NL2023166B1 - Portable carrier and method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
- A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
- A61B50/31—Carrying cases or bags, e.g. doctors' bags
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/18—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps
- B65D33/20—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps using pressure-sensitive adhesive
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65D2313/06—Connecting or fastening means using vacuum suction cups
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65D2313/08—Double sided adhesive tape, e.g. for suspension of the container
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable carrier, comprising: - a compartment defined by an envelope having a closure to selectively allow 5 access via an opening to one or more than one care product inside the envelope; and - a suspension that is disabled When the closure is closed. The invention further relates to a method of filling such a portable carrier With clean care products, comprising the steps of - providing a portable carrier; 10 - filling the compartment of the portable carrier With clean care products; and - closing the compartment With the closure and disabling the suspension.
Description
Portable carrier and method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products The present invention relates to a portable carrier and to a method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products.
There a multiple reasons, especially of a medical nature, why users may want to take care products. Although not limited thereto, especially users having a stoma are required to perform regular care of their stoma, which requires the use of care products. Especially when users having a stoma are outside their own home, they are often forced to perform their caring acts in sub-optimal spaces. As an example, most public toilets are far from optimal. Most of the time there is no suitable surface to place the clean care products in a hygienic way. Placement on the ground is of course not hygienic, and holding the care products would leave the user with only one free hand left for performing the caring actions. These performing actions include. besides washing of hands before and after, the removal of a partially filled stoma bag, cleaning of the skin around the connection with the stoma bag, placing an empty stoma bag, and disposal of care products used.
Typical care products for a user having a stoma comprise, among others, a stoma bag, a disposal bag, a scissors, dry and wet gauze pads, and dedicated adhesive.
A prior art device for stoma users comprises a carrier that comprises a waist belt, which has a plurality of disadvantages. For example, the user lacks a work surface and the device is situated very closely to the body, thereby causing a serious risk for contaminating any clothing.
Moreover, this type of device may not be used while sitting.
An objective of the present invention is to provide a carrier for care products, that is improved relative to the prior art and wherein at least one of the above stated problems is obviated.
Said objective is achieved with the portable carrier according to the present invention, comprising: - a compartment defined by an envelope having a closure to selectively allow access via an opening to one or more than one care product inside the envelope; and - a suspension that is disabled when the closure is closed.
Conversely, when the closure is opened, the suspension may be enabled and used to suspend the portable carrier, e.g. to a wall or a door. In this way, the suspended portable carrier may provide a user a temporary work surface that allows the user to take care of e.g. a stoma or catheter, or to perform any other (medical) care, in a comfortable and hygienic manner. The suspension being disabled when the closure is closed prevents inadvertent suspension, e.g. attachment to an inside of a (hand)bag of the user when then suspension is embodied as an adhesive.
The invention further relates to a method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products, comprising the steps of - providing a portable carrier according to the invention; - tilling the compartment of the portable carrier with clean care products; and - closing the compartment with the closure and disabling the suspension.
Preferred embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.
The various aspects and features described and shown in the specification can be applied, individually, wherever possible. These individual aspects, and in particular the aspects and features described in the attached dependent claims, may be made subject of divisional patent applications.
In the following description preferred embodiments of the present invention are further elucidated with reference to the drawing, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portable carrier according to a first embodiment, in a suspended state thereof; Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portable carrier according to a second embodiment, in a suspended state thereof; Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of the portable carrier of Figure 2 in intermediate steps of closing thereof; and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the portable carrier of Figure 2 in a closed state.
The portable carrier | according to the invention comprises a compartment 2 defined by an envelope 3 having a closure 4 to selectively allow access via an opening 5 to one or more than one care product inside the envelope 3, and a suspension 6 that is disabled when the closure 4 is closed. The closure 4 may cover the suspension 6 when the closure 4 is closed, thereby disabling the suspension 6.
In the shown embodiments, the suspension 6 is formed by an adhesive, more in particular an adhesive tape. Alternatively, the suspension 6 may comprise a (not shown) suction cup or even a hook. An adhesive or suction cup is especially suitable for suspending the portable carrier 1 on a flat surface, such as a door, a wall, or e.g. a mirror attached to a wall. The suspension is typically arranged on an outside of the compartment 2.
An adhesive may provide a convenient way to temporarily suspend the portable carrier 1 to a surfaces of a plurality of types and materials. If the closure 4 covers the suspension 6, the adhesive is prevented from sticking to undesired surfaces, such as an inside of a (hand)bag.
In a simplest embodiment, the portable carrier 1 comprises only one compartment 2 as shown in Figure 1. In this case, the closure 4 may be formed by a flap 7, which may fold over the opening 5 and cover the suspension 6.
