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EP1188689A1
EP1188689A1 EP00120457A EP00120457A EP1188689A1 EP 1188689 A1 EP1188689 A1 EP 1188689A1 EP 00120457 A EP00120457 A EP 00120457A EP 00120457 A EP00120457 A EP 00120457A EP 1188689 A1 EP1188689 A1 EP 1188689A1
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tissue box
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tissue
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Antje Reimann-Manai
Angela Schliebner
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority to EP00120457A priority Critical patent/EP1188689A1/fr
Priority to PCT/US2001/029353 priority patent/WO2002024550A1/fr
Priority to KR10-2003-7003574A priority patent/KR20030032024A/ko
Priority to CN01815377A priority patent/CN1454174A/zh
Priority to CA002418791A priority patent/CA2418791A1/fr
Priority to JP2002528575A priority patent/JP2004508910A/ja
Priority to AU2001292830A priority patent/AU2001292830A1/en
Publication of EP1188689A1 publication Critical patent/EP1188689A1/fr
Priority to US10/387,882 priority patent/US20030205613A1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • B65D5/4245—Bands covering at least 3 adjacent faces of a container

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  • the present invention relates to a tissue box.
  • This tissue box comprises a dispensing orifice, which is covered prior to use of the box and needs to be opened before tissues can be dispensed therethrough.
  • Claimed and described is a tissue box comprising a dispensing orifice which is releasably covered by a orifice cover, wherein said orifice cover is attached to a sheet of material.
  • the present invention relates to a tissue box.
  • a tissue box typically comprise an orifice through which the tissues can be dispensed, and is also referred to as pop-up box.
  • Tissues are sensitive to moisture and also easily suffer from dust or dirt. Therefore, it is important to cover the dispensing of this prior to use of the box, e.g. while the box is shipped or stored or offered for sale.
  • US 2, 656,916, Sello cotton product company discloses a tissue package comprising a flap which allows opening of the orifice by a perforation around the orifice, but which remains hingely connected to the tissue box.
  • US 4, 623, 074, Procter & Gamble discloses a package provided from a carton.
  • the carton comprises a tear-out panel defined by a line of weakening.
  • the tear-out panel further comprises a pull tab.
  • Tissue boxes marketed in the United States by the Procter & Gamble company, under the brand name of 'PUFFS', are provided from cardboard and comprise a dispensing opening, which prior to use is solely covered by a foil of a polymeric wrapping material, adhesively attached to the tissue box.
  • the tissues are typically inter-folded to form the stack of tissues, and the dispensing orifice is designed to help dispensing them one by one in such a way that when one tissue is removed from the box, the following one is partially pulled out, and is held in a substantially up-right position by the dispensing orifice, so that it is comfortable for the user to grab and pull it during the next use.
  • the dispensing orifice is further equipped with a paper or plastic insert.
  • Chaining is defined as the fact that several tissues are pulled out all-together when pulling one tissue from the box. Tissue chaining leads to dispensing more than one tissue at a time, which is clearly not the purpose of the pop-up system, and is clearly undesirable to the consumer.
  • Fall-back of tissues is defined as the fact that a subsequent tissue one completely stays in the box when removing a first pop-up tissue from the box, which again is clearly not the purpose of a pop-up system.
  • tissue box which offers prior to use good protection for its contents, namely good protection against dust, moisture and the like.
  • tissue box which is provided with indicia prior to use, but which does not carry such indicia once it is opened.
  • the present invention relates to a tissue box (10). Claimed and described is a tissue box (10) comprising a dispensing orifice (20) which is releasably covered by a orifice cover (22), wherein said orifice cover (22) is attached to a sheet of material (30).
  • tissue box (10) known in the art can be provided according to the present invention.
  • the box (10) may comprise moist tissues, also referred to as wet wipes, or dry tissues, the latter being preferred.
  • the tissues can be provided from any quality of paper, for example conventional paper, through air dried paper, single-ply paper or multi-ply paper.
  • tissue as used herein, also refers to thicker paper qualities, which sometimes are referred to as paper towels or kitchen towels or simply as towels.
  • the box will preferably comprise a stack of separated pieces of tissue paper, the box may also comprise tissue paper in another form, eg. a roll of tissue paper.
  • tissue box (10) preferably refers to a box for paper tissue
  • the term as used herein is to be understood in a broad sense, comprising any container for any absorbent article.
  • the tissue box (10) of the present invention may have any suitable form, but preferably has the form of a rectangle parallelepiped hence, preferably the tissue box comprises a top panel (12), side panels (14) and a bottom panel (16), as visible in Figure 1.
  • the term side panel (12) is used for the panel with comprises the center of the dispensing orifice (20).
  • These panels, and in particular the side panels (12) may not be provided from a single piece of material but may be formed from overlapping flaps, such as the flaps (14c) and (14e) as well as (14d) and (14f) shown in Figure 1.
  • some of the side panels may also be provided from a continuous sheet of material, such as (14a) and (14b) shown in Figure 1.
  • the tissue box (10) may be provided from any suitable material, flat or corrugated, preferred is a cardboard or paper material, flat cardboard being most preferred.
  • the box (10) may also be provided from a combination of different materials.
  • the top panel (12) of the tissue box (10) is provided with a dispensing orifice (20).
