Roll-dispensed stock container
OwnerPaul Veglianteinventor
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Abstract
A roll-dispensed stock container is provided with fixation strips attached to the body of the container and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the container. Roll-dispensed stock is secured by the fixation strips when the lid of the container is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the roll-dispensed stock of a desired length.
Claims18
A roll-dispensed stock container, comprising:
- a body including a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls forming an enclosure to receive a roll of roll-dispensed stock, the rear wall having a greater height than the front wall;
- an angled support wall joined to a top edge of the front wall and disposed at an angle thereto;
- a lid hingedly joined to a top edge of the rear wall and when in a closed configuration, the lid having a first part extending over an opening in the body between the top edge of the rear wall and an upper edge of the support wall for dispensing the roll-dispensed stock, and the lid having a second part extending over the angled support wall;
- a cutter disposed on the lid and movable along a path along the lid;
- first and second fixation strips on the support wall, the first and second fixation strips positioned along the path of the cutter when the lid is in the closed configuration, the lid contacting the first and second fixation strips when the cutter is actuated to press the lid against the first and second fixation strips to deform the first and second fixation strips and tension and secure the roll dispensed stock between the strips;
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- the cutter positioned within a recess formed within projections of the front wall and the first part of the lid.
A roll-dispensed stock container, comprising:
- a body including an angled face, a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls forming an enclosure to receive a roll of roll-dispensed stock, the face positioned at an angle relative to the front wall;
- a lid having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion hingedly joined to a top edge of the rear wall to extend over an opening in the body for dispensing the roll-dispensed stock, the second portion of the lid hingedly attached to the first portion to extend over the angled face, in a plane parallel to the face;
- means for cutting a tensioned portion of the roll-dispensed stock on the lid of the container;
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- first and second fixation strips on the angled face positioned along a path of the means for cutting, the first and second fixation strips having a first thickness and a second deformed thickness when pressure is applied to the means for cutting, to press the lid against the first and second fixation strips to engage and tension a portion of the roll dispensed stock between the strips.
A method for dispensing roll-dispensed stock from a container including a body including a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls forming an enclosure to receive a roll of roll-dispensed stock, a cutter assembly disposed on a lid having a slidable cutter that extends through the lid, first and second fixation strips provided on a support wall and positioned along a path of the cutter, and a roll of roll-dispensed stock positioned within the enclosure, comprising:
- positioning the lid hingedly joined to a top edge of the rear wall, movable from an open configuration allowing access to the roll-dispensed stock to a closed configuration covering the enclosure;
- drawing the roll-dispensed stock out of the body through the opening and over the first and second fixation strips;
- positioning the lid in the closed configuration;
- applying pressure on the lid to bear against the first and second fixation strips;
- deforming the first and second fixation strips, thereby engaging and tensioning the roll-dispensed stock between the strips and securing the roll-dispensed stock between the lid and the first and second fixation strips;
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- moving the slidable cutter along a length of the container from a first position to a second position, the slidable cutter positioned to cut through the roll-dispensed stock as it is moved along the length of the container, thereby separating a portion of the roll-dispensed stock from the roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.