Patent ID: 7958994
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A61F,B65D,B65F

Abstract:
1. A device for receiving a sanitary tampon to be disposed of comprising: a sanitary tampon discard unit; and and a sanitary tampon distribution unit; wherein the sanitary tampon discard unit is comprised of a sidewall assembly, a top wall, an interior partitioning bottom and a bottom wall, wherein a first portion of the sidewall assembly, the top wall and a first surface of the interior partitioning bottom define a first receptacle within the sanitary tampon discard unit for housing a disposed sanitary tampon; wherein a second portion of the sidewall assembly, a second surface of the interior partitioning bottom and the bottom wall define a storage space adjacent the first receptacle that includes a plurality of empty packings which take up the disposed sanitary tampon, wherein the storage space has a package withdrawal opening in a wall of the second portion of the sidewall assembly that facilitates successive individual withdrawal of the empty packings one after the other and wherein adjacent empty packings of the plurality of packings are separably linked to each other; wherein the top wall of the first receptacle includes a dump opening and a lid connected thereto in a manner to cover and uncover the dump opening through which a packing containing the disposed sanitary tampon can be thrown into the first receptacle, wherein the dump opening is separate and distinct from the package opening; wherein the sanitary tampon distribution unit is comprised of a support structure configured with a dispensing receptacle, wherein the support structure is comprised of a sidewall assembly and an discard unit interior support, wherein the sidewall assembly is comprised of opposing first and third sidewalls and opposing second and fourth sidewalls, wherein the discard unit interior support extends laterally into the interior of the support structure side wall assembly and connects to the interior walls of the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls, and wherein a first portion of a sidewall of the support structure sidewall assembly is partially removed so as to expose the withdrawal package opening of the storage space within the sanitary tampon discard unit when the sanitary tampon discard unit is positioned within the sanitary tampon distribution unit and is partially exposed, wherein a first end of the support structure sidewall assembly defines an opening through which the sanitary tampon discard unit passes when positioned on the discard unit support wall, wherein the dispensing receptacle, comprising a dispenser sidewall assembly and dispenser bottom wall, stores fresh hygiene articles and is separate from the first receptacle and the storage space, wherein a bottom portion of the first sidewall of the support structure sidewall assembly is a sidewall of the dispenser sidewall assembly of the dispensing receptacle which is configured as a drawer that moves laterally underneath the discard unit interior support to facilitate removal of fresh articles of personal hygiene.