Wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsKristopher W. Gerulski, Alan John Linder
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Abstract
A wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of assembling same are disclosed. The wound film dispenser includes a base to which a lid is hingedly attached via a fold. The interior end walls of the base include false walls which are biased into the base. The false walls include aperture through which the ends of the roll extend to at least partially receive the ends of the roll of wound film material. In so doing, the retainers are provided exterior to the roll of film. The false walls may be biased into the base using braces pushing the top edge of the false wall away from the end walls.
Claims25
A wound film dispenser, comprising:
- a base having bottom, front, and back walls, first and second ends, and an open top defining an interior channel;
- a lid hingedly attached to the base;
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- retention walls mounted in the first and second ends of the base, the retention walls each including an aperture adapted to receive an end of a roll of wound film, the retention walls each being non-parallel to the end walls.
A wound film dispenser, comprising:
- a base;
- a cover hinged to the base;
- a roll of wound film within the base;
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- means for retaining the roll within the base, the means including false walls angularly biased into the base.
A method of assembling a wound film dispenser, comprising the steps of:
- folding a blank into a tube, the tube having first and second open ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and a back surface;
- inserting a roll of wound film through one of the open ends of the tube;
- folding false walls into the tube, the false walls including apertures receiving ends of the roll;
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- folding at least one flap against each of the false walls, the false walls including braces engaging the flaps and biasing the false walls angularly into the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.