Container for storing and dispensing paper articles
AssigneeRockline, Inc.
InventorsDaniel V. Joslyn, Neale D. Rees
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Abstract
A container (10) for storing and dispensing a stack of paper articles (30) is provided with a bottom wall (12), at least one side wall (14) and a top wall (22). The top wall has a struck out hinged pivotable portion (32) which is pivotable into and out of the container. That portion of the top wall which is not pivotable retains the stack within the container. A depressible hinged tab (38) is struck out of the hinged pivotable portion, and has an adhesive (42) on its underside. When the tab is depressed, thus engaging the side wall of the topmost article in the stack, and the pivotable hinged portion is subsequently lifted, the topmost article in the stack is lifted for one-at-a-time dispensing of the articles from the stack.
Claims12
A container for storing a stack of articles and for dispensing said articles in a one-at-a-time manner, said container comprising:
- a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and a top wall;
- said top wall having a struck out hinged portion which is pivotally attached to one of said side walls into and out of said container with respect to the remainder of said top wall, said remainder of said top wall forming retainer means for retaining said stack of articles within said container when said container is in either an upright or an inverted position;
- a depressible hinged tab struck out from and pivotable relative to said pivotable hinged portion of said top walls adjacent a second side wall opposite to said one of said side walls;
- and,
- adhesive means disposed on the underside of said tab so that when said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall is pivoted into said container and said tab is depressed into engagement with said stack, said adhesive means adheres to the topmost article in said stack of articles and so that subsequent lifting of said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall out of said container causes said topmost article to be lifted by said tab through said top wall.
A container for storing a stack of articles and for dispensing said articles in a one-at-a-time manner, said container comprising:
- a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls and a top wall;
- said top wall having a struck out hinged portion which is pivotally attached to one of said side walls into and out of said container with respect to the remainder of said top wall, said remainder of said top wall forming retainer means for retaining said stack of articles within said container, said retainer means including a top wall portion disposed adjacent the top edge of said side wall and extending substantially around the entire periphery of said top wall surrounding said struck out hinged portion of said top wall;
- a depressible hinged tab struck out from and pivotable relative to said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall adjacent a second side wall opposite to said one of said side walls;
- and,
- adhesive means disposed on the underside of said tab so that when said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall is pivoted into said container and said tab is depressed into engagement with said stack, said adhesive means adheres to the top most article in said stack of articles and so that subsequent lifting of said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall out of said container causes said topmost article to be lifted by said tab through said top wall.
A container for storing a stack of articles and for dispensing said articles in a one-at-a-time manner, said container comprising:
- a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and a top wall;
- said top wall having a struck out hinged portion which is pivotally attached to one of said side walls into and out of said container with respect to the remainder of said top wall, said remainder of said top wall forming retainer means for retaining said stack of articles within said container, said retainer means being engageable with opposite sides of the top of said stack of articles and defining an opening between said opposite sides of said stack through which said articles pass during dispensing;
- a depressible hinged tab struck out from and pivotable relative to said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall adjacent a second side wall opposite to said one of said side walls;
- and,
- adhesive means disposed on the underside of said tab so that when said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall is pivoted into said container through said opening and said tab is depressed into engagement with said stack, said adhesive means adheres to the topmost article in said stack of articles and so that subsequent lifting of said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall out of said container causes said topmost articles to be lifted by said tab through said opening.
A container for storing and dispensing a stack of articles and for dispensing said articles in a one-at-a-time manner, said container comprising:
- a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and a top wall;
- said top wall having a struck out hinged portion which is pivotally attached to one of said side walls into and out of said container with respect to the remainder of said top wall, said remainder of said top wall forming retainer means for retaining said stack of articles within said container, said retainer means comprising a pair of opposed top wall portions disposed adjacent the top edge of said side wall;
- a depressible hinged tab struck out from and pivotable relative to said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall adjacent a second side wall opposite to said one of said side walls;
- and
- adhesive means disposed on the underside of said tab so that when said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall is pivoted into said container and said tab is depressed into engagement with said stack, said adhesive means adheres to the topmost article in said stack of articles and so that subsequent lifting of said pivotable hinged portion of said top wall out of said container causes said topmost article to be lifted by said tab through said top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.