Hygienic container

Abstract

A hygienic container having a transport configuration and a service configuration. The hygienic container is made up of multiple individual parts ( 2,3,4,5,6,7 ) and the packing volume of the hygienic container in the transport configuration is less than or equal to 50% of the packing volume of the hygienic container in the service configuration.

1 . Hygienic container comprising multiple individual parts, wherein said hygienic container has a transport configuration and a service configuration, wherein at least two of said multiple individual parts, are arranged in a stacked configuration in said transport configuration, a packing volume of said hygienic container in said transport configuration being less than or equal to 45% of a packing volume of said hygienic container in said service configuration, and wherein at least one of said individual parts is arranged with a main extension in a first plane when said hygienic container is in said transport configuration and with said main extension in a second plane when said hygienic container is in said service configuration, said first and second planes being non-parallel planes. 
     
     
         2 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container in the transport configuration comprises parts connected by hinge means. 
     
     
         3 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a front part and a back part, the front part and the back part having different widths and/or different lengths. 
     
     
         4 . Hygienic container according to  claim 3 , wherein side parts are connected to the back part in the service configuration of the container and wherein the back part is adapted for mounting on a planar surface with the back part flush with the planar surface, and wherein the connections between the back part and the side parts are arranged in the same plane as the back part. 
     
     
         5 . Hygienic container according to  claim 3 , wherein one of the front part and the back part constitutes a cover part having a main surface and a periphery with a rim at the periphery of the main surface, the main surface and the rim delimiting a protective space and wherein at least one further part of the container is fully accommodated inside the periphery of the main surface of the cover part when the container is in said transport configuration. 
     
     
         6 . Hygienic container according to  claim 5 , wherein all further parts of the container are fully accommodated inside the periphery of the main surface of the cover part when the container is in the transport configuration. 
     
     
         7 . Hygienic container according to  claim 5 , wherein the main surface has a generally rectangular shape with rounded corners and the rim is arranged at an angle to the main surface of more than 90°. 
     
     
         8 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one part of the container is made of plastic material. 
     
     
         9 . Hygienic container according to  claim 8 , wherein the at least one part is a back part adapted for mounting on a surface. 
     
     
         10 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container in the transport configuration consists of at most four unconnected parts. 
     
     
         11 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container has rounded corners and edges when in the service configuration. 
     
     
         12 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container is a wipe dispenser. 
     
     
         13 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 12 , wherein the wipe dispenser comprises a back part having an upper edge, a lower edge and side edges; a front part having an upper edge, a lower edge and side edges; a first side part having an upper edge, a lower edge an inner side edge and outer side edge; a second side part having an upper edge, a lower edge ( 15 ) an inner side edge ( 16 ) and outer side edge; a top part having a back edge, a front edge and side edges; and a shelf part with a dispensing opening and having a back edge, a front edge and side edges. 
     
     
         14 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 13 , wherein said front part constitutes an open container for said back part, side parts, top part and shelf part, when said wipe dispenser is in said transport configuration and wherein said side parts are hingedly attached to said back part and said back part, side parts, top part and shelf part are stacked together into a compact self-supporting package with said back part as a supporting base plate for said top and shelf parts and said hingedly attached side parts folded in as a cover over said top and shelf parts. 
     
     
         15 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 14 , wherein said top and shelf parts are arranged side-by-side beneath said folded-in side parts with said top part tucked beneath one of said side parts and said shelf part tucked beneath the other of said side parts and wherein one of said side parts comprises a locking device with an engagement element and said shelf part is tucked beneath said side part bearing said locking device with said engagement element of said locking device resting in said dispensing opening on said shelf part. 
     
     
         16 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 13 , wherein reinforcing ribs are arranged extending along inner side edges of said side parts said reinforcing ribs constituting guide means for a stack of wipes placed inside said wipe dispenser when said wipe dispenser is in said service configuration. 
     
     
         17 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 13 , wherein splitlines between said back part and said side walls are arranged in the same plane as said back part. 
     
     
         18 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 13 , wherein splitlines between said side parts and said top part are arranged in the same plane as said top part. 
     
     
         19 . Wipe dispenser according to  claim 18 , wherein said side parts and said top part have overlapping flanges at said splitlines. 
     
     
         20 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container is a soap dispenser. 
     
     
         21 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container is a paper roll dispenser. 
     
     
         22 . Hygienic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container is a waste paper bin. 
     
     
         23 . Method for transferring a wipe dispenser according to  claim 13  from said transport configuration into said service configuration comprising the steps of
 arranging said wipe dispenser when in said transport configuration with said front part facing away from an assembler and said side parts facing towards said assembler and with said upper edge of said front part directed away from said assembler and said lower edge of said front part directed towards said assembler; 
 lifting said self-supporting package out of said front part while maintaining the orientation of the self-supporting package with respect to said assembler; 
 arranging said side parts in a raised position along said side edges of said back part; 
 arranging said top part in a fixed position along said upper edges of said side parts and said back part and arranging said shelf part in a fixed position between said raised side parts in a lower end thereof; and 
 connecting said front part to a side part, a top part or a shelf part by means of at least one hinge. 
 
     
     
         24 . Method according to  claim 23 , wherein said side parts are hingedly connected to said back part and said hingedly connected side parts are folded up from said back part into a folded-up position. 
     
     
         25 . Method according to  claim 24 , wherein said top part is attached along said upper edges of said side parts and said back part and said shelf part is attached to said side parts and said back part in a lower end thereof. 
     
     
         26 . Method according to  claim 25 , wherein said folded up side parts after having been brought to said folded-up position, are prevented from moving further apart by movement restricting means. 
     
     
         27 . Method according to  claim 25 , wherein said attachment of said top part to said back part and said side parts is made by means of a combination of coupling means in the form of slide fittings and snap locks. 
     
     
         28 . Method according to  claim 27 , wherein said slide fittings are formed by reinforcing ribs on said top part and corresponding notches in said upper edge of said back part. 
     
     
         29 . Method according to  claim 27 , wherein said snap locks are formed by female parts on said top part and male parts on said side parts. 
     
     
         30 . Method according to  claim 23 , wherein said top part has an inner flange along a back edge of said top part and wherein said inner flange is first placed over said upper edge of said back part with said reinforcing ribs on said top part fitted into said notches in said upper edge of said back part while holding said top part at a downward angle between said side parts and subsequently pushing said top part upwards until downwardly projecting male parts of said snap locks are brought into locking engagement with female parts of said snap locks. 
     
     
         31 . Method according to  claim 23 , wherein said shelf part is first connected to said back part by inserting two fastening tongues protruding from said back edge of said shelf part into two corresponding slots in said back part above said lower edge of said back part while holding said shelf part tilted upwards and is subsequently connected to said side parts by pushing down said shelf part and bringing female and male parts of snap locks that are arranged between said side parts and said shelf part into locking engagement. 
     
     
         32 . Method according to  claim 23 , wherein the final assembly step of attaching said front part to said side part is carried out after mounting of said wipe dispenser on a supporting surface.