  • a portion of the dispensing orifice (20) may also extend into any of the side panels (14).
  • the dispensing of this (20) is preferably covered by a orifice cover (22).
  • the orifice cover (22) may also be provided from any suitable material however, is preferably provided from the same material as the tissue box.
  • the orifice cover (22) is releasably attached to the tissue box (10) by the attachment means (24) for the orifice insert.
  • Suitable attachment means include hot and cold crimping or adhesive attachment.
  • the attachment means (24) is a perforation line or a similar line of weakness.
  • the dispensing orifice (20) can simply be defined by a perforation line (24) and is provided with an orifice cover (22) without the need to provide a separate piece of material.
  • the dispensing orifice (20) may have any suitable form may it be rectangular or circular or oval.
  • the orifice cover (22) should have substantially the same form as the dispensing orifice (20), but in a preferred embodiment of the present invention the orifice cover (22) will comprise a finger hole (26) to allow for easier removal of the orifice cover (22).
  • the finger hole (26) has the form of a half-circle.
  • the finger hole (26) is also provided by a perforation or line of weakening.
  • the tissue box (10) is provided with a sheet of material (30).
  • This sheet of material can be provided from any suitable material, preferably is provided from a malleable material. Highly preferred materials are malleable sheets of a polymer material, most preferably polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • the sheet of material (30) can be attached to the outside of the box by any suitable attachment means (32) for the sheet of material (30), be it releasable or permanent. Such means include hot and cold crimping and adhesive attachment. It is highly preferred that at least one such attachment means (32) provides for attachment of the sheet of material (30) to the orifice cover (22). Preferably the attachment to the orifice cover (22) is permanent. This facilitates the removal of the sheet of material (30) together with the orifice cover (22).
  • the sheet of material (30) is attached to a further portion of the tissue box (10) preferably such attachment is either releasable or the sheet of material (30) is provided with a line of weakening, eg. perforation line, in the vicinity of a non-releasable attachment.
  • the sheet of material (30) is attached to the tissue box by two stripes of adhesive as visible in Figure 1.
  • the sheet of material (30) covers at least the area of the dispensing orifice (20), preferably also a portion of the top panel (12), preferably at least 70%, more preferably at least 80%, yet more preferably at least 90% of the surface area of the top panel (12).
  • the sheet of material (30) also covers at least a portion of at least one side panel (14), preferably at least 70%, more preferably at least 80%, yet more preferably at least 90% of at least one side panel. While coverage of one side panel is preferred according to the present invention the sheet of material (30) may alternatively also cover 2 or 3 or even all 4 side panels and also the bottom panel of the tissue box (10).
  • the sheet of material (30) covers a portion of the top panel (12), one side panel (14a), the bottom panel (16) and the opposite side panel (14b), and again preferably at least 70%, more preferably 80%, yet more preferably 90% of the respective panels are covered. According to the present invention it is highly preferred that the sheet of material (30) covers any line of weakening, namely any perforation line which is present in the box hence in particular perforation lines (24) around the dispensing orifice (20) and the finger hole (26).
  • the sheet of material (30) is provided with indicia, displaying, for example, artwork, a brand name or usage instructions.
  • indicia may be provided by any suitable means, for example printing or engraving.
  • tissue box (10) in the manner described herein achieves a number of benefits:
  • the tissue box (10) and in particular its orifice (20) and its contents, the tissues are better protected because the sheet of material (30) offers an extra layer of protective material for the outside of the tissue box.
  • the sheet of material (30) covers the perforation lines which may be present as attachment means (24) and round the finger hole (26), since such perforation lines potentially allow moisture, dirt, dust and other contaminants to enter the tissue box (10).
  • tissue box (10) in one preferred embodiment of the invention, is achieved by covering only the top panel (12) and one side panel (14) of the box and hence with a relatively low amount of material.
  • the most critical panels of the box are protected.
  • the tissue box (10) with a different visual appearance prior to use and when opened.
  • the sheet of material (30) may for example carry usage instructions which the consumer will appreciate prior to use of the box but does not need to refer to again once the box is opened.
  • the sheet of material (30) may comprise a brand logo which is important when the box is offered for sale, however the consumer may wish to remove such a brand logo once he uses the box and solely look at the panels (12, 14, 16) of the tissue box (10), which may in some preferred embodiments be printed with a brand neutral and highly decorative artwork.
  • the tissue box (10) as described herein allows a highly streamlined production process.
  • the box can be provided in an unfolded stage however already comprising the sheet of material (30) as shown in Figure 1, before being folded and filled with e.g. a stack of tissues.
  • Prior art tissue boxes which could achieve a similar level of protection for the tissues, needed to be wrapped with a suitable wrapping material after being filled with the stack of tissues. This meant an additional and separate production step which has become obsolete by the present invention, so that considerable cost savings can be achieved. Such cost savings are particularly pertinent if the box is provided from a different manufacturer than the tissues.

