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Amusement and toiletry dispenser for babies
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-05-30
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Granted: 1986-03-11
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Expires: 2004-05-30
Abstract
Abstract An amusement and toiletry dispenser which organizes a wide variety of infant and toddler related sundries while entertaining baby. A diaper dispenser is provided which is adaptable to different sized diapers and provides visual indication of the number of diapers remaining. Storage includes: a tissue dispenser, a bottle rack with roll-top cover and a brush drawer. A towlette container holder is adaptable to different sized towlettes. A wind-up ferris wheel with peripheral lights provides amusement while compartments which revolve on the ferris wheel may be used to store small items or medicine.
Inventors
- 👤 Jonathan Helinsky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:41
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47D; A47D13/00; A63; A63H; A63H33/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/823
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, comprising in combination: (a) a main housing rectangular parallelepiped in shape with integral diaper dispenser; (b) an amusement type ferris wheel which is attached to one of the side panels of said main housing; (c) a towlette dispenser which is attached to an end panel of said main housing; (d) a tissue dispenser and associated bottle rack with roll-top bottle rack cover which are jointly attached to the side panel of said main housing opposite to said amusement type ferris wheel; and, e) a lamp mounted to the top panel of said main housing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, comprising in combination: (a) a main housing rectangular parallelepiped in shape with integral diaper dispenser; (b) an amusement type ferris wheel which is attached to one of the side panels of said main housing; (c) a towlette dispenser which is attached to an end panel of said main housing; (d) a tissue dispenser and associated bottle rack with roll-top bottle rack cover which are jointly attached to the side panel of said main housing opposite to said amusement type ferris wheel; and, e) a lamp mounted to the top panel of said main housing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
100 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, wherein said integral diaper dispenser comprises a spring biased diaper platform which maintain an upward force on said diapers regardless of the number of diapers stored therein; a diaper level indicator comprising a transparent window with numbers indicating the number of diapers left in storage; a hinged diaper dispenser lid which permits the insertion of a multiplicity of diapers; a roll-top diaper dispenser cover with associated handle which permits the removal of one diaper at a time; and, means for adjusting said diaper dispenser to accommodate diapers of varying length.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
136 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 2, wherein said means for adjusting said diaper dispenser to accommodate diapers of varying length comprises a spring biased diaper platform with two hinged diaper platform extensions which may be hinged upwards to fold said hinged diaper platform extensions flat and thereby not interfere with diaper platform functioning; and a moveable end stop plate with end stop plate tracks located adjacent to said hinges of said diaper platform extensions; whereby, if the use of a short length diaper is required both of said diaper platform extensions may be folded flat and out of the way and said movable end stop plate may be removed from its normal storage position and placed into the appropriate end stop plate track thereby creating a shortened biased diaper platform and container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 3, wherein said hinges have one way stops which provide a rigid diaper platform when diaper platform extensions are fully extended but permit said platform extensions to hinge upwards freely.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, wherein said amusement type ferris wheel which is attached to one of the side panels of said main housing comprises a wind up motor fixed into a motor housing and an associated on-off lever; a ferris wheel with lights placed along the outer periphery of the rims of said ferris wheel; a central hub which contains a battery powered voltage source for said lights together with a light on-off switch; a multiplicity of self uprighting hinged compartments complete with inner liner, compartment cover and handle; amusing decorations; and, means for attaching said ferris wheel to one of the side panels of said main housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 5, wherein said means for attaching said ferris wheel to one of the side panels of said main housing comprises a sliding dovetail joint.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, wherein said towlette dispenser which is attached to an end panel of said main housing comprises a towlette dispenser housing; means for attaching said towlette dispenser housing to an end panel of said main housing; and, means for adjusting the width of said towlette housing in order to accept towlette boxes of varying widths.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 7, wherein said means for attaching said towlette dispenser housing to an end panel of said main housing comprises a link pin integral to said end panel and a mating flange on said towlette dispenser; and, a rest stop which limits the downward rotation of said towlette dispenser when said towlette dispenser is installed to said end panel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 7, wherein said means for adjusting the width of said towlette housing in order to accept towlette boxes of varying widths comprises two extension support arms which extend outward from said towlette dispenser and are guided in said extension by a sliding dovetail joint.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, wherein said lamp mounted to the top panel of said main housing comprises a battery case which contains lamp batteries; a goose neck extension which connects said battery case to a lamp hood and an associated on-off switch mounted to said lamp hood.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a brush drawer with associated handle wherein said brush drawer is inserted into said main housing below said diaper platform.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An amusement and toiletry dispenser, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a hinged carrying handle which may be used to transport the invention from place to place.
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