Package containing a first compartment for storing unused disposable cleaning products and a second compartment for storing used disposable cleaning products

Abstract

An exemplary package including a first compartment for storing unused, disposable cleaning products (e.g., tissue papers, paper towels, napkins or moist wipes), a second compartment for receiving and storing the disposable cleaning products after they have been used, and an internal structure that separates the first compartment from the second compartment. As an example, a user retrieves unused tissue papers from the first compartment, uses the tissue papers, and then disposes the used tissue papers into the second compartment.

1 . A package comprising a housing including a first internal compartment for storing unused, disposable cleaning products, and a second internal compartment for storing used, disposable cleaning products.  
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein said housing includes an opening through which said unused disposable cleaning products are to be removed from said first internal compartment.  
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 2 , further comprising said unused disposable cleaning products situated within said first internal compartment.  
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 3 , wherein said unused disposable cleaning products are in a stacked, folded, or rolled arrangement within said first internal compartment.  
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 4 , further comprising a cover attached to said housing in a manner that substantially covers said opening.  
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 1 , further comprising an internal structure separating said first internal compartment from said second internal compartment.  
     
     
         7 . The package of  claim 6 , wherein said internal structure is movable within said housing in a direction where a volume of said first internal compartment decreases and a volume of said second internal compartment increases.  
     
     
         8 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein said first internal compartment is located in an upper portion of said housing, wherein said second internal compartment is located in a lower portion of said housing, and wherein said internal structure is located below said first internal compartment and above said second internal compartment.  
     
     
         9 . The package of  claim 8 , wherein said internal structure includes at least one wall adapted to slide against an internal wall of said housing.  
     
     
         10 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein said housing includes an opening through which said used, disposable cleaning products are to be inserted into said second internal compartment.  
     
     
         11 . The package of  claim 10 , further comprising a cover to at least partially occlude said opening.  
     
     
         12 . The package of  claim 11 , wherein said cover comprises a plurality of pie-shaped sub-covers with vertices substantially coincident, wherein adjacent sub-covers are initially attached to each other by way of respective perforated lines.  
     
     
         13 . The package of  claim 1 , further comprising a bag situated within said second internal compartment.  
     
     
         14 . The package of  claim 13 , wherein said bag includes an anti-microbial substance.  
     
     
         15 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein said unused, disposable cleaning products comprises any one of the following: 
 tissue paper;    paper towels;    napkins; or    moist wipes.    
     
     
         16 . A method, comprising: 
 removing an unused, disposable cleaning product from a first internal compartment of a housing;    using said disposable cleaning product; and    inserting said used disposable cleaning product into a second compartment of said housing.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein said disposable cleaning product comprises any one of the following: 
 a tissue paper;    a paper towel;    a napkin; or    a moist wipe.