FLEXIBLE ORIFICE FOR WET WIPES DISPENSER - Patent 1401733

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EP 1 401 733 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21)	Application number: 02739513.6

(22)	Date of filing: 31.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 83/08, A47K 10/42

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/016995

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/096775 (05.12.2002 Gazette 2002/49)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.05.2001 US 870785
31.05.2001 US 870814

(71)	Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
	Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HUANG, Yung, Hsiang Appleton, WI 54914 (US) SHOAF, Timothy, Walter Appleton, WI 54911 (US) SCHLAUPITZ, Robert, Samuel New London, WI 54961 (US) SOSALLA, Gerald, Keith Appleton, WI 54911 (US) DELLERMAN, Paige, Annette Appleton, WI 54914 (US) KEHN, Stephen, Robert Appleton, WI 54911 (US) BATH, James, Ronald Appleton, WI 54915 (US) CHRISTIANSON, Rodney, Carlton Oshkosh, WI 54904 (US)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	FLEXIBLE ORIFICE FOR WET WIPES DISPENSER