Cartridge package for a sanitary toilet

Claim 2

A cartridge package for a sanitary toilet comprising an annular container having spaced-apart generally cylindrical inner and outer walls and a bottom wall extending between the inner and outer walls to provide the container with a central opening and an annular storage space, an elongated plastic tube having a diameter greater than the diameter of the central opeNing of the container and a length greater than the depth of the container and having an open end and a closed end, the plastic tube being folded into the annular storage space so that the closed end extends across the central opening in the container, and a thin flexible generally circular plastic film extending over the central opening and the annular storage space above the plastic tube, the outer periphery of the film being secured to the outer wall of the container, the film having a circular perforation to provide a detachable central portion whereby the central portion can be detached from the remainder of the film and the central portion and the closed end of the tube can be pushed downwardly through the central opening of the container to withdraw the tube from the storage space by pushing downwardly on the central portion of the film.

Claim 3

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the closed end of the plastic tube is heat sealed.

Claim 4

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the circular perforation in the film extends generally concentrically with the inner and outer walls of the container and is spaced outwardly from the upper edge of the inner wall.

Claim 5

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the upper edge of the inner wall terminates in an inwardly and downwardly extending rounded peripheral flange, the tube bearing against the rounded peripheral flange as it is withdrawn downwardly through the opening of the container.

Claim 6

The cartridge package of claim 4 in which the upper edge of the inner wall terminates below the upper edge of the outer wall.

Claim 7

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the inner and outer walls diverge slightly as they extend upwardly from the bottom wall.

Claim 8

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the container is plastic and the outer periphery of the film is heat-sealed to the outer wall of the container.

Claim 9

The cartridge package of claim 1 in which the container is plastic and the upper edge of the outer wall terminates in an outwardly extending flange, the outer periphery of the film being heat-sealed to the outwardly extending flange.

Claim 10

A cartridge package for a sanitary toilet comprising an annular plastic container having spaced-apart generally cylindrical inner and outer walls and a bottom wall extending between the inner and outer walls to provide the container with a central opening and an annular storage space, the inner wall terminating in a rounded peripheral flange extending inwardly and downwardly, the outer wall extending above the rounded peripheral flange and terminating in an outwardly extending peripheral flange, an elongated plastic tube having a diameter greater than the diameter of the central opening of the container and a length greater than the depth of the container, the plastic tube having an open end and a closed heat-sealed end and being accordion-folded into the annular storage space so that the closed end extends across the central opening in the container, and a thin flexible generally circular plastic film extending over the central opening and the annular storage space above the plastic tube, the outer periphery of the film being heat-sealed to the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the outer wall of the container, the film having a circular perforation spaced outwardly of the rounded peripheral flange of the inner wall to provide a detachable central portion whereby the central portion can be detached from the remainder of the film and the central portion and the heat-sealed end of the tube can be pushed downwardly through the central opening of the container to withdraw the tube from the storage space by pushing downwardly on the central portion of the film.

Claim 11

A cartridge package for a sanitary toilet comprising an annular plastic container having spaced-apart generally cylindrical inner and outer walls and a bottom wall extending between the inner and outer walls to provide the container with a central opening and an annular storage space, the inner wall terminating in a rounded peripheral flange extending inwardly and downwardly, the outer wall extending above the rounded peripheral flange and terminating in an outwardly extending peripheral flange, an elongated plastic tube having a diameter greater than the diameter of the central opening of the container and a length greater than the depth of the container, the plastic tube having an open end and a closed heat-sealed end and being accordion-folded into the annular storage space so that the closed end extends across the central opening in the container, and a thin flexible generally circular plastic film extending over the central opening and the annular storage space above the plastic tube, the outer periphery of the film being heat-sealed to the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the outer wall of the container, the film having a circular perforation spaced outwardly of the rounded peripheral flange of the inner wall to provide a detachable central portion whereby the central portion can be detached from the remainder of the film and the central portion and the heat-sealed end of the tube can be pushed downwardly through the central opening of the container to withdraw the tube from the storage space by pushing downwardly on the central portion of the film.