The portable carrier 1 comprises a suspended state, which is shown in Figure 2 for the first embodiment and in Figure 3 for a further and more preferred embodiment. In the suspended state, the closure 4 is open and the one or more than one care product inside the envelope is readily available for a user.
More in particular, the suspension 6 is configured to suspend the portable carrier 1 on an upright surface, such as on a wall or a door of a toilet or a bathroom. This allows people who have to take care of e.g. their stoma or catheter to arrange their care products hygienically in a close distance, where it is readily available. Since the portable carrier 1 is suspended, the person has two hands available for handling any care product. The portable carrier 1 thus provides people IO a comfortable and clean portable working surface that may even be conveniently used in public toilets.
The portable carrier 1 preferably comprises a waste containing state wherein it contains used care products. In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the waste may be put into compartment 2, which is especially applicable to situations, wherein a user only requires one care product. The user may than take the clean care product out of compartment 2, and use the same compartment 2 for waste, i.e. for storing the care product after use thereof.
However, in most situations a user may need more than one care product. Especially for these situations, it is beneficial if the portable carrier 1 comprises a further compartment 8 as shown in the second embodiment of Figures 3-5. This further compartment 8 may be a waste compartment.
The further compartment 8 and the suspension 6 are preferably arranged on opposite sides of the compartment 2, which is especially advantageous if the further compartment is a waste compartment. After all, the suspension 6 will face the wall or other constructive part to which the portable carrier 1 is suspended. If the further compartment 8 is arranged on an opposite side of the compartment 2 relative to the suspension 6, the compartment 2 will be arranged in between the suspension 6 and the further compartment 8, which is the waste compartment. Consequently, a user may take clean care products out of the most rearward compartment 2 relative to the user, and can put used care products in the compartment 8 which is closest to the user. Thus, there is no need to pass used care products over clean care products inside the compartment 2, thereby safeguarding hygiene.
The further compartment 8 may comprise an extension 9 that extends past the opening 5 of the envelope 3 that defines the compartment 2. This extension 9 of the further compartment 8 may form the closure 4 of the compartment 2. As can be best seen in Figures 3 and 4, the extension 9 of the further compartment 8 is configured to fold over the opening 5 of the envelope 3 that defines the compartment 2. The extension 9 then covers and disables the suspension 6 (Figure 5).
The further compartment 8 may comprise a further closure 10, which may be embodied as a flap 11. If a user is ready with taking care and after having put used care products in the further compartment 8 that serves as waste compartment, the user may compress the farther compartment 8 and close it with the further closure 10. In Figures 3 and 4, the user may fold flap 11 to close the waste compartment 8 according to arrow F. Once flap 11 is folded against the extension 9, they may be jointly folded to close the compartment 2. The extension 9, together with flap 11, acts as closure 4 for compartment 2.
In the waste containing state of the portable carrier 1 as shown in Figure 5, the further compartment 8 is a waste compartment that contains used care products and that is closed IO with the further closure 10, i.e. flap 11, and the extension 9 of the further compartment 8, possibly together with further closure 10, forms the closure 4 that closes the compartment 2 and that disables the suspension 6 by covering thereof.
The portable carrier 1 is preferably disposable, allowing the user to dispose the used care products in a closed portable carrier 1.
In a preferred embodiment, the portable carrier 1 comprises a pre-packed state wherein the compartment 2 is filled with clean care products. A healthcare supplier may provide pre-packed portable carriers 1, containing all necessities for dedicated care, especially for users having a stoma or catheter. The care products than comprise care products for care of the stoma or the catheter.
The invention is further related to a method of filling a portable carrier 1 with clean care products, comprising the steps of: - providing a portable carrier 1 as described above; - filling the compartment 2 of the portable carrier 1 with clean care products; and - closing the compartment 2 with the closure 4 and disabling the suspension 6.
Although they show preferred embodiments of the invention, the above described embodiments are intended only to illustrate the invention and not to limit in any way the scope of the invention. Accordingly, it should be understood that where features mentioned in the appended claims are followed by reference signs, such signs are included solely for the purpose of enhancing the intelligibility of the claims and are in no way limiting on the scope of the claims. Furthermore, itis particularly noted that the skilled person can combine technical measures of the different embodiments. The scope of the invention is therefore defined solely by the following claims.
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NL2023166A NL2023166B1 (en) | 2019-05-20 | 2019-05-20 | Portable carrier and method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products |
EP20725965.6A EP3972519A1 (en) | 2019-05-20 | 2020-05-06 | Portable carrier and method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products |
PCT/NL2020/050289 WO2020235995A1 (en) | 2019-05-20 | 2020-05-06 | Portable carrier and method of filling such a portable carrier with clean care products |
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GB2250975A (en) * | 1990-11-15 | 1992-06-24 | Colin Howard Ashman | Bags |
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