Patent ID: 7588166

Claim:
A portable carrying case for personal care absorbent articles, comprising: a body, said body defining an internal enclosure for receipt of a plurality of stacked personal care absorbent articles, said body configured with an exterior surface that is ergonomically shaped to generally conform to being carried and held in one hand of the user while the user's other hand removes an article from the internal enclosure; an opening defined in said body at a location so as to at least partially expose an upper one of said absorbent articles for dispensing without generally exposing underlying absorbent articles; a lid movably disposed relative to said body from a closed position wherein said opening is covered by said lid to an open position wherein access is provided to said absorbent articles through said opening; and a manual push structure defined in said body generally opposite from said opening, said push structure configured to allow a user to push on the bottommost one of said stacked absorbent articles so as to move the uppermost one of said stack of absorbent articles towards said opening for grasping and retrieval by the user.