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Apparatus for storing and dispensing condom wrappers

US9861514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Victor W. J. Chan · CN
Rulin Chen · CN

Inventors

Victor Chan · Landing, US
Genie Geraldine Lam · Lingjiao, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F6/04
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

As apparatus for storing and dispensing condoms is provided. The apparatus comprises a body includes a base for receiving a stack of condom wrappers, and an opening for accessing a condom wrapper, the opening including a guide for adjacent a side of the opening. The apparatus also includes a cutting assembly having a blade configurable in an extended position for cutting an edge of the condom wrapper as the condom wrapper is pulled through the opening. The guide configured to deform and/or displace a condom within the condom wrapper laterally away from the blade so that the blade does not cut the condom as the condom wrapper is pulled through the opening, wherein the guide has a gap with a gap height less than a thickness of a rolled condom and wherein at least a portion of the gap is closer to a center of the opening than the blade.

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