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US 5,509,570 AGranted
Dispenser of plastic bags
OwnerRobert B. DeMatteisinventor
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Abstract
A dispenser having a top surface and a front surface with a cut-out extending between the front and top surfaces with slits extending from sides of said cut-out along the front surface. A stack of plastic bags or plastic sheet pick-up tissues are arranged in the dispenser and are dispensed by grasping an uppermost one via the cut-out and pulling outward with the bags being pulled one at a time through the cut-out and slits. The bags may be sculptured with a wave pattern defining a periphery of the corner regions on either side of the mouth of the bag.
Claims18
A dispenser useful for dispensing individual elements from a stack one at a time, each individual element having a mouth end and a tail end, the dispenser comprising:
- a container having a body with top and front surfaces, said front surface being elongated between opposite end edges;
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- dispensing means for dispensing the individual elements from the stack one at a time from the container, said dispensing means including a cut-out opening extending between said top and front surfaces, said cut-out opening having a configuration in said top surface which allows for manual grasping of a top-most one the individual elements contained within the container, said cut-out being defined in said front surface by a bottom edge and two side edges each extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective side of said bottom edge so as to be configured for channeling a top-most one of the individual elements along the side edges when being dispensed, said dispensing means also including two slits each extending outwardly in a direction toward a respective one of said end edges of said front surface and terminating spaced therefrom, said slits each having a lower edge extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective one of said two side edges to which is channeled the top-most one of the individual elements as a result of the channeling from the side edges, said slits having a configuration which allows dispensement of the individual elements one at a time through the slits and which may block a subsequent individual element from being dispensed at the same time through the slits if the subsequent individual element clings to the top-most one of the individual elements during the dispensement.
A dispenser containing a stack of bags, each bag having a mouth end and a tail end, said dispenser and stack of bags comprising:
- a container having a body with top and front surfaces;
- a stack of individual plastic bags packed tail forward within the container, each of said plastic bags having two edge configurations each extending from a top edge of said mouth to a respective side at a lower elevation than said top edge, said edge configurations each having a wave form pattern of peaks and valleys;
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- dispensing means for dispensing individual plastic bags from said stack one at a time from said container, said dispensing means including a cut-out opening extending between said top and front surfaces, said cut-out opening having a configuration in said top surface which allows for manual grasping of a top-most one of said plastic bags contained within said container, said cut-out being defined in said front surface by a bottom edge and two side edges each extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective side of said bottom edge so as to be configured for channeling a top-most one of said plastic bags along the side edges when being dispensed, said dispensing means also including two slits each extending outwardly and each having a lower edge extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective one of said two side edges to which is channeled the top-most one of said plastic bags as a result of the channeling from the side edges, said slits having a configuration which allows dispensement of individual plastic bags one at a time through the slits and which may block a subsequent individual plastic bag from being dispensed at the same time through the slits if the subsequent individual plastic bag clings to the top-most one of said plastic bags during the dispensement.
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A dispenser containing a stack of bags, each bag having a mouth end and a tail end, said dispenser and stack of bags comprising;
- a container having a body with top and front surfaces;
- a stack of plastic bags packed mouth forward within said container, each of said plastic bags having two edge configurations each extending from a top edge of said mouth to a respective side at a lower elevation than said top edge, said edge configurations each having a wave form pattern of peaks and valleys;
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- dispensing means for dispensing individual plastic bags from said stack one at a time from said container, said dispensing means including a cut-out opening extending between said top and front surfaces, said cut-out opening having a configuration in said top surface which allows for manual grasping of a top-most one of said plastic bags contained within said container, said cut-out being defined in said front surface by a bottom edge and two side edges each extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective side of said bottom edge so as to be configured for channeling a top-most one of said plastic bags along the side edges when being dispensed, said dispensing means also including two slits each extending outwardly and each having a lower edge extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective one of said two side edges to which is channeled the top-most one of said plastic bags as a result of the channeling from the side edges, said slits having a configuration which allows dispensement of individual plastic bags one at a time through the slits and which may block a subsequent individual plastic bag from being dispensed at the same time through the slits if the subsequent individual plastic bag clings to the top-most one of the individual plastic bags during the dispensement.
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A dispenser containing a stack of bags, each bag having a body and two tabs extending from opposite sides of said body with perforations extending between said tabs and said body in a wave pattern, said dispenser and stack of bags comprising:
- a container having a body with top and front surfaces;
- dispensing means for dispensing individual bags from said stack one at a time from said container, said dispensing means including a cut-out opening extending between said top and front surfaces, said cut-out opening having a configuration in said top surface which allows for manual grasping of a top-most one of said bags contained within said container, said cut-out being defined in said front surface by a bottom edge and two side edges each extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective side of said bottom edge so as to be configured for channeling a top-most one of said bags along the side edges when being dispensed, said dispensing means also including two slits each extending outwardly and each having a lower edge extending upwardly including two slits each extending outwardly and each having a lower edge extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective one of said two side edges to which is channeled the top-most one of said bags as a result of the channeling from the side edges, said slits having a configuration which allows dispensement of individual bags one at a time through the slits and which may block a subsequent individual bag from being dispensed at the same time through the slits if the subsequent individual bag clings to the top-most one of said bags during the dispensement;
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- means for attaching said tabs to said container, said perforations being arranged to sever in response to manual pulling of the body relative to said tabs.
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A dispenser containing a stack of bags, said dispenser and stack of bags comprising:
- a container having a body with top and front surfaces;
- dispensing means for dispensing individual bags from the stack one at a time from said container, said dispensing means including a cut-out opening extending between said top and front surfaces, said cut-out opening having a configuration in said top surface which allows for manual grasping of a top-most one of said bags contained within said container, said cut-out being defined in said front surface by a bottom edge and two side edges each extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective side of said bottom edge so as to be configured for channeling a top-most one of said bags along the side edges when being dispensed, said dispensing means also including two slits each extending outwardly and each having a lower edge extending upwardly and outwardly from a respective one of said two side edges to which is channeled the top-most one of said bags as a result of the channeling from the side edges, said slits having a configuration which allows dispensement of individual bags one at a time through the slits and which may block a subsequent individual bag from being dispensed at the same time through the slits if the subsequent individual bag clings to the top-most one of said bags during the dispensement;
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- a ramp inclining downwardly from the bottom edge of said cut-out opening towards a rear of the container, said stack resting on said ramp, said stack of bags being a stack of T-shirt style plastic bags each having a body with a mouth and two strap handles extending upwardly from said body beyond an elevation of said mouth, said strap handles being folded within said container at a junction with said mouth, said body being folded within said container adjacent a rear of the container so that said strap handles extend, as a result of being folded, toward tail ends of said bags.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.