Dispenser for dispensing sheet materials
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMaria Fernanda Zimmerman, Vinicius Tortoza, Ricardo Schwab Schirmer, Victor Credico Vida
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Abstract
A dispenser is disclosed for holding and dispensing a package containing a wiping product, such as flushable premoistened wipes. The dispenser can be made from a single piece blank. The dispenser can include arms for engaging a rolled bathroom tissue fixture and can include an open end for receiving a package of wiping products and mating with the package in a way that facilitates dispensing of the product.
Claims20
A dispenser for dispensing sheet materials from a rolled product fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a top defining a cutout portion;
- a bottom;
- an enclosed first end;
- first and second opposing side walls positioned between the top and the bottom;
- first and second arms, the first arm extending from the first side wall while the second arm extends from the second side wall, each arm being configured to engage a rolled product fixture;
- and
- an open second end for receiving a package containing a stack of wiping sheets, wherein the cutout portion of the top is positioned and has a size that corresponds to a dispensing opening on the package loaded into the housing;
- wherein the housing is formed from a single blank and the bottom includes a first tab that engages the first side wall and a second tab that engages the second side wall.
A dispenser for dispensing sheet materials from a rolled product fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a top defining a cutout portion;
- a bottom;
- an enclosed first end;
- first and second opposing side walls positioned between the top and the bottom;
- first and second arms, the first arm extending from the first side wall while the second arm extends from the second side wall, each arm being configured to engage a rolled product fixture;
- and
- an open second end;
- and
- a package containing a stack of wiping sheets loaded into the open second end of the housing, the package defining a lid that covers a dispenser opening and wherein the cutout portion of the top is positioned and has a size to partially surround the lid and dispenser opening of the package;
- wherein the housing is formed from a single blank and the bottom includes a first tab that engages the first side wall and a second tab that engages the second side wall.
A dispenser for dispensing sheet materials from a rolled product fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a top defining a cutout portion;
- a bottom;
- an enclosed first end;
- first and second opposing side walls positioned between the top and the bottom;
- first and second arms, the first arm extending from the first side wall while the second arm extends from the second side wall, each arm being configured to engage a rolled product fixture;
- an open second end for receiving a package containing a stack of wiping sheets, wherein the cutout portion of the top is positioned and has a size that corresponds to a dispensing opening on the package loaded into the housing;
- wherein the housing includes an assembled configuration for receiving the package containing the stack of wiping sheets and a folded configuration, wherein the top includes an exterior surface and an interior surface facing an interior volume of the housing, and wherein, when the housing is in the folded configuration, the bottom and the first and second side walls are folded onto one of the surfaces of the top;
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- wherein when the housing is in the folded configuration, the first and second arms are folded onto the first and second side walls.
A dispenser for dispensing sheet materials from a rolled product fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a top defining a cutout portion;
- a bottom;
- an enclosed first end;
- first and second opposing side walls positioned between the top and the bottom;
- first and second arms, the first arm extending from the first side wall while the second arm extends from the second side wall, each arm being configured to engage a rolled product fixture;
- an open second end for receiving a package containing a stack of wiping sheets, wherein the cutout portion of the top is positioned and has a size that corresponds to a dispensing opening on the package loaded into the housing;
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- wherein the top has a length shorter than a length of the first and second side walls, wherein, once a package containing a stack of wiping sheets is loaded into the housing, a portion of the package remains exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.