Dispensing container
AssigneeSonoco Products Company
InventorsMartin T. Dunn, Dennis R. Taylor, Troy W. Johnson, Jr.
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Abstract
A dispensing container for containing a roll of sheet material and dispensing sheets from the roll is disclosed. The dispensing container includes a container body with integrally formed front, rear, bottom and side walls and an open top. A top cover is flexibly connected to the rear wall of the container body and is movable between an open and a substantially closed position. The cover is biased in a substantially closed position adjacent the top of the container body for maintaining the roll of sheet material in the container body. Serrations are integrally formed in the container body for cutting sheet material dispensed from the container.
Claims25
A dispensing container for containing a roll of sheet material and dispensing sheets from the roll comprising:
- a thermoplastic container body having integrally formed front, rear, bottom and side walls and an open top;
- a thermoplastic top cover flexibly connected to the rear wall of the container body and movable between an opened and a substantially closed position, the cover being resiliently biased in the substantially closed position adjacent the top of the container body such that the top cover returns from the opened position to the substantially closed position in the absence of external force for maintaining the roll of sheet material in the container body;
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- cutting means integrally formed in the container body adjacent the top of the front wall and for cutting sheet material dispensed from the container.
A dispensing container for containing a roll of sheet material and dispensing sheets from the roll comprising:
- an elongated, substantially rectangular, thermoplastic container body having integrally formed front, rear, bottom and side walls and an open top;
- a thermoplastic top cover flexibly connected to the rear wall of the container body and movable between an opened and a substantially closed position, the top cover being resiliently biased downward in the substantially closed position adjacent an upper edge of the container front wall such that the top cover returns from the opened position to the substantially closed position adjacent the upper edge of the container in the absence of external force for maintaining the roll of sheet material in the container body;
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- a plurality of saw-tooth configured serrations integrally formed in the container body on the front wall upper edge and being adapted for cutting sheet material dispensed from the container.
A dispensing container for containing a roll of sheet material and dispensing sheets from the roll comprising:
- a thermoplastic container body having integrally formed front, rear, bottom and side walls and having an open top;
- a thermoplastic top cover flexibly connected to the rear wall of the container body and movable between an open and a substantially closed position, the cover being resiliently biased in the substantially closed position adjacent the top of the container body such that the cover returns from the open position to the substantially closed position in the absence of external force for maintaining the roll of sheet material in the container body;
- cutting means integrally formed in the container body adjacent the top of the front wall for cutting sheet material dispensed from the container;
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- at least one bossed ridge integrally formed in the bottom wall and extending upwardly from the bottom wall and in a direction extending between said side walls.
A dispensing container for containing a roll of sheet material and dispensing sheets from the roll comprising:
- a thermoplastic container body having integrally formed front, rear, bottom and side walls and an open top;
- a roll of flexible sheet material contained within the container body and having a leading edge;
- a thermoplastic top cover flexibly connected to the rear wall of the container body and movable between substantially open and substantially closed positions, the cover being resiliently biased in the substantially closed position adjacent the top of the container body such that the cover returns from the open position to the substantially closed position in the absence of external force for maintaining the roll of sheet material in the container body,
- a lip integrally formed in the container body and joined to an upper portion of the front wall and extending forwardly from the front wall and comprising a cutting means integrally formed in the lip;
- and wherein
- the leading edge of the top cover extends over at least a portion of said lip extending from the front wall so that the sheet material is dispensed through the space between the lid and the lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.