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP00120457A EP1188689A1 (fr) 2000-09-19 2000-09-19 Boíte pour mouchoirs
PCT/US2001/029353 WO2002024550A1 (fr) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 Boite a mouchoirs
KR10-2003-7003574A KR20030032024A (ko) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 티슈 상자
CN01815377A CN1454174A (zh) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 纸巾盒
CA002418791A CA2418791A1 (fr) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 Boite a mouchoirs
JP2002528575A JP2004508910A (ja) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 ティッシュボックス
AU2001292830A AU2001292830A1 (en) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 A tissue box
US10/387,882 US20030205613A1 (en) 2000-09-19 2003-03-13 Tissue box

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USD1045601S1 (en) * 2022-10-14 2024-10-08 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Blank for a tissue box
USD1047685S1 (en) * 2022-10-14 2024-10-22 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Tissue box

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US2656916A (en) 1950-10-06 1953-10-27 Int Cellucotton Products Dispensing pack for interfolded sheet material
US3424367A (en) * 1968-04-10 1969-01-28 Container Corp Overwrapped carton
US4623074A (en) 1985-02-25 1986-11-18 The Procter & Gamble Company Dual dispensing mode carton and concomitant package
DE3839180C1 (en) * 1988-11-19 1990-01-18 Kloeckner Pentapack Zweigniederlassung Der Kloeckner Pentaplast Gmbh, 6479 Ranstadt, De Folding box made of cardboard for receiving paper towels (toilet paper) stacked one above the other
EP0444444A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-09-04 C.P. Schmidt Verpackungs-Werk GmbH & Co. KG Boîte pliante, spécialement pour l'emballage de produits hygiéniques
US5316177A (en) 1992-06-30 1994-05-31 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Facial tissue dispensing carton
WO1995025668A1 (fr) * 1994-03-24 1995-09-28 Blank Paper Products Ltd. Boite
US5542598A (en) * 1995-05-01 1996-08-06 James River Corporation Of Virginia Carton having a perforated access opening
WO1999055599A1 (fr) 1998-04-28 1999-11-04 The Procter & Gamble Company Boite de distribution de mouchoirs en papier

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US2656916A (en) 1950-10-06 1953-10-27 Int Cellucotton Products Dispensing pack for interfolded sheet material
US3424367A (en) * 1968-04-10 1969-01-28 Container Corp Overwrapped carton
US4623074A (en) 1985-02-25 1986-11-18 The Procter & Gamble Company Dual dispensing mode carton and concomitant package
DE3839180C1 (en) * 1988-11-19 1990-01-18 Kloeckner Pentapack Zweigniederlassung Der Kloeckner Pentaplast Gmbh, 6479 Ranstadt, De Folding box made of cardboard for receiving paper towels (toilet paper) stacked one above the other
EP0444444A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-09-04 C.P. Schmidt Verpackungs-Werk GmbH & Co. KG Boîte pliante, spécialement pour l'emballage de produits hygiéniques
US5316177A (en) 1992-06-30 1994-05-31 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Facial tissue dispensing carton
WO1995025668A1 (fr) * 1994-03-24 1995-09-28 Blank Paper Products Ltd. Boite
US5542598A (en) * 1995-05-01 1996-08-06 James River Corporation Of Virginia Carton having a perforated access opening
WO1999055599A1 (fr) 1998-04-28 1999-11-04 The Procter & Gamble Company Boite de distribution de mouchoirs en papier

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD1045601S1 (en) * 2022-10-14 2024-10-08 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Blank for a tissue box
USD1047685S1 (en) * 2022-10-14 2024-10-22 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Tissue box

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CN1454174A (zh) 2003-11-05
JP2004508910A (ja) 2004-03-25
WO2002024550A1 (fr) 2002-03-28
CA2418791A1 (fr) 2002-03-28
AU2001292830A1 (en) 2002-04-02

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