Dispensers with optional support or attachment means

A dispenser for flexible sheets from a stack of sheets disposed one on top of another, said dispenser comprising top and bottom portions in a closed position to define a cavity between said portions adapted to receive the stack of sheets, said bottom portion including a bottom wall having a support surface defining a bottom surface for said cavity, said top portion including a top wall spaced from said bottom surface, having an inner top surface partially defining said cavity, and having spaced adjacent outlet surfaces defining an outlet opening for said cavity through said top wall, said housing portions having side walls defining side surfaces for said cavity extending between said top and bottom surfaces, said housing portions being separable to afford positioning the stack of sheets within the cavity with the uppermost sheet in the stack projecting through the opening so that the uppermost sheet in the stack can be manually pulled through the opening, and means for releasably retaining said housing portions in said closed position comprising one of said housing portions including spaced elongate projecting hooks and the other of said housing portions having surfaces defining through openings receiving said hooks, said hooks and surfaces defining said openings having attaching portions in engagement to attach said housing portions together and said hooks being resiliently flexible in said openings to afford separation of said attaching portions and separation of said housing portions.

An assembly comprising a dispenser and a stack of flexible sheets disposed one on top of another, said dispenser comprising top and bottom portions defining a cavity between said portions in which the stack of sheets is positioned, said bottom portion comprising a planar rectangular bottom wall having a support surface defining a bottom surface for said cavity, said top portion including an arcuate top wall spaced from said bottom surface, having an inner top surface partially defining said cavity, and having spaced adjacent outlet surfaces defining an outlet opening for said cavity through said top wall, said top portion including a generally oval side wall defining side surfaces for said cavity extending between said top surface and said bottom surface and a flange projecting outwardly from the edge of the side wall opposite said top wall, said flange being fixed to said bottom wall to retain the stack of sheets within the cavity with the uppermost sheet in the stack projecting through the opening so that the uppermost sheets in the stack can be manually pulled through the opening, and said flange and bottom wall forming corner portions projecting outwardly from said side wall;

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• a mounting bracket including a rear wall having a planar attachment surface adapted to be attached to a planar substrate, a front wall spaced from the side of said rear wall opposite said attachment surface with opposed surfaces of said rear and front walls defining a socket closely receiving at least two of said corner portions, said front wall having a through opening in which said top portion is positioned so that said outlet opening is accessible along said top portion, said dispenser being removable from said mounting bracket by sliding said corner portions out of said socket.

A dispenser for flexible sheets from a stack of sheets disposed one on top of another, said dispenser comprising top and bottom housing portions in a closed position to define a cavity between said portions adapted to receive the stack of sheets, said bottom housing portion including a bottom wall having a support surface defining a bottom surface for said cavity, said top housing portion including a top wall spaced from said bottom surface, having an inner top surface partially defining said cavity, having opposite ends, and having top wall portions with outlet surfaces defining an outlet opening for said cavity through said top wall to afford positioning the stack of sheets within the cavity with the uppermost sheet in the stack projecting through the opening adjacent one of said ends so that the uppermost sheets in the stack can be manually pulled through the opening, said top wall portions including opposed projecting portions projecting towards each other from said opposite ends of the top wall and having generally arcuate peripheral surfaces partially defining said outlet opening, and side wall portions defining opposite side surfaces partially defining said outlet opening and extending between corresponding sides of said projecting portions, said opening being elongate between said projecting portions, and said generally arcuate peripheral surfaces on said projecting portions being adapted to support said sheets only along the centers of said sheets and to afford access to opposite edges of said sheets to facilitate withdrawing said sheets from said dispenser.