# US 10,117,549 B2 · Dispenser for rolled, perforated, folded, and/or interwoven bags, wipes and other flexible dispensible materials

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- Number: US 10,117,549 B2
- Document ID: US10117549B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/117,581
- Filed: 2016-08-08
- Published: 2017-12-14
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-10
- Assignees: Divergent Devices LLC
- Applicants: Bonis Opus LLC
- Inventors: Elie Atalla
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117549B2

## CPC

- A47K 10/38: the web being rolled-up
- A47K 10/3809: {with roll spindles which are not directly supported}
- A47K 2010/3233: {Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall}
- A47K 2010/3863: {with roll rotation braking devices}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A dispensing device includes a container retaining a dispensable material, which prevents the material from breaking prior to being dispensed or over-dispensing material by including a mechanism to slow the dispensation of the material, and also aids in breaking the material subsequent to the material exiting the container. The container has a faceplate with at least three members forming a substantially triangular aperture through which the dispensable material is fed. The three members include a pair of opposing flanges forming the triangular aperture therebetween. The pair of opposing flanges further form a substantially linear slot therebetween and contiguous with the triangular aperture, with the dispensable material further fed through the slot. Each of the pair of opposing flanges has a curved surface forming a side of the triangular aperture.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dispensing device comprising:
a container retaining a dispensable material, the container having a faceplate with at least three members forming a substantially triangular aperture through which the dispensable material is fed, the faceplate having a terminating slot at one vertex of the aperture;
a guide member positioned behind, and guiding the material towards, the vertex of the aperture with the terminating slot, said guide member having a smooth surface and positioned near a lower portion of the faceplate and away from a wider portion of the aperture such that the guide member forces the material to turn at a sharp angle and in a controlled manner when pulled upward and out through the wider portion of the aperture; and
a space between the faceplate and the guide member, with the space allowing the material to be pulled upward towards the wider opening or downward towards the terminating slot.

### Claim 2

A dispensing device comprising:
a container retaining a dispensable material, the container having:
a faceplate with at least three members forming a substantially triangular aperture through which the dispensable material is fed, the faceplate having a terminating slot at one vertex of the aperture; and
an interior surface forming a cradle within the container for releasably retaining the dispensable material through the aperture of the faceplate; and
a guide member positioned behind, and guiding the material towards, the vertex of the aperture with the terminating slot, said guide member having a smooth surface and positioned near a lower portion of the faceplate and away from a wider portion of the aperture such that the guide member forces the material to turn at a sharp angle and in a controlled manner when pulled upward and out through the wider portion of the aperture; and
a space between the faceplate and the guide member, with the space allowing the material to be pulled towards the wider opening or downward towards the terminating slot.

### Claim 3

A method for dispensing material from a container having at least one interior surface and a faceplate, the method comprising:
releasably retaining the material in a cradle formed by the at least one interior surface;
feeding the material through a substantially triangular aperture in the faceplate, the aperture having a terminating slot at one vertex of the aperture, with the substantially triangular aperture formed by a least three members of the faceplate;
positioning a guide member behind the vertex of the aperture with the terminating slot;
forming a space between the faceplate and the guide member;
guiding the dispensable material, using the guide member, towards the vertex of the aperture with the terminating slot, said guide member having a smooth surface and positioned near a lower portion of the faceplate and away from a wider portion of the aperture such that the guide member forces the material to turn at a sharp angle and in a controlled manner when pulled upward and out through the wider portion of the aperture; and
allowing, using the space, the dispensable material to be pulled upward towards the wider opening or downward towards the terminating slot.