Patent ID: 9629509
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47K

Claim:
1. Dispenser apparatus for holding a stack of wipes having aligned edges, maintaining the wipes in a moist condition, and serially manually dispensing wet wipes from said stack of wipes, said dispenser apparatus comprising: a container defining a container interior; a top connected to said container and covering said container interior, said top defining a wipe egress opening through which a topmost wet wipe of the stack of wipes is manually dispensed; a wipe support within said container interior supporting said stack of wipes, said wipe support slidably mounted relative to said container; a biasing structure biasing said wipe support toward said top; and at least one wick in said container interior in contact with or otherwise closely adjacent to aligned edges of said stack of wipes to apply moisture to wipes in the stack of wipes, said at least one wick comprising a sheet of wicking material, said container including a container bottom and said sheet of wicking material extending upwardly from said container bottom alongside the aligned edges of said stack whereby liquid is wicked upwardly away from said container bottom and transferred sideways to the aligned edges of wipes in said stack to moisturize said stack between said top and said container bottom.