Dispenser for sheet materials
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorMaria del Mar Cajas Joaqui
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to dispensing containers for storing and dispensing folded sheet material. The dispensing container of the present disclosure can be constructed so as to be free of any polymer films. The dispensing container includes a unique dispensing opening that is integral with one wall of the container. The dispensing opening includes a pair of opposing parabolic flaps and a pair of opposing resilient edges that form the perimeter of an opening. The parabolic flaps have spring-like properties in relation to the resilient edges that apply forces to a sheet material being dispensed. In this manner, the different elements combine together to maintain a sheet material in an upright position without falling back into the container.
Claims24
A container for holding and dispensing a plurality of individual sheets comprising:
- a carton having at least one carton wall and defining a hollow enclosure for receiving a plurality of sheets;
- a dispensing opening disposed on the at least one carton wall, the dispensing opening having a perimeter sufficient to permit sheets to be dispensed therethrough;
- a first parabolic flap having a first apex end and a second parabolic flap having a second apex end, the first apex end being spaced from the second apex end, the first and second apex ends forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening, and wherein the first parabolic flap comprises two diverging slits that extend from the first apex end and the second parabolic flap comprises two diverging slits that extend from the second apex end;
- a first resilient edge opposing and spaced from a second resilient edge, the first resilient edge forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening between the first and second apex ends and the second resilient edge forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening between opposite sides of the first and second apex ends, the first and second resilient edges defining a linear or curved shape that is non-convex with respect to the dispensing opening;
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- a first score line spaced from the first resilient edge and a second score line spaced from the second resilient edge and wherein the first and second score lines have a shape that makes the corresponding first and second resilient edges more resilient to upward forces.
A container for holding and dispensing a plurality of individual sheets comprising:
- a carton having at least one carton wall and defining a hollow enclosure for receiving a plurality of sheets;
- a dispensing opening disposed on the at least one carton wall, the dispensing opening having a perimeter sufficient to permit sheets to be dispensed therethrough;
- a first parabolic flap having a first apex end and a second parabolic flap having a second apex end, the first apex end being spaced from the second apex end, the first and second apex ends forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening, and wherein the first parabolic flap comprises two diverging slits that extend from the first apex end and the second parabolic flap comprises two diverging slits that extend from the second apex end;
- a first resilient edge opposing and spaced from a second resilient edge, the first resilient edge forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening between the first and second apex ends and the second resilient edge forming a portion of the perimeter of the dispensing opening between opposite sides of the first and second apex ends, the first and second resilient edges defining a linear or curved shape that is non-convex with respect to the dispensing opening;
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- wherein the first and second resilient edges are more resilient to upward forces caused by sheets being dispensed through the dispensing opening than the first and second apex ends of the first and second parabolic flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.