Apparatus for sequential dispensing of tissues and process of dispensing tissues using such an apparatus
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDelmar R. Muckenfuhs, Jane L. Bavely
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Abstract
A tissue package comprising a dispensing package and tissues. The dispensing package has a dispensing opening. The dispensing opening has a large aperture and an arcuately shaped smaller aperture which are spaced apart and connected by an isthmic connection. Tissues may be easily withdrawn by the user through the large aperture, and fed through the isthmic connection to small aperture. Thereafter, the tissues may be dispensed through the small aperture in a pop-up mode.
Claims18
A dispensing opening for a magazine of tissues and tissues in combination therewith, said dispensing opening comprising:
- a first large aperture, said large aperture having a tapered side with an apex, said apex being contiguous with and in communication with an isthmic connection, said isthmic connection having two opposed ends, one said end juxtaposed with said apex, the other said end being juxtaposed with a nonaxissymmetric arcuate second aperture, said second aperture being smaller in area than said first aperture, said second aperture being tapered whereby the sides of said second aperture converge as they approach said end of said isthmic connection juxtaposed with said second aperture,
- whereby a user can at least partially dispense a first tissue through said first large aperture, said tissue being releasably attached to a second tissue, transfer all or a part of said first tissue through said isthmic connection to said second aperture, withdraw said first tissue through said dispensing opening, separate said first tissue from said second tissue, said second tissue remaining at least partially within said second aperture after being separated from said first tissue.
A tissue package comprising a dispensing package and tissues in combination, said tissue package comprising:
- a dispensing package for holding tissues therein and having a generally planar wall,
- a dispensing opening being disposed on said generally planar wall, said dispensing opening comprising two spaced apart apertures, a first larger aperture and a second smaller aperture, said first aperture and said second apertures being connected by an isthmic connection, said isthmic connection being formed by two lobes in said generally planar wall, one said lobe being on either side of said isthmic connection, each said lobe being cantilevered from a fixed end and extending to a free end distal from said fixed end, said lobes being mutually noncolinear, said free ends of said lobes defining the sides of said isthmic connection;
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- a magazine of tissues in said dispensing package, each tissue being releasably attached to an adjacent tissue, whereby a first tissue may be dispensed through said first aperture by a user, at least partially transferred through said isthmic connection to said second aperture, then be withdrawn from said tissue package and easily separated from said adjacent tissue, said adjacent tissue remaining in substantially the same position relative to said dispensing opening after being separated from said first tissue.
A method of dispensing tissues from a tissue package comprising a dispensing package and tissues in combination therewith, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a dispensing package having a generally planar wall, a dispensing opening being disposed on said generally planar wall, said dispensing opening comprising two spaced apart apertures, a first larger aperture and a second smaller aperture, said first aperture and said second apertures being connected by an isthmic connection, said isthmic connection being formed by two lobes in said generally planar wall, one said lobe being on either side of said isthmic connection, each said lobe being cantilevered from a fixed end and extending to a free end distal from said fixed end, said free ends of said lobes defining the sides of said isthmic connection, wherein said lobes are mutually noncolinear;
- disposing a magazine of tissues inside said dispensing package, each said tissue being releasably attached to an adjacent tissue;
- partially dispensing a first tissue from said dispensing package through said first aperture by reaching therethrough;
- at least partially transferring said first tissue from said first aperture through said isthmic connection to said second aperture;
- withdrawing said tissue from said tissue package;
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- separating said first tissue from said adjacent tissue, whereby said adjacent tissue does not fall back inside said dispensing package.
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