Flexible sheet dispenser
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorBrandon Mark Hokanson
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dispenser useful for storing and dispensing sheet material comprising a flexible outer wrapper, which may be formed from a single piece of plastic, defining an interior space for receiving the sheet material to be stored and dispensed. The outer wrapper has a top surface and a first opening disposed thereon. The dispenser further comprises a dispensing panel disposed between the stack of sheet material and the outer wrapper. The dispensing panel may be formed from a semi-rigid material, such as paperboard having a bending stiffness greater than about 200 Taber Stiffness Units so as to provide the dispenser with some structural integrity and facilitate dispensing of the sheet material.
Claims18
A dispenser comprising a polymeric film having a bending stiffness from about 4.0 to about 10.0 Taber Stiffness Units folded to define a cavity and a first sealed end, a second sealed end, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall having a length and a width and a plurality of perforations defining a first dispensing opening having a length and a width;
- a stack of sheet material disposed within the cavity, the stack having a length and a width and an uppermost folded sheet;
- a planar dispensing panel having a bending stiffness from about 100 to about 400 Taber Stiffness Units disposed between the uppermost folded sheet and the top wall of the dispenser, the dispensing panel having a length and a width and a second dispensing opening having a length and a width;
- wherein the length of the first dispensing opening is at least about 80 percent of the length of the top wall.
A dispenser for storing and dispensing a stack of dry tissue products comprising:
- a. a polymeric film having a bending stiffness from about 4.0 to about 10.0 Taber Stiffness Units and folded to define a cavity, a first sealed end, a second sealed end, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall having a first dispensing opening disposed thereon, the first dispensing opening having a length and a width;
- b. a stack of folded dry tissue products disposed within the cavity, the stack having a length and a width and an uppermost tissue product;
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- c. a planar paperboard sheet disposed between the uppermost tissue product and the top wall of the folded polymeric film, the paperboard sheet having a length and a width and a plurality of perforations defining a removable surfboard disposed thereon, the removable surfboard forming a second dispensing opening having a length and a width;
- wherein the length of the second dispensing opening is from about 80 to about 95 percent of the length of the planar paperboard sheet.
A dispenser for storing and dispensing a stack of sheet material comprising:
- a polymeric film having a bending stiffness from about 4.0 to about 10.0 Taber Stiffness Units and folded to define a cavity, a first sealed end, a second sealed end, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall having a length and a width and a plurality of perforations defining a first dispensing opening having a length and a width;
- a stack of sheet material disposed within the cavity, the stack of sheet material having a length and a width and an uppermost sheet;
- a planar dispensing panel having a bending stiffness from about 100 to about 400 Taber Stiffness Units disposed between the uppermost sheet and the top wall of the folded polymeric film, the dispensing panel having a length and a width and a second dispensing opening disposed thereon, the second dispensing opening having a length and a width and a breaker bar attached to the dispensing panel;
- wherein the length of the first dispensing opening is at least about 80 percent of the length of the top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.