Container of Wipes with a Stabilising TrackPack Device

Abstract

Referring to FIG. 1. The invention relates to a housing for a soft pack dispensing container for wipes B, the latter featuring hermetically sealed edges 10, 11 and a rigid flip top A which has a frame fixed to the dispensing container B, a frame which surrounds an aperture 7 through which wipes are extracted. The fixed frame features at least two slide rails 3, 4 enabling the dispensing container A to attach to the supports within a housing so long as at least one of the slide rails 3, 4 is of a specific geometric cross section profile that corresponds to the geometric cross section profile of its corresponding support.

1 . A soft pack dispensing container for wipes and housing comprising
 a housing featuring at least two longitudinal supports having a hollow or tubular channel over at least part of their length and open from at least one end, so that when considered in cross section, each support has a boundary wall that contains the hollow or tubular channel, this boundary wall having a gap in its perimeter, and   a soft pack dispensing container for wipes featuring a rigid flip top, the rigid flip top featuring a frame fixed to the dispensing container, the fixed frame surrounds an aperture through which wipes are extracted from the dispensing container, the fixed frame featuring at least two longitudinal extensions which engage with the supports within the housing,
 each of the extensions having a geometric cross section profile such that the extension can be inserted through the open end of the support and axially translated into the hollow or tubular channel, and having a supporting stem which spaces the extension from the fixed frame, the supporting stem being accommodated by the gap in the perimeter of the boundary wall of the support, 
 at least one extension comprises a longitudinal bulbous or T-shaped or widened or thickened shape upon a supporting stem which is inclined from the vertical and horizontal which engages with a corresponding hollow or tubular channel and a longitudinal gap in the support that preferentially resists displacement in response to any force which is non parallel to the direction in which the extensions are inserted or removed from the hollow or tubular channel, 
   wherein one extension and supporting stem has an engaging geometric cross section profile that preferentially resists displacement in response to force in a first direction, and another extension and supporting stem has an engaging geometric cross section profile that preferentially resists displacement in response to force in a second direction, where the first and second directions are non-parallel.   
     
     
         2 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein a component of the first direction is a force applied horizontally, such as from wipes being extracted from the pack through the orifice of the housing. 
     
     
         3 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein a component of the first direction is a force applied in a downward direction such as caused by the weight of the pack of wipes. 
     
     
         4 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein two extensions are provided as a single integral structure. 
     
     
         5 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein the geometric cross section profiles of each of the extensions and the stems attaching them to the rigid flip top are different to each other. 
     
     
         6 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein two supports are provided as a single integral structure. 
     
     
         7 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein the geometric cross section profiles of the extensions and the stem or stems attaching them to the rigid flip top are such that they will engage with the supports within the housing when inserted in one orientation, but will not engage with the supports within the housing when inserted in the opposite orientation. 
     
     
         8 . A container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein the geometric cross section profiles of the extensions, the stems attaching them to rigid flip top and the sealing caps attached to the rigid flip top are such that they will engage with the supports within the housing when inserted in one orientation, but will not engage with the supports within the housing when inserted in the opposite orientation. 
     
     
         9 . A wipe dispensing container and housing according to  claim 1  wherein the container includes a sealing cap which includes a fin, while the housing includes a notch, the fin and the notch being shaped to engage with one another when the sealing cap is opened, the difference in the geometric cross section profiles of each of the extensions and the stems attaching them to the rigid flip top ensuring that the container is correctly oriented for the fin on the sealing cap to engage with the notch on the housing. 
     
     
         10 . A container and housing system comprising at least two soft pack dispensing containers for wipes and housings according to  claim 1  wherein there are at least two types of soft pack dispensing container each having rigid flip tops with sets of extensions that are different in geometric cross section profile to each other and at least two different types of housing each having supports with different geometric cross section profiles running through them such that, in use, the extensions of each soft pack container of wipes is only able to fully engage with supports within a housing when the geometric cross section profiles of the extensions and the stem attaching them to the rigid flip top are mutually compatible with the geometric cross section profiles of the support rails and the gaps in their perimeter. 
     
     
         11 . A container and housing system according to  claim 10  wherein each type of housing is similar in size and shape with the exception of the shape of the geometric cross section profile of the support rails and the gaps in their perimeter. 
     
     
         12 . A container and housing system comprising at least two soft pack dispensing containers for wipes and housings according to  claims 10  and  11  wherein there are at least two types of soft pack dispensing container each having rigid flip tops with sets of extensions and sealing caps that are different in geometric cross section profile to each other and at least two different types of housing each having supports with hollow or tubular channels and gaps of different geometric cross section profiles running through them such that, in use, the extensions of each soft pack container of wipes is only able to fully engage with supports within a housing when the geometric cross section profiles of the extensions plus stem plus sealing caps are mutually compatible with the geometric cross section profiles of the support rails and the gaps in their perimeter. 
     
     
         13 . A container and housing system according to  claim 12  wherein each type of housing is similar in size and shape with the exception of the geometric cross section profile of the support rails and the gaps in their perimeter. 
     
     
         14 . A container and housing system according to any of  claims 10  to  13  wherein there are at least two types of soft pack dispensing container and at least two different types of housing, each housing having supports set at different widths apart such that, in use, the extensions of each soft pack container of wipes is only able to fully engage with supports within a housing when the width between the extensions and the width between the supports and extensions are mutually compatible. 
     
     
         15 . A container and housing system according to  claim 14  wherein each type of housing is similar in size and shape with the exception of the relative width between the pairs of supports, and the relative width between pairs of extensions. 
     
     
         16 . A container and housing system according to any of  claims 10  to  15  wherein there are at least two types of soft pack dispensing container and at least two different types of housing, each housing having supports set at different heights such that, in use, the extensions of each soft pack container of wipes is only able to fully engage with supports within a housing when the relative heights between the supports within the housing and the relative heights between the extensions are mutually compatible. 
     
     
         17 . A container and housing system according to  claim 16  wherein each type of housing is similar in size and shape with the exception of the relative height between the pairs of supports, and the relative height between pairs of extensions.