opening. The dispensing opening is set into the large lid of the container and is covered by a flip-top type of dispensing lid when the flip-top lid is closed. The container is adapted to hold a stack of wet wipes which are dispensed through the flexible star-shaped opening in a pop-up fashion. The flip-top lid, when closed, inhibits drying out of the exposed portion of the web in between dispensing events.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container in accordance with the invention, in which the dispensing opening has a star-shaped slit configuration.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the container of FIG. 1 with the flip-top lid closed.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the container of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the container of FIG. 1.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a container with flexible opening, as shown and described.

---

Inventors:	Buck; Frederick Allan (Neenah, WI), Kuo; Andrew (Appleton, WI), Hammonds; Yvette Lynn (Fond du Lac, WI), Amundson; John David (Crawley, GB)
Assignee:	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Neenah, WI)
Appl. No.:	D/121,011
Filed:	March 30, 2000

---

Current U.S. Class:	D6/518
Current International Class:	2002
Field of Search:	;D6/518-523 ;D9/516,549 ;D3/273,294,318 ;206/389,409 ;221/26,33,45,282,284

---

References Cited [Referenced By]

---

U.S. Patent Documents

D395952	July 1998	Buczwinski et al.
D414637	October 1999	Amundson et al.
3868052	February 1975	Rockefeller
3994417	November 1976	Boedecker
4180160	December 1979	Ogawa et al.
4289262	September 1981	Finkelstein
4784290	November 1988	Howard
5704471	January 1998	Yamada
5785179	July 1998	Buczwinski et al.

Foreign Patent Documents

	0 068 722 B1		Apr 1988		EP
	0 331 027 B1		Jan 1992		EP
	0 744 357 A1		Nov 1996		EP
	0 644 130 B1		May 1998		EP

Other References

American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Designation: D 412-98a "Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers--Tension.sup.1 " pp. 43-55, published Aug. 1998. . American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Designation: D 790-99 "Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials.sup.1 " pp. 150-158, published Feb. 2000. . American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Designation: D 2240-97.sup.e1 "Standard Test Method for Rubber Property--Durometer Hardness.sup.1 " pp. 400-403, published Mar. 1997. . American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Designation: D 6125-97 "Standard Test Method for Bending Resistance of Paper and Paperboard (Gurley Type Tester).sup.1 " pp. 885-889, publiched Feb. 1998..

Primary Examiner: Vinson; Brian N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bendel; Michael J.