Tabletop folded sheet dispenser

A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, comprising:

• a body having four side walls,
• a base,
• an opening in a top of the body,
• a lid for covering the opening in use and enabling access to the opening for refilling, wherein the lid has a dispensing opening therein to enable sheet material to be dispensed therefrom,
• a platform for supporting a plurality of sheet material from below, wherein the platform is movable from a lowermost position when the dispenser is filled with sheet material to an uppermost position adjacent the lid when the dispenser is more nearly empty of sheet material,
• a spring configured to urge the platform towards the lid, and
• a releasable locking mechanism for holding the platform in a locking position in the lowermost position, the releasable locking mechanism comprising:
• a first arm movably attached to one of the side walls and extending in a direction from the top towards the base of the body, wherein the first arm has a top end and a base end,
• a second arm movably attached to the base and extending in a direction from the side wall to which the first arm is attached towards a center of the base,
• wherein the second arm has a side wall end and a locking end, the side wall end being configured to cooperate with the base end of the first arm such that a movement of the first arm causes a movement of the second arm, the locking end being configured to releasably interlock with a locking portion arranged at the platform to thereby hold the platform in the locking position,
• wherein the lid has an engaging portion at a lower surface thereof configured to engage with the top end of the first arm upon closing the lid to thereby release the platform from the locking position,
• wherein the spring is attached between a central region of the base and a central region of the platform, and
• wherein the locking portion of the platform is located closer to the central region of the platform than to an edge portion of the platform.

A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, comprising:

• a body having four side walls,
• a base,
• an opening in a top of the body,
• a lid for covering the opening in use and enabling access to the opening for refilling, wherein the lid has a dispensing opening therein to enable sheet material to be dispensed therefrom,
• a platform for supporting a plurality of sheet material from below, wherein the platform is movable from a lowermost position when the dispenser is filled with sheet material to an uppermost position adjacent the lid when the dispenser is more nearly empty of sheet material,
• a biasing structure configured to urge the platform towards the lid, and
• a releasable locking mechanism for holding the platform in a locking position in the lowermost position, the releasable locking mechanism comprising:
• a first arm movably attached to one of the side walls and extending in a direction from the top towards the base of the body, wherein the first arm has a top end and a base end,
• a second arm movably attached to the base and extending in a direction from the side wall to which the first arm is attached towards a center of the base,
• wherein the second arm has a side wall end and a locking end, the side wall end being configured to cooperate with the base end of the first arm such that a movement of the first arm causes a movement of the second arm, the locking end being configured to releasably interlock with a locking portion arranged at the platform to thereby hold the platform in the locking position,
• wherein the lid has an engaging portion at a lower surface thereof configured to engage with the top end of the first arm upon closing the lid to thereby release the platform from the locking position,
• wherein the first arm is arranged along a central axis (C) of the one of the side walls, the central axis (C) of the one of the side walls extending in a direction from the top to the base and dividing the one of the side walls into two halves,
• wherein the second arm is arranged along a central axis (D) of the base, the central axis (D) of the base extending in a direction from the side wall at which the first arm is arranged towards the opposite side wall and dividing the base into two halves.