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AssigneeS.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
InventorsKristopher W. Gerulski, Alan John Linder
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A dispenser for rolls of wound film is disclosed, as well as a method of manufacturing such a dispenser. The dispenser includes a trunk to which a lid is hingedly attached. First and second end walls of the trunk include retainers adapted to penetrate into hollow ends of a roll of wound film disposed within the trunk. The first and second retainers include multiple flaps which are locked into a penetrating position. The multiple flaps may include first and second parallel wing flaps which are pushed inwardly by a locking flap. The combined flaps may be locked into position by frictional engagement of the locking flap in notches provided in the first and second wing flaps. By penetrating the first and second ends of the roll, the roll is reliably held within the trunk, and less susceptible to being inadvertently pulled from the carton during dispensing of the film.
A dispenser for rolls of wound film, the roll including a core having first and second hollow ends with film being wound around the core, the dispenser comprising:
A method of assembling a wound film dispenser, comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 15, wherein each of the first and second retainer flaps include notches which receive sides of one of the locking flaps during the pushing step.
The method of claim 15, wherein the first and second retainer flaps are hinged vertically and the locking flaps are hinged horizontally.
The method of claim 15, further including the step of folding a minor flap against each of the major flaps after the pushing step.
The method of claim 15, wherein the blank is pre-formed by die-cutting.
A wound film dispenser, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.