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Soap box for a soap dispenser

US5598952A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1995
Grant dateFeb 4, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K5/12
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A box-in-a-bag liquid soap container system for use in a soap dispenser where the container cavity has hinge point structure and sidewall strakes that interfere with the use of the full volume of the container cavity. The invention consists of a box sized to fit the full dimensions of the container cavity, with a collapsible plastic bag of liquid soap inside, where the lower front corners of the box are perforated and removable so as to provide clearance for the intruding hinge point structure, and strips of the sidewalls and back wall of the box are perforated and removable to provide clearance for the sidewall strakes. The box, with the perforations torn out fits the full size of the container cavity, and the bag conforms to the intruding hinge point structure and sidewall strakes, thus significantly increasing the liquid capacity over prior art containers sized to fit between the strakes